Seismic reflection investigations of the Mount Cayley bright spot: A midcrustal reflector beneath the Coast Mountains, British Columbia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 20119-20131

  Hammer, P T C ^a   Clowes, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERSION; LITHOPROBE; MAGMATIC SUPPLY; MIDCRUSTAL REFLECTOR; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, COAST MOUNTAINS, MOUNT CAYLEY;

EID: 0030431133     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb01646     Document Type: Article

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