Seismic properties of rock samples from the Pikwitonei granulite belt - God's Lake domain crustal cross section, Manitoba

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 757-768

  Fountain, David M ^a   Salisbury, Matthew H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; CRUST (LOWER); GRANULITE; P WAVE; S WAVE; SEISMIC PROPERTIES;

CANADA, MANITOBA, GOD'S LAKE DOMAIN;

EID: 0030480956     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-058     Document Type: Article

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