The distribution of igneous rocks beneath Mont Mégantic (the easternmost Monteregian) as revealed by gravity

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 765-773

  Feininger, Tomas ^a   Goodacre, Alan K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; TEXTURES;

ADUMBRATIONS;

GRANITE;

BOUGUER ANOMALY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; IGNEOUS ROCK; PETROGRAPHY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY;

CANADA;

EID: 0043076262     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-022     Document Type: Article

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