Accreted terranes of northwestern British Columbia, Canada: Lithospheric velocity structure and tectonics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Hammer, Philip T C ^a   Clowes, Ron M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lithospheric structure; Seismic refraction; Wide angle reflection

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 4644282347     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002749     Document Type: Article

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