Integrated geophysical interpretation of crustal structures in the northern Abitibi belt: Constraints from seismic amplitude analysis

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1343-1362

  Sénéchal, Guy ^a,d   Mareschal, Marianne ^a   Hubert, Claude ^b   Calvert, Andrew J ^a   Grandjean, Gilles ^a   Ludden, John ^b,c  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CRPG CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GREENSTONE BELT; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CANADA, ABITIBI GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 0030441349     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-101     Document Type: Article

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