Ophiolitic basement to the Great Valley forearc basin, California, from seismic and gravity data: Implications for crustal growth at the North American continental margin

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1536-1562

  Godfrey, Nicola J ^a,b   Beaudoin, Bruce C ^a   Klemperer, Simon L ^a   Levander, A ^c   Luetgert, J ^d   Meltzer, A ^e   Mooney, W ^d   Trehu A ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; GRAVITATION; REFRACTION; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY;

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL MANTLE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MATERIALS; INTEGRATED MODELING; MENDOCINO TRIPLE JUNCTIONS; SEISMIC REFRACTION DATA; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

LANDFORMS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DENSITY; DISCONTINUITY; EXTENSION; GRAVITY FLOW; JURASSIC; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; SEISMIC DATA; UPPER CRUST; CRUSTAL GROWTH; FOREARC BASIN; GRAVITY;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; COAST RANGES; UNITED STATES; GREAT VALLEY; USA;

EID: 0031417548     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1536:OBTTGV>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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