Crustal models of the eastern Superior Province, Quebec, derived from new gravity data

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 385-397

  Telmat, Hamid ^a   Mareschal, Jean Claude ^a   Gariépy, Clément ^a   David, Jean ^a   Antonuk, Caroline N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DENSITY; GRAVITY SURVEY; LITHOPROBE; MOHO;

CANADA;

EID: 0033858036     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-080     Document Type: Article

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