The electrical structure of the Slave craton

Lithos

Volumn 71, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 505-527

  Jones, Alan G ^a,d   Lezaeta, Pamela ^b   Ferguson, Ian J ^c   Chave, Alan D ^b   Evans, Rob L ^b   Garcia, Xavier ^a,b   Spratt, Jessica ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Archean tectonics; Canadian Shield; Electromagnetic survey; Geophysics; Magnetotelluric method; Slave craton

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999154608     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: 18726143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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