Structure of the Wollaston Lake Reflector (Trans-Hudson Orogen, Canada) from reflection AVO analysis: Fractured diabase intrusion, fluids, or silicified shear zone?

Tectonophysics

Volumn 441, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 97-114

  Ma, Jinfeng ^a,b   Morozov, Igor B ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

AVO; Bright reflections; Crust; Lithoprobe; Poisson's ratio; Polarity; Reflection; Shear zone; Trans Hudson Orogen; Wollaston Lake Reflector

Indexed keywords

AVO METHOD; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DIABASE; HUDSONIAN OROGENY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITHOPROBE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POISSON RATIO; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHEAR ZONE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34447650776     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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