Reprocessing and enhanced interpretation of the initial COCORP Southern Appalachians traverse

Tectonophysics

Volumn 420, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 161-174

  Cook, Frederick A ^a   Vasudevan, Kris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Crustal structure

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INTERPRETATION; EMPLACEMENT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744974100     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.01.022     Document Type: Article

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