Crustal thickness and VP/VS variations in the Grenville orogen (Ontario, Canada) from analysis of teleseismic receiver functions

Tectonophysics

Volumn 420, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 223-238

  Eaton, David W ^a   Dineva, Savka ^a   Mereu, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crustal thickness; Grenville orogen; Teleseismic receiver functions; VP VS ratio

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOTECTONICS; STACKING; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 33744969376     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.01.023     Document Type: Article

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