Electromagnetic image of the Trans-Hudson orogen - THO94 transect

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 479-493

  Garcia, Xavier ^a   Jones, Alan G ^b,c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROSPECTING; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPULSION; GEOMAGNETISM; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

DEEP CRUSTAL STRUCTURES; DIMENSIONALITY ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC IMAGE; TRANS-HUDSON OROGEN;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; HUDSONIAN OROGENY; LITHOPROBE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27744534096     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-016     Document Type: Article

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