Identification and interpretation of azimuthally varying crustal reflectivity with an example from the southern Canadian Cordillera

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B4, 1997, Pages 8447-8465

  Cook, Frederick A ^a   Li, Qing ^a   Vasudevan, Kris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INTERPRETATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SKELETONIZATION;

CANADA, CANADIAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 0030776698     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb03113     Document Type: Article

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