Lithoprobe seismic transect of the Alberta Basin: Compilation and overview

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 331-345

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOPROBE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC SURVEY;

CANADA;

EID: 0033504966     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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