Fine structure of the continental reflection Moho

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 64-79

  Cook, Frederick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crust; Crustal structure; Moho; Mohorovi i discontinuity; Seismic reflection profiles

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL REFLECTIVITY;

GEOMETRY; REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY;

GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

EID: 84879885473     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0064:FSOTCR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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