Citation
Healy, John Helding (1961) Geophysical Studies of the Basin Structures along the Eastern Front of the Sierra Nevada. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/403B-RW91. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-01312006-152504
Abstract
Eighteen seismic refraction profiles were shot and about 1200 gravity stations were occupied in the basins bordering the eastern Sierra Nevada between Owens Lake and the Garlock Fault. The results of these data show that basin structures with maximum depths averaging between 4000 to 6000 feet follow the front of the Sierra for this entire distance except for about ten miles near Little Lake.
These basins are usually narrow, fault-bounded structures with their deepest parts close to the front of the Sierras.
Analysis of the regional gradients indicates that the Mohorovicic discontinuity can play only a minor role in the isostatic support of the Sierra Nevada.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.)) |
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| Subject Keywords: | (Geophysics and Physics) |
| Degree Grantor: | California Institute of Technology |
| Division: | Geological and Planetary Sciences |
| Major Option: | Geophysics |
| Minor Option: | Physics |
| Thesis Availability: | Public (worldwide access) |
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| Defense Date: | 1 January 1961 |
| Record Number: | CaltechETD:etd-01312006-152504 |
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-01312006-152504 |
| DOI: | 10.7907/403B-RW91 |
| Default Usage Policy: | No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided. |
| ID Code: | 419 |
| Collection: | CaltechTHESIS |
| Deposited By: | Imported from ETD-db |
| Deposited On: | 31 Jan 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Nov 2023 00:41 |
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