Precambrian crustal evolution: Seismic constraints from the Canadian Shield

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 655-666

  Thompson, D A ^a   Bastow, I D ^a   Helffrich, G ^a   Kendall, J M ^a   Wookey, J ^a   Snyder, D B ^b   Eaton, D W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Shield; Continental crust; Moho discontinuity; Precambrian; Receiver function

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN SHIELDS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; MOHO DISCONTINUITY; PRECAMBRIAN; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS;

GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; SEISMOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

ACCRETION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; MOHO; PLATE TECTONICS; PRECAMBRIAN; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; CHINA; HIMALAYAS; HUDSON BAY; NUNAVUT; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77956011023     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.07.021     Document Type: Article

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