Heat flow and deep thermal structure near the southeastern edge of the Canadian Shield

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 399-414

  Mareschal, J C ^a   Jaupart, C ^b   Gariepy C ^a   Cheng, L Z ^a   Guillou Frottier, L ^a,c   Bienfait, G ^b   Lapointe, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c Bur Recherche Geol Miniere CDG/MA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HEAT FLOW; LITHOPROBE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

CANADA;

EID: 0033860788     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e98-106     Document Type: Article

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