Integrated potential-field and seismic constraints on the structure of the Archean metasedimentary English River belt, Western Superior craton, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 261-277

  Nitescu, B ^a   Cruden, A R ^a   Bailey, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

English River Subprovince; Gravity data; Magnetic data; Metasedimentary rocks; Seismic data; Superior province

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; METASEDIMENT; POTENTIAL FIELD;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

EID: 30744468323     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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