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Geophysical framework of the continental United States
- Title
- Geophysical framework of the continental United States / edited by L.C. Pakiser, Walter D. Mooney.
- Publication
- Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 1989.
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| Text | Request in advance | QE77 .G291 no.172 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 826 pages : illustrations, maps; 29 cm.
- Series Statement
- Memoir / Geological Society of America ; 172
- Uniform Title
- Memoir (Geological Society of America) ; 172.
- Subjects
- Note
- Three folded maps in pockets.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- pt. 1. Review of methods of study. Seismic methods for determining earthquake source parameters and lithospheric structure / Walter D. Mooney ; Gravity methods in regional studies / Robert W. Simpson and Robert C. Jachens ; Crustal studies using magnetic data / Richard J. Blakely and Gerald G. Connard ; Paleomagnetic methods / J.W. Hillhouse ; Electrical structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath the United States; Part 1, Methods for determining the conductivity profile / George V. Keller ; Laboratory techniques for determining seismic velocities and attenuations, with applications to the continental lithosphere / Nikolas I. Christensen and William W. Wepfer -- pt. 2. Regional investigations of crust and upper mantle in the continental U.S. : relations to physiographic and geologic features. The crustal structure of the western continental margin of North America / Richard W. Couch and Robin P. Riddihough ; Regional crustal structure and tectonics of the Pacific coastal states; California, Oregon, and Washington / Walter D. Mooney and Craig S. Weaver ; Tectonic evolution of the intermontane system; basin and range, Colorado plateau, and high lava plains / R. Ernest Anderson ; Geophysics of the western basin and range province / George A. Thompson [and others] ; Geophysical and tectonic framework of the eastern basin and range, Colorado plateau, Rocky Mountain transition / Robert B. Smith [and others] ; Geophysics of the intermontane system / L.C. Pakiser ; Crustal structure of the Rocky Mountain region / Claus Prodehl and Peter w. Lipman ; Crustal structure of the continental interior / L.W. Braile ; Geophysical framework of the Appalachians and adjacent Grenville Province / Steven R. Taylor ; Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico continental margins / A.M. Trehu [and others].
- pt. 3. Continental overviews and summaries. A crust/mantle structural framework of the conterminous United States based on gravity and magnetic trends / Martin F. Kane and Richard H. Godson ; Isostatic residual gravity and crustal geology of the United States / R.C. Jachens [and others] ; Electrical structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath the United States; Part 2, Survey of data and interpretation / George V. Keller ; Paleomagnetism of North America; The craton, its margins, and the Appalachian belt / Rob Van der Voo ; Paleomagnetism of continental North America; implications for displacement of crustal blocks within the Western Cordillera, Baja California to British Columbia / Myrl E. Beck, Jr. ; Heat flow and thermal regimes in the continental United States / Paul Morgan and William D. Gosnold ; Tectonic stress field of the continental United States / Mary Lou Zoback and Mark D. Zoback ; Earthquakes, faults, and the seismotectonic framework of the contiguous United States / J.W. Dewey [and others] ; Crustal structure of the western U.S. based on reflection seismology / Scott B. Smithson and Roy A. Johnson ; Reflection seismic studies of crustal structure in the eastern United States / Robert A. Phinney and Kabir Roy-Chowdhury ; Seismic properties of the crust and uppermost mantle of the conterminous United States and adjacent Canada / L.W. Braile [and others] ; Upper-mantle velocity structure in the continental U.S. and Canada / H.M. Iyer and T. Hitchcock -- pt. 4. Geologic and petrologic syntheses. Composition of the continental crust and upper mantle; a review / David M. Fountain and Nikolas I. Christensen ; Crustal geologic processes of the United States / Warren B. Hamilton ; Pore pressure, seismic velocities, and crustal structure / Nikolas I. Christensen ; Geophysical framework of the continental United States; progress, problems, and opportunities for research / Walter D. Mooney and L.C. Pakiser.
- ISBN
- 081371172X
- 9780813711720
- LCCN
- 89026023
- OCLC
- ocm20596093
- 20596093
- SCSB-5799199
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries