Heat flow, thermal regime, and elastic thickness of the lithosphere in the Trans-Hudson Orogen

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 517-532

  Mareschal, J C ^a   Jaupart, C ^b   Rolandone, F ^b   Gariepy C ^a   Fowler, C M R ^c   Bienfait, G ^b   Carbonne, C ^b   Lapointe, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; LITHOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CRUSTAL COMPOSITION; ELASTIC THICKNESS; HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

HEAT FLOW; HUDSONIAN OROGENY; LITHOPROBE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; THERMAL REGIME;

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

EID: 27744549372     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e04-088     Document Type: Article

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