Two anisotropic layers in the Slave craton

Lithos

Volumn 71, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 529-539

  Snyder, D B ^a   Bostock, M G ^b   Lockhart, G D ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lithosphere; Mantle structure; Seismic anisotropy; Slave craton; Teleseismic studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999133723     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: 18726143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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