The crust of the northern U.S. craton: A search for beginnings

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 308, Issue , 1996, Pages 187-201

  Hinze, William J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GEOPHYSICS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

COMPLEX EVOLUTIONS; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; NORTH AMERICAN; PRIMARY SOURCES; SEDIMENTARY STRATA; SEISMIC PROFILING;

BUILDINGS;

BASEMENT ROCK; CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; PETROLOGY; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 84870797877     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2308-6.187     Document Type: Article

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