The gravity field over the Ungava Bay region from satellite altimetry and new land-based data: Implications for the geology of the area

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-89

  Telmat, Hamid ^a   Mareschal, Jean Claude ^a   Gariépy, Clément ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GRAVITY SURVEY; LITHOPROBE; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

CANADA; QUEBEC; UNGAVA BAY;

EID: 0032760324     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e98-085     Document Type: Article

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