Basin architecture and density structure beneath the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 965-981

  Lowe, C ^a   Dehler, S A ^b   Zelt, B C ^c  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DEFORMATION; GRAVITATION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

DENSITY STRUCTURE;

EARTH SCIENCES;

BASIN ANALYSIS; DENSITY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC SETTING; TOMOGRAPHY;

CANADA;

EID: 0141750572     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-030     Document Type: Article

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