Crustal geometry and tectonic evolution of the Archean crystalline basement beneath the southern Alberta Plains, from new seismic reflection and potential-field studies

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1473-1491

  Lemieux, Sophie ^a   Ross, Gerald M ^b   Cook, Frederick A ^c  

^a Talisman Energy Inc   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY;

CRUST;

TECTONICS;

ARCHEAN; BASEMENT ROCK; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOPROBE; SEISMIC SURVEY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0034318935     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-065     Document Type: Article

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