Constraints on the composition of the crust and uppermost mantle in northwestern Canada: Vp/Vs variations along Lithoprobe's SNorCLE transect

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1205-1222

  Fernández Viejo, Gabriela ^a,b   Clowes, Ron M ^a   Welford, J Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMIC REFLECTION; UPPERMOST MANTLE;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 30744467832     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-028     Document Type: Article

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