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Interstitial water studies on small core samples, Deep Sea Drilling Project: Leg 10

Leg 10 interstitial water analyses provide new indications of the distribution of rock salt beneath the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, both confirming areas previously indicated to be underlain by salt bodies and extending evidence of salt distribution to seismically featureless areas in the Sigsbee Knolls trend and Isthmian Embayment. The criterion for presence of salt at depth is a consistent incr
Authors
Frank T. Manheim, Fred L. Sayles, Lee S. Waterman

Structure of the crust in the conterminous United States

On the basis of the newest interpretations of all sufficiently long seismic profiles, a contour map of the Mohorovičić discontinuity for the conterminous United States is compiled. Differences from earlier interpretations are discussed.
Authors
David H. Warren, J. H. Healy

Reducing seismic hazards through land-use planning

No abstract available.
Authors
Donald R. Nichols, Jane M. Buchanan-Banks