LITHOPROBE reflection studies of Archean and Proterozoic crust in Canada

Tectonophysics

Volumn 264, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 65-88

  Clowes, Ron M ^a   Calvert, Andrew J ^b   Eaton, David W ^c   Hajnal, Zoltan ^d   Hall, Jeremy ^e   Ross, Gerald M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^f GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Crust; Precambrian; Reflectivity; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOPROBE; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONICS;

CANADA;

EID: 0030438361     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00118-7     Document Type: Article

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