Lithospheric structure of the Canadian Shield inferred from inversion of surface-wave dispersion with thermodynamic a priori constraints

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 239, Issue , 2004, Pages 175-194

  Shapiro, N M ^a   Ritzwoller, M H ^a   Mareschal, J C ^b   Jaupart, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATON; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA INVERSION; GEOLOGY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SURFACE WAVE;

MOHO;

EID: 14244260631     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.239.01.12     Document Type: Article

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