Crustal structure across the Nain - Makkovik boundary on the continental shelf off Labrador from seismic refraction data

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 460-471

  Reid, Ian ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION PROFILES; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

LABRADOR SEA; LABRADOR SEA, LABRADOR SHELF;

EID: 0029750778     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-036     Document Type: Article

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