Potential-field signatures of buried Precambrian basement in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1453-1471

  Pilkington, M ^a   Miles, W F ^a   Ross, G M ^b   Roest, W R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SILICATE MINERALS;

MAGNETIC SOURCES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BASEMENT ROCK; LITHOPROBE; MAGNETIC SURVEY; PRECAMBRIAN;

CANADA;

EID: 0034319009     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-020     Document Type: Article

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