GEOMAGNETIC CONJUGACY OF MODERN TECTONIC STRUCTURES
https://doi.org/10.5800/GT-2013-4-2-0097
Abstract
An earthquake is an element of the global electric circuit (GEC) – this new idea suggested in the space age is tested in our study. In the frame of the GEC concept, one may expect that tectonic structures of the northern and southern hemispheres may be magnetically conjugated. It is found that the midocean ridges of the southern hemisphere, located along the boundary of the Antarctic lithosphere plate, are magnetically conjugated with the areas of the junction of continental orogens and platforms in the northern hemisphere. The closest geomagnetic conjugacy exists between the southern boundary of Nazca lithospheric plate and the northern boundaries of Cocos and Caribbean lithospheric plates.
About the Authors
G. Ya. Khachikyan
LLC Institute of Ionosphere JSC National Center for Space Research and Technology,
National Space Agency of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Chief Researcher
N. S. Zhakupov
LLC Institute of Seismology JSC National Science and Technology Holding PARASAT,
Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Researcher
Kazakhstan
Researcher
N. Zh. Kadyrkhanova
LLC Institute of Seismology JSC National Science and Technology Holding PARASAT,
Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Junior Researcher
Kazakhstan
Junior Researcher
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For citations:
Khachikyan G.Ya., Zhakupov N.S., Kadyrkhanova N.Zh. GEOMAGNETIC CONJUGACY OF MODERN TECTONIC STRUCTURES. Geodynamics & Tectonophysics. 2013;4(2):187-195. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.5800/GT-2013-4-2-0097
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