Seismic imaging of the upper mantle beneath the Rocky Mountain foreland, southwestern Alberta

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1493-1507

  Eaton, David W ^a   Ross, Gerald M ^b   Cook, Frederick A ^c   VanderVelden, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; REFLECTION;

ECLOGITES;

SEISMOLOGY;

LITHOPROBE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC SURVEY; UPPER MANTLE;

CANADA;

EID: 0034318983     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-068     Document Type: Article

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