The Monashee reflection: Re-examination of a Lithoprobe crustal-scale seismic reflection in the southern Canadian Cordillera

Geosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-41

  Kruse, Stefan ^a   Williams, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cordillera; Lithoprobe; Monashee complex; Seismic reflection profiles; Structure

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BELT; CORDILLERA; FOOTWALL; HANGING WALL; KINEMATICS; LITHOPROBE; OVERPRINTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHEAR BAND; SHEAR ZONE; SLATE; THRUST FAULT; TRANSITION ZONE;

CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA; COLUMBIA RIVER; OMINECA BELT;

EID: 74949118315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00049.1     Document Type: Article

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