Regional seismic signature of the basement and crust beneath the McArthur river mine district, Athabasca basin, Saskatchewan

Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada

Volumn , Issue 588, 2007, Pages 389-396

  Hajnal, Z ^a   Takacs E ^a   White, D J ^b   Gyorfi I ^a   Powell, B ^c   Koch, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c CAMECO CORPORATION   (Canada)

^d AREVA Resources Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC METHOD;

ATHABASCA BASIN; CANADA;

EID: 72549089808     PISSN: 00687626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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