Seismic discontinuity structure beneath the Canadian Shield and the signature of continental roots
The Canadian Shield is one of the largest exposures of Precambrian geology on the Earth, and is underlain by a deep (>250 km) and laterally extensive cratonic root. The processes which formed the crust during this period of Earth history remain a matter of considerable debate, as do the events wh...
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University of Bristol
2011
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