The formation of Laurentia : Evidence from shear wave splitting

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Liddell, Mitch V, Bastow, Ian, Darbyshire, Fiona, Gilligan, Amy, Pugh, Steven
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Geography & Environment
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: lithosphere; SKS; shear wave splitting; Hudson Bay; Precambrian tec- 22 tonics; anisotropic modelling; Trans-Hudson Orogen; Nagssugtoqidian Orogen; cratons; seismic anisotropy; Laurentia; QE Geology; QE
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2164/9518; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.030

The authors would like to thank A. Walker for invaluable help understanding the MSAT forward modelling code, as well as A. Boyce, L. Petrescu, and C. Ogden of the ICcratons group for numerous enlightening conversations about Canadian Precam- brian geology and beyond. M.V. Liddell is funded by an Imperial College President’s Scholarship. F.A. Darbyshire is supported by the Natural Sciences and Environment Research Council of Canada through their Discovery Grant and Canada Research Chair programmes. Peer reviewed