The Earth Beneath the Continents – A Volume of Geophysical Studies in Honor Merle A. Tuve V10
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2013
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Hersteller)
978-1-118-66895-5 (ISBN)
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Hersteller)
978-1-118-66895-5 (ISBN)
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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 10.
This volume had its inception in an agreement among the many groups participating in the 1963 Lake Superior seismic experiments to attempt to bring together their results in a single publication. The purpose was twofold: to provide easy access to all the data obtained, and to enable the reader to make comparisons between the various interpretations advanced to explain the crustal structure in the Lake Superior province of the Canadian Shield. It was hoped that such a compilation would facilitate the very necessary task of distinguishing the points of general agreement from the conclusions that were doubtful, confusing, or uncorroborated. It was clear in the early stages of interpretation that the crust in the Lake Superior region is of far greater complexity than might have been supposed from earlier, less detailed work in the shield areas. This fact made it especially desirable to include in the volume along with the seismic studies the latest available results from other geophysical and geological investigations of the region. This has been done, and the first two sections of the present volume constitute the realizable portion of the original hope for a comprehensive description of the geophysical character of the Lake Superior region. The story is, of course, far from complete. Additional seismic experiments were mounted in 1964, and a large one is in progress as this is being written. Detailed gravity surveys and combined geological-geophysical studies are being pursued, while new studies of heat flow, magnetics, and conductivity are under way or already complete. We hope that these investigations will provide answers to some of the many questions still remaining about the structure of the Lake Superior area.
This volume had its inception in an agreement among the many groups participating in the 1963 Lake Superior seismic experiments to attempt to bring together their results in a single publication. The purpose was twofold: to provide easy access to all the data obtained, and to enable the reader to make comparisons between the various interpretations advanced to explain the crustal structure in the Lake Superior province of the Canadian Shield. It was hoped that such a compilation would facilitate the very necessary task of distinguishing the points of general agreement from the conclusions that were doubtful, confusing, or uncorroborated. It was clear in the early stages of interpretation that the crust in the Lake Superior region is of far greater complexity than might have been supposed from earlier, less detailed work in the shield areas. This fact made it especially desirable to include in the volume along with the seismic studies the latest available results from other geophysical and geological investigations of the region. This has been done, and the first two sections of the present volume constitute the realizable portion of the original hope for a comprehensive description of the geophysical character of the Lake Superior region. The story is, of course, far from complete. Additional seismic experiments were mounted in 1964, and a large one is in progress as this is being written. Detailed gravity surveys and combined geological-geophysical studies are being pursued, while new studies of heat flow, magnetics, and conductivity are under way or already complete. We hope that these investigations will provide answers to some of the many questions still remaining about the structure of the Lake Superior area.
John S. Steinhart and T. Jefferson Smith are the authors of The Earth Beneath the Continents: A Volume of Geophysical Studies in Honor of Merle A. Tuve, published by Wiley.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.4.2013 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 215 x 277 mm |
| Gewicht | 1833 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik |
| ISBN-10 | 1-118-66895-2 / 1118668952 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-118-66895-5 / 9781118668955 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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