Composition of the crust in the Grenville and Appalachian Provinces of North America inferred from VP/VS ratios

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B7, 1997, Pages 15225-15241

  Musacchio, Gemma ^a   Mooney, Walter D ^a   Luetgert, James H ^a   Christensen, Nikolas I ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL COMPOSITION; P WAVE; S WAVE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

CANADA, GRENVILLE PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA, APPALACHIANS;

EID: 0031437971     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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