Title: Continental lower crust /
Authors: Fountain, David.; Arculus, R.; Kay, Robert W.
Publisher: Elsevier
Year: 1992
Subjects: Earth (Planet) Crust.
Contents: Ch. 1. The Seismic Velocity Structure of the Deep Continental Crust / W.S. Holbrook, W.D. Mooney and N.I. Christensen -- 1. Introduction. 2. Wide-angle seismic data. 2.1. Acquisition. 2.2. Interpretation. 2.3. Other methods. 3. Middle- and lower-crystal velocities. 4. Seismic velocities: constraints on composition. 4.1. Summary of laboratory measurements. 4.2. Results. 5. Fluids and anisotropy. 6. Discussion. 6.1. Average continental crustal structure. 6.2. Bulk lower-crustal composition. 6.3. Constraints from seismic reflection profiling. 6.4. Implications for crustal evolution. 6.5. Directions for future research. 7. Conclusions -- Ch. 2. Multi-Genetic Origin of Crustal Reflectivity: A Review of Seismic Reflection Profiling of the Continental Lower Crust and Moho / W.D. Mooney and R. Meissner -- 1. Introduction. 2. The seismic reflection method. 2.1. Early deep crustal seismic reflection profiles. 2.2. The last 15 years of deep crystal reflection studies. 2.3. Resolution and uncertainties.