Insights into the structure of the Mongol-Okhotsk suture zone, Adaatsag ophiolite, and tectonic boundaries of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (Mongolia) from electrical resistivity imaging and seismic velocity models

The Mongol-Okhotsk suture and the Adaatsag ophiolite belt are associated with the closure of the Mongol-Okhotsk paleo-ocean and are located within the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) and Mongolia. The suture zone is flanked by volcanic-plutonic belts that host significant metallogenic zones, containing deposits of copper and gold. The...

Regional Magnetotelluric Studies across Mongolia: Report on New Measurements, New Models, and Implications for Intracontinental Deformation, Deep Mineral Systems, and Intraplate Volcanism

We are investigating the lithospheric properties and lithospheric architecture beneath Mongolia with three-dimensional models of the electrical resistivity generated from magnetotelluric measurements. In addition, thermo-mechanical numerical modelling, with geophysically-guided constraints, is being used to provide valuable insights by testing...

Time-Domain Modeling of Three-Dimensional Earth's and Planetary Electromagnetic Induction Effect in Ground and Satellite Observations

Electric currents induced in conductive planetary interiors by time-varying magnetospheric and ionospheric current systems have a significant effect on electromagnetic (EM) field observations. Complete characterization of EM induction effects is difficult owing to nonlinear interactions between the three-dimensional electrical structure of a...