Seismic architecture of the archean north american mantle and its relationship to diamondiferous kimberlite fields

Economic Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-240

  Faure, Stéphane ^a   Godey, Stéphanie ^b   Fallara, Francine ^c   Trépanier, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CARBONATITES; CRATONIC KEELS; DIAMOND STABILITY; GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION; GEOPHYSICAL MODELS; GREENSTONE BELTS; HIGH-LATERAL RESOLUTION; KIMBERLITE MAGMAS; LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; NEOARCHEAN; NORTH AMERICAN; PROTEROZOIC; RAYLEIGH-WAVE PHASE VELOCITY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC SIGNATURES; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; STEEP SLOPE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TECTONO-THERMAL EVENT; THREE DIMENSIONS; UPPER MANTLE;

DIAMOND DEPOSITS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MINERALS; SEISMIC WAVES;

SEISMOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; CRATON; CRETACEOUS; GREENSTONE BELT; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE; PROTEROZOIC; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TERRANE; XENOLITH;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955163312     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.106.2.223     Document Type: Article

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