Precambrian plate tectonics: Seismic evidence from Northern Hudson Bay, Canada

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-94

  Bastow, Ian D ^a   Thompson, David A ^a   Wookey, James ^a   Kendall, J Michael ^a   Helffrich, George ^a   Snyder, David B ^b   Eaton, David W ^c   Darbyshire, Fiona A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CANADIAN SHIELDS; HIMALAYAN OROGEN; HUDSON BAY; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC DEFORMATION; OROGENS; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PLATE TECTONICS; PRECAMBRIAN; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC EVIDENCE; SEISMIC NETWORKS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANS-HUDSON OROGEN;

ANISOTROPY; GALLIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

ARCHEAN; DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NUNAVUT;

EID: 78751500723     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31396.1     Document Type: Article

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