Crustal anisotropy beneath Hudson Bay from ambient noise tomography: Evidence for post-orogenic lower-crustal flow?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Pawlak, Agnieszka ^a   Eaton, David W ^a   Darbyshire, Fiona ^b   Lebedev, Sergei ^c   Bastow, Ian D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMBIENT NOISE; DATA INVERSION; DEFORMATION; LOWER CRUST; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAPH; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY;

EID: 84864859125     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB009066     Document Type: Article

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