Crustal Properties Across Passive Margins

Selected Papers from the Symposium Crustal Properties Across Passive Margins Held at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

C. E. Keen

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780444418517
• eBook ISBN: 9781483275451
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Geography
• Index: Geography

Developments in Geotectonics, 15: Crustal Properties across Passive Margins covers the papers presented at the symposium ""Crustal Properties across Passive Margins"", held at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 19-23, 1978. The book focuses on theoretical modelling of the rheological properties in the upper mantle beneath oceans and continents and stratigraphic studies of the sedimentary basins. The selection first offers information on seismic refraction study of the continental edge off the Eastern United States and gravity field of the U.S. Atlantic continental margin. Topics include crustal sections, inner and outer quiet zones, alternative models and complications, gravity models, free-air anomaly map, and the ocean-continent transition zone. The text then takes a look at the geologic history of the passive margin off New England and the Canadian Maritime Provinces and geophysical observations bearing upon the origin of the Newfoundland Ridge. The manuscript elaborates on the age and origin of the deepest correlative structures recognized off Canada and Europe and geophysical transects of the Labrador Sea. Discussions focus on magnetics and gravity, stratigraphic control, consequences regarding subduction or rifting, and deep structures of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. The selection is a dependable reference for readers interested in crustal properties across passive margins.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Crustal Properties Across Passive Margins
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER 1. SEISMIC REFRACTION STUDY OF THE CONTINENTAL EDGE OFF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES
• CHAPTER 2. THE GRAVITY FIELD OF THE U.S. ATLANTIC CONTINENTAL MARGIN
• CHAPTER 3. THE GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF THE PASSIVE MARGIN OFF NEW ENGLAND AND THE CANADIAN MARITIME PROVINCES
• CHAPTER 4. GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS BEARING UPON THE ORIGIN OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND RIDGE
• CHAPTER 5. THE CANADIAN ATLANTIC MARGIN: A PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN ENCOMPASSING AN ACTIVE PAST
• CHAPTER 6. PRECAMBRIAN META-DIABASES OF SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK– THE OPENING OF THE IAPETUS OCEAN?
• CHAPTER 7. THE AGE AND ORIGIN OF THE DEEPEST CORRELATIVE STRUCTURES RECOGNIZED OFF CANADA AND EUROPE
• CHAPTER 8. GEOPHYSICAL TRANSECTS OF THE LABRADOR SEA: LABRADOR TO SOUTHWEST GREENLAND
• CHAPTER 9. THE ATLANTIC MARGIN OF IBERIA AND MOROCCO, A REINTERPRETATION
• CHAPTER 10. STRUCTURE OF THE CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE AT GOBAN SPUR, SOUTHWEST OF THE BRITISH ISLES – SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR MARGIN STUDIES
• CHAPTER 11. AN EXPLOSION SEISMOLOGY INVESTIGATION OF THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN WEST OF THE HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND, AT 58°N
• CHAPTER 12. GEOLOGICAL EVENTS DURING THE EARLY FORMATION OF A PASSIVE MARGIN
• CJHAPTER 13. THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN MARGIN OFF SVALBARD
• CHAPTER 14. CDP SEISMIC SECTIONS OF THE WESTERN BEAUFORT CONTINENTAL MARGIN
• CHAPTER 15. GEOLOGY AND TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN NORTH OF ALASKA
• CHAPTER 16. ON SHEARED PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGINS
• CHAPTER 17. SEISMIC MODELS OF INNER PARTS OF THE EURO-ASIAN CONTINENT AND ITS MARGINS
• CHAPTER 18. POISSON'S RATIO IN THE OCEANIC CRUST – A REVIEW
• CHAPTER 19. ON THE USE OF RAYLEIGH WAVE GROUP VELOCITIES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CONTINENTAL MARGINS
• CHAPTER 20. ON RHEOLOGICAL ZONATION OF THE LITHOSPHERE DURING FLEXURE
• CHAPTER 21. RHEOLOGIC PROPERTIES OF THE LITHOSPHERE AND APPLICATIONS TO PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGINS
• CHAPTER 22. GENERALIZED GEOPHYSICAL MODEL AND DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF THE CONTINENTAL CRUST