The Lithoprobe trans-continental lithospheric cross sections: Imaging the internal structure of the North American continent

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 821-857

  Hammer, Philip T C ^a   Clowes, Ron M ^a   Cook, Fred A ^b   van der Velden, Arie J ^c   Vasudevan, Kris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Shell Canada Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; CROSS SECTION; DATA SETS; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; NORTH AMERICAN; OROGENS; RE-EQUILIBRATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION AND REFRACTION DATA;

COORDINATION REACTIONS; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; CORDILLERA; CRATON; DATA SET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; HUDSONIAN OROGENY; IMAGING METHOD; LITHOPROBE; LITHOSPHERE; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

CANADA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77958120064     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E10-036     Document Type: Article

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