Table of Contents - MWR172: Geophysical Framework of the Continental United States


Introduction, L. C. Pakiser and Walter D. Mooney

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

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, Rufus Catchings, Erik Goodwin, Steve Holbrook, Craig Jarchow, Carol Mann, Jill McCarthy, and David Okaya

Geophysical and tectonic framework of the eastern Basin and Range-Colorado Plateau-Rocky Mountain transition, Robert B. Smith, Walter C. Nagy, Kelsey A. (Smith) Julander, John J. Viveiros, Craig A. Barker, and Donald G. Gants

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, K. D. Klitgord, D. S. Sawyer, and R. T. Buffler

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, R. W. Simpson, R. J. Blakely, and R. W. Saltus

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, David P. Hill, W. L. Ellsworth, and E. R. Engdahl

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, W. J. Hinze, R.R.B. von Frese, and G. Randy Keller

Upper-mantle velocity structure in the continental U.S. and Canada, H. M. Iyer and T. Hitchcock

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

Index