Geophysical consequences of the Cordillera-Craton thermal transition in southwestern Canada

Tectonophysics

Volumn 306, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 397-422

  Hyndman, R D ^a   Lewis, T J ^a  

^a PACIFIC GEOSCIENCE CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Cordillera; Deformation; Heat flow; Isostasy; North American Craton; Omineca belt; Pn velocity; Rheology

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; LITHOSPHERE; RHEOLOGY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 0033587198     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00068-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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