Origin of deep crystal reflections: Seismic profiling across high-grade metamorphic terranes in Canada
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Abstract
In an attempt to better understand the origin of deep crustal reflections LITHOPROBE has sponsored or co-sponsored Seismic reflection surveys across tracts of high-grade metamorphic rock in the Archean Superior craton, the Proterozoic Grenville orogen and the Phanerozoic Cordilleran orogen. Common to these three diverse terranes are near-surface zones of prominent Seismic reflectivity that are typically associated with velocity discontinuities at highly strained contacts between gneissic rocks of varying lithology. At some locations the reflective layering resulted from transposition and rearrangement of previously layered rocks (stratified assemblages, sills, etc.), whereas in other regions it was generated by extreme attenuation, stretching and ductile flow of weakly layered or irregularly organized rocks. It seems likely that compositionally layered gneissic rock is a common source of reflections in the deep crust, with reflections originating at lithological boundaries and zones of mylonite.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Origin of deep crystal reflections: Seismic profiling across high-grade metamorphic terranes in Canada |
| Series title | Tectonophysics |
| DOI | 10.1016/0040-1951(90)90250-C |
| Volume | 173 |
| Issue | 1-4 |
| Year Published | 1990 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Contributing office(s) | Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| Description | 12 p. |
| First page | 627 |
| Last page | 638 |
| Country | Canada |
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