Three-dimensional seismic reflection investigation of the upper crustal Winagami sill complex of northwestern Alberta, Canada

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 155-169

  Welford, J Kim ^a,b   Clowes, Ron M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Continental evolution; Deep seismic reflection; Mafic sills; Precambrian; Seismic modelling

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; PRECAMBRIAN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745615838     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02805.x     Document Type: Article

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