Deep seismic reflectivity beneath an intracratonic basin: Insights into the behavior of the uppermost mantle beneath the Illinois basin

Precambrian Research

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 99-125

  Okure, Maxwell S ^a   McBride, John H ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle; Plate tectonics; Proterozoic; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; DEFORMATION; DELAMINATION; DEPOCENTER; GEOPOTENTIAL; GRANITE; HETEROGENEITY; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; ISLAND ARC; LITHOSPHERE; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; REFLECTIVITY; RHYOLITE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TRAVEL TIME; VIBROSEIS;

ILLINOIS BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748429011     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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