New insights into the lithosphere beneath the superior province from Rayleigh wave dispersion and receiver function analysis

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1043-1068

  Darbyshire, Fiona A ^a,b,d   Eaton, David W ^a   Frederiksen, Andrew W ^c   Ertolahti, Leila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crustal thickness; FedNor; Lithosphere; POLARIS; Rayleigh wave dispersion; Receiver functions; Superior craton

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BROADBAND DATA; CRATON; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LITHOSPHERE; MOHO; OROGENIC BELT; PHASE VELOCITY; POISSON RATIO; PROTEROZOIC; RAYLEIGH WAVE; RIFTING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE SPLITTING;

ABITIBI BELT; CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; KAPUSKASING ZONE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

EID: 34250161324     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03259.x     Document Type: Article

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