Late Quaternary seismo-stratigraphy of Lake Wanapitei, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada: Arguments for a possible meteorite impact origin

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 192, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 231-242

  Lazorek, Michael ^a   Eyles, Nick ^a   Eyles, Carolyn ^b   Doughty, Mike ^a   L'Heureux, Elizabeth ^a   Milkereit, Berndt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Shield; Glaciation; Meteorite impact crater; Seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; LAST GLACIATION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; METEORITE; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; WATER DEPTH;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; SUDBURY BASIN; SUDBURY STRUCTURE; WANAPITEI LAKE;

EID: 33750933093     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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