Magnetotelluric Profile Data and MARE2DEM Inversion Model across the Northwestern Qaidam Basin

This package contains Magnetotelluric (MT) data collected along a profile across the northwestern Qaidam Basin on the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau under the auspices of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, No. 41404060). MT data are released in both EDI and MTH5 formats. The dataset comprises 19 broadband MT (with the suffix "BB") and 5 long-period MT stations (with the suffix "m"). MT sites distribution is shown in the attached map figures in PNG and PDF formats. The two-dimensional (2D) electrical resistivity model derived with a two-step inversion process using the MARE2DEM code is also included. More details of the dataset and the inversion model are presented in the publication of Zhou et al., (2023) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.229719).

This dataset is publicly available for academic research. Please contact the first author, Letian Zhang (zhangletian@cugb.edu.cn), if you want to use the dataset for commercial purposes. Please cite this dataset and the corresponding publication if you used it in your research work:

Zhang, L., Zhou, L., Jin, S., & Wei, W. (2025). Magnetotelluric Profile Data and MARE2DEM Inversion Model across the Northwestern Qaidam Basin [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15112696

Zhou, L., Zhang, L., Jin, S., Wei, W., Ye, G., & Xie, C. (2023). The crustal electrical structure of a tectono-magmatic rejuvenated craton: Insights from magnetotelluric data of the northwestern Qaidam Basin, northern Tibetan Plateau. Tectonophysics, 848, 229719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.229719

*The original time series are also available upon request from the first author, Letian Zhang (zhangletian@cugb.edu.cn).