How the crust meets the mantle: Lithoprobe perspectives on the mohorovičić discontinuity and crust-mantle transition

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-351

  Cook, Frederick A ^a   White, Donald J ^b   Jones, Alan G ^c   Eaton, David W S ^a   Hall, Jeremy ^d   Clowes, Ronald M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SCALE; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; SEISMIC REFLECTIVITY; SEISMIC STUDIES; STRUCTURAL DETAILS;

SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; LITHOPROBE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MOHO; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 77952120609     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E09-076     Document Type: Article

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