Compositional and metamorphic controls on velocity and reflectivity in the continental crust: An example from the Grenville Province of eastern Québec

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B1, 2001, Pages 665-682

  Hurich, C A ^a   Deemer, S J ^a   Indares, A ^b   Salisbury, M ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; METAMORPHISM; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

CANADA; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; QUEBEC;

EID: 0035090414     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900244     Document Type: Article

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