Geophysical evidence for a pre-impact Sudbury dome, southern Superior Province, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Prevec, Stephen A ^a,b   Cowan, Duncan R ^c   Cooper, Gordon R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Cowan Geodata Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; LITHOLOGY; PETROLOGY; TECTONICS;

AEROMAGNETIC IMAGES; CRUSTAL DOMES; GEOTHERMOMETRY; MAGMATISM;

DOMES;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; DOME; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; SUDBURY STRUCTURE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17144408765     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E04-097     Document Type: Article

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