Crustal magnetization and long-wavelength aeromagnetic anomalies of the Minto block, Quebec

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B4, 1999, Pages 7513-7526

  Pilkington, Mark ^a   Percival, John A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIZATION;

CANADA; MINTO BLOCK; QUEBEC;

EID: 0033541408     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900121     Document Type: Article

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