Crustal structures and tectonism in southeastern Alaska and western British Columbia from seismic refraction, seismic reflection, gravity, magnetic, and microearthquake measurements

• Main Author: Johnson, Stephen Hans
• Other Authors: Couch, Richard W., Oceanography, Oregon State University. Graduate School
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: oregon state university
• Subjects: Earth > Crust; Seismic refraction method; Glacier Bay; Queen Charlotte; Fairweather; Dixon Entrance; Celestial Reef; Learmonth Bank; glacier; Alaska
• Online Access: http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/rf55zb143

Seismic refraction measurements along two unreversed lines indicate that the earth's crust is 26 km thick in southeastern Alaska and 30 km thick along the Inside Passage of British Columbia. The crust in southeastern Alaska, north of Dixon Entrance, consists of a layer 9 km thick with a seismic...