Geophysical transect across a Paleoproterozoic continent-continent collision zone: The Trans-Hudson Orogen

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 385-402

  White, Donald J ^a   Thomas, M D ^a   Jones, Alan G ^a,b   Hope, J ^a   Németh, Balázs ^c   Hajnal, Zoltan ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROSPECTING; GEOMAGNETISM; GRAVITATIONAL PROSPECTING; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GEOPHYSICAL TRANSECT; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE TEMPERATURES; SEISMIC REFLECTIVITY; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; TRANS-HUDSON OROGEN;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; HUDSONIAN OROGENY; LITHOPROBE; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27744584043     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-002     Document Type: Article

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