Crust of the Earth: A Symposium

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Crust of the Earth: A Symposium

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Geological Society of America

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https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE62

Geological Society of America

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9780813720623

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January 01, 1955

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Preface

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Arie Poldervaart

Arie Poldervaart

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Nature of the Earth’s Crust
- Geophysical Contrasts Between Continents and Ocean Basins ^*
 
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 Maurice Ewing;
 
 Maurice Ewing
 
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 Frank Press
 
 Frank Press
 
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- Geologic Contrasts between Continents and Ocean Basins ^*
 
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 James Gilluly
 
 James Gilluly
 
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- Wave Velocities in the Earth’s Crust ^*
 
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 Beno Gutenberg
 
 Beno Gutenberg
 
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 https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE62-p19
 
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- Seismic Exploration of a Continental Crust
 
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 Howard E. Tatel;
 
 Howard E. Tatel
 
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 Merle A. Tuve
 
 Merle A. Tuve
 
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 https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE62-p35
 
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- Earthquake Surface Waves and Crustal Structure ^*
 
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 Frank Press;
 
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 Maurice Ewing
 
 Maurice Ewing
 
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- Seismic Evidence for Crustal Structure and Tectonic Activity
 
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 Hugo Benioff
 
 Hugo Benioff
 
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 https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE62-p61
 
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- Nature of Faulting as Deduced from Seismograms
 
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 Perry Byerly
 
 Perry Byerly
 
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- Gravity Interpretations from Standard Oceanic and Continental Crustal Sections ^*
 
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 J. Lamar Worzel;
 
 J. Lamar Worzel
 
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 G. Lynn Shurbet
 
 G. Lynn Shurbet
 
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 https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE62-p87
 
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- Physics of the Crust
 
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 Francis Birch
 
 Francis Birch
 
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- Chemistry of the Earth’s Crust
 
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 Arie Poldervaart
 
 Arie Poldervaart
 
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 https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE62-p119
 
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- Estimates of the Abundances of Some Chemical Elements and Their Reliability ^*
 
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 Michael Fleischer
 
 Michael Fleischer
 
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- Oldest Rocks Exposed
 
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 Louis H. Ahrens
 
 Louis H. Ahrens
 
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Recent Deformation and Sedimentation
- Recent Deformations of the Earth’s Crust in the Light of Those of Earlier Epochs ^*
 
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 Hans Stille
 
 Hans Stille
 
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- Sea Level and Crustal Warping
 
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 Ph. H. Kuenen
 
 Ph. H. Kuenen
 
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- Sediment Deposition in Deep Atlantic ^*
 
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 David B. Ericson;
 
 David B. Ericson
 
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 M. Ewing;
 
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 Bruce C. Heezen;
 
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 G. Wollin
 
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- Pelagic Sediments of the Pacific ^*
 
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 R. Revelle;
 
 R. Revelle
 
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 M. Bramlette;
 
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 G. Arrhenius;
 
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 E. D. Goldberg
 
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- Tonga Trench ^*
 
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 Russell W. Raitt;
 
 Russell W. Raitt
 
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 Robert L. Fisher;
 
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 Ronald G. Mason
 
 Ronald G. Mason
 
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- Puerto Rico Trench Topographic and Geophysical Data ^*
 
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 Maurice Ewing;
 
 Maurice Ewing
 
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 Bruce C. Heezen
 
 Bruce C. Heezen
 
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- Gulf of Mexico
 
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 Paul Weaver
 
 Paul Weaver
 
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- Late Quaternary Deltaic Deposits of the Mississippi River: (Local Sedimentation and Basin Tectonics)
 
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 H. N. Fisk;
 
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 E. McFarlan, Jr.
 
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- Bahamian Platforms
 
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 Norman D. Newell
 
 Norman D. Newell
 
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Structural Synthesis and Petrogenesis
- Plastic Buckling of the Earth’s Crust: The Origin of Geosynclines
 
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 F. A. Vening Meinesz
 
 F. A. Vening Meinesz
 
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 https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE62-p319
 
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- Sources of Energy Responsible for the Transformation and Deformation of the Earth’s Crust
 
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 Sidney Paige
 
 Sidney Paige
 
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- Deformation in Orogenic Belts
 
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 Walter H. Bucher
 
 Walter H. Bucher
 
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- Wedge Uplifts and Their Tectonic Significance
 
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 W. T. Thom, Jr.
 
 W. T. Thom, Jr.
 
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- Structural Features of the Mojave Desert Region ^*
 
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 D.F. Hewett
 
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- Serpentines, Orogeny, and Epeirogeny
 
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 H.H. Hess
 
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- Granite Series in Mobile Belts
 
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 H. H. Read
 
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- Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Petrogenesis
 
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 Hans Ramberg
 
 Hans Ramberg
 
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- Biofacies Analysis
 
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 John Imbrie
 
 John Imbrie
 
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- Geologic Thermometry ^*
 
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 Earl Ingerson
 
 Earl Ingerson
 
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- Some Aspects of the Role of Water In Rock Melts
 
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 George C. Kennedy
 
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- Role of Water in Metamorphism
 
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 Hatten S. Yoder, Jr.
 
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- Hydrothermal Alteration and Weathering
 
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 Paul F. Kerr
 
 Paul F. Kerr
 
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Historical Development of the Earth’s Crust
- Invertebrates and Geologic Time Scale
 
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 Raymond C. Moore
 
 Raymond C. Moore
 
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- Plants and the Geologic Time Scale
 
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 Erling Dorf
 
 Erling Dorf
 
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- Vertebrates in the Geologic Time Scale
 
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 Joseph T. Gregory
 
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- Isotopic Dating and the Geologic Time Scale ^*
 
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 J. Laurence Kulp
 
 J. Laurence Kulp
 
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- Development of the Hydrosphere and Atmosphere, with Special Reference to Probable Composition of the Early Atmosphere ^*
 
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 William W. Rubey
 
 William W. Rubey
 
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- Geologic Evidence of Chemical Composition of the Precambrian Atmosphere
 
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 Kalervo Rankama
 
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- Sediments and Subsidence Through Time
 
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 Marshall Kay
 
 Marshall Kay
 
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- Bathyliths in Time
 
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 Adolph Knopf
 
 Adolph Knopf
 
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- Volcanic Rocks and the Tectonic Cycle
 
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 A.C. Waters
 
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- Orogeny and Epeirogeny Through Time ^*
 
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 Philip B. King
 
 Philip B. King
 
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