Basement-controlled faulting of Paleozoic strata in southern, Ontario, Canada: New evidence from geophysical lineament mapping

Tectonophysics

Volumn 353, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 151-171

  Boyce, Joseph I ^a   Morris, William A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetics; Faults; Gravity; Precambrian basement; Reactivation

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; BASEMENT ROCK; FAULTING; LINEAMENT; MAPPING; NEOTECTONICS; REACTIVATION; SEISMICITY;

CANADA;

EID: 0037163230     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00280-9     Document Type: Article

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