Imaging the Moho and V(p)/V(s) ratio in the western Superior Archean craton with wide angle reflections

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2585-2588

  Kay, I ^a   Musacchio, G ^b   White, D ^a   Asudeh, I ^a   Roberts, B ^a   Forsyth, D ^a   Hajnal, Z ^c   Koperwhats, B ^d   Farrell, D ^e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFRACTION; DATA PROCESSING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; TRAVEL TIME;

MOHO DEPTH; TOPOGRAPHY; WESTERN SUPERIOR ARCHEAN CRATON; WIDE ANGLE REFLECTIONS; CANADIAN SHIELDS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; MOHO TOPOGRAPHY; NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO; P- AND S-WAVE VELOCITIES; SHARP INCREASE; WIDE-ANGLE REFLECTION;

TECTONICS; SHEAR WAVES;

CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMIC SURVEY;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

EID: 0033372315     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010422     Document Type: Article

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