Surface Waves, Seismic Refraction and Upper Mantle Structure of the Basin and Range.

Abstract

Body wave travel-times, surface wave dispersion, and gravity data have been used to refine the structural details of the crust and upper mantle within the northern Basin and Range. The crust varies in thickness from 35-40 km SE of Reno to 28 km in the western Battle Mountain heat flow high and 45-50 km in central Oregon. The mantle lid structure derived from fundamental mode surface wave data has been confirmed by higher mode surface wave data. Fundamental and higher mode dispersion data for southern Nevada and Arizona indicate the structure of the southern Basin and Range is similar to that of the Great Basin.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 03, 1979
Accession Number
ADA070053

Entities

People

  • Keith F. Priestley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Broadband
  • Earth Models
  • Earthquakes
  • Group Velocity
  • Heat Transmission
  • Models
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Phase Velocity
  • Physical Properties
  • Rayleigh Waves
  • Refraction
  • Secondary Waves
  • Surface Waves
  • Travel Time
  • United States
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Geology

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Oceanography.