Winagami reflection sequence: Seismic evidence for postcollisiona magmatism in the Proterozoic of western Canada

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-202

  Ross, Gerald M ^a   Eaton, David W ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH PROFILING; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

AREAL DISTRIBUTION; CANADIAN SHIELDS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; SEISMIC PROFILING; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; TIMING CONSTRAINTS; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASINS; WESTERN UNITED STATES; BASIN AND RANGE; POST-COLLISIONAL MAGMATISM; SEISMIC EVIDENCE;

SEISMOLOGY;

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LITHOPROBE; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ALBERTA; CANADA; PEACE RIVER ARCH; BRITISH COLUMBIA;

EID: 0030837916     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0199:WRSSEF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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