Are there relict crustal fragments beneath the Moho?

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Cook, Frederick A ^a   Vasudevan, Kris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mantle structure; Moho; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

EID: 0141569357     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC001341     Document Type: Article

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