Lithospheric structure in northwestern Canada from Lithoprobe seismic refraction and related studies: A synthesis

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1277-1293

  Clowes, Ron M ^a   Hammer, Philip T C ^a   Fernández Viejo, Gabriela ^a,b   Welford, J Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Departamento de Geologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRATONIC METASEDIMENTS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC REFRACTION;

TECTONICS;

LITHOPROBE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC SURVEY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 30744432373     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e04-069     Document Type: Article

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