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- Seismology and the new global tectonics (1968) (1327)
- Fluids expelled tectonically from orogenic belts: Their role in hydrocarbon migration and other geologic phenomena (1986) (739)
- Possible criteria for predicting earthquake locations and their application to major plate boundaries of the Pacific and the Caribbean (1973) (404)
- Thin-skinned tectonics in the crystalline southern Appalachians; COCORP seismic-reflection profiling of the Blue Ridge and Piedmont (1979) (402)
- Deep earthquake zones, anomalous structures in the upper mantle, and the lithosphere (1967) (392)
- Lateral variations of attenuation in the upper mantle and discontinuities in the lithosphere (1969) (350)
- Cenozoic and Mesozoic structure of the eastern Basin and Range province, Utah, from COCORP seismic-reflection data (1983) (292)
- The Moho in the northern Basin and Range province, Nevada, along the COCORP 40°N seismic-reflection transect (1986) (277)
- Study of shear-velocity distribution in the upper mantle by mantle Rayleigh waves (1960) (269)
- Overview of the COCORP 40°N Transect, western United States: The fabric of an orogenic belt (1987) (195)
- Focal Mechanisms of Deep and Shallow Earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Region and the Tectonics of Island Arcs (1969) (181)
- Structure of the Laramide Wind River Uplift, Wyoming, from Cocorp deep reflection data and from gravity data (1979) (174)
- Lateral variations of high-frequency seismic wave propagation at regional distances across the Turkish and Iranian plateaus (1981) (164)
- COCORP seismic profiling of the Appalachian orogen beneath the Coastal Plain of Georgia (1981) (150)
- Deep structure of the Rio Grande Rift from seismic reflection profiling (1980) (146)
- Nature of the Wind River thrust, Wyoming, from COCORP deep-reflection data and from gravity data (1978) (137)
- New COCORP profiling in the southeastern United States. Part I: Late Paleozoic suture and Mesozoic rift basin (1985) (131)
- Spatial distribution of deep and shallow earthquakes of small magnitudes in the Fiji-Tonga region (1969) (128)
- Descent of Lithosphere beneath New Hebrides, Tonga-Fiji and New Zealand: Evidence for Detached Slabs (1973) (123)
- The spots and stains of plate tectonics (1992) (119)
- Crustal structure of eastern Nevada from COCORP deep seismic reflection data (1987) (116)
- Deep seismic reflection characteristics of the continental crust (1987) (115)
- A simplified method for the analysis and synthesis of dispersed wave trains (1960) (115)
- Geophysical Investigations in the Emerged and Submerged Atlantic Coastal Plain (1954) (103)
- The Seismic Noise of the Earth’s Surface (1959) (103)
- A summary of observed seismic surface wave dispersion (1962) (102)
- Relative excitation of surface waves by earthquakes and underground explosions in the California-Nevada region (1963) (94)
- TWO‐DIMENSIONAL MODEL SEISMOLOGY (1954) (94)
- Higher modes of continental Rayleigh waves (1957) (91)
- The deep crustal structure of the Mojave Desert (1986) (90)
- Leaking modes and the PL phase (1959) (90)
- COCORP profiling across the Southern Oklahoma aulacogen: Overthrusting of the Wichita Mountains and compression within the Anadarko Basin (1983) (88)
- The late Precambrian-early Paleozoic continental edge in the Appalachian Orogen (1981) (87)
- Crustal Profile of Mountain Belt: COCORP Deep Seismic Reflection Profiling in New England Appalachians and Implications for Architecture of Convergent Mountain Chains (1984) (86)
- Vertical crustal movements from leveling data and their relation to geologic structure in the eastern United States (1976) (84)
- Crustal structure of Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas; a model based on integration of COCORP reflection profiles and regional geophysical data (1983) (82)
- COCORP Arizona transect: Strong crustal reflections and offset Moho beneath the transition zone (1987) (82)
- Crustal geometry of the Appalachian orogen from seismic reflection studies (1983) (82)
- Major Proterozoic basement features of the eastern midcontinent of North America revealed by recent COCORP profiling (1989) (79)
- A tale of two sutures: COCORP's deep seismic surveys of the Grenville province in the eastern U.S. midcontinent (1990) (78)
- Continuous seismic reflection profiling of the deep basement, Hardeman County, Texas (1976) (78)
- Spatial and temporal clustering of deep and shallow earthquakes in the Fiji-Tonga-Kermadec region (1967) (76)
- Structure of the Southern Keweenawan Rift from COCORP Surveys across the midcontinent geophysical anomaly in northeastern Kansas (1984) (75)
- Travel times of seismic waves between the New Hebrides and Fiji Islands: A zone of low velocity beneath the Fiji Plateau (1973) (75)
- The Laramide orogeny: Evidence from cocorp deep crustal seismic profiles in the wind river mountains, wyoming (1980) (74)
- Notes on the geology of Tibet and adjacent areas; report of the American plate tectonics delegation to the People's Republic of China (1980) (73)
- Normal modes of continental surface waves (1958) (73)
- COCORP profiling across the Rocky Mountain Front in southern Wyoming, Part 2: Precambrian basement structure and its influence on Laramide deformation (1982) (70)
- Studies related to the Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake of 1886; tectonics and seismicity (1983) (68)
- Crustal Structure and Surface-Wave Dispersion. Part IV: Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Basins (1955) (68)
- Adirondack-Appalachian crustal structure: The COCORP Northeast Traverse (1983) (66)
- New COCORP profiling in the southeastern United States. Part II: Brunswick and east coast magnetic anomalies, opening of the north-central Atlantic Ocean (1985) (64)
- Seismic waves with frequencies from 1 to 100 cycles per second recorded in a deep mine in Northern New Jersey (1964) (64)
- WWNSS: Seismology's Global Network of Observing Stations (1971) (63)
- Cocorp and the continental crust (1983) (63)
- Structure of the central Death Valley pull-apart basin and vicinity from COCORP profiles in the southern Great Basin (1988) (62)
- Seismic velocity anomalies beneath the New Hebrides Island Arc: Evidence for a detached slab in the upper mantle (1973) (62)
- Seismic-reflection study of the Precambrian crust of central Minnesota (1984) (60)
- On the long period character of shear waves (1961) (60)
- Cocorp deep seismic reflection traverse of the interior of the North American Cordillera, Washington and Idaho: Implications for orogenic evolution (1986) (60)
- Modern uplift associated with a proposed magma body in the vicinity of Socorro (1976) (59)
- Trans-Hudson orogen and Williston basin in Montana and North Dakota: New COCORP deep-profiling results (1993) (57)
- Rift structure beneath the Michigan Basin from COCORP profiling (1982) (56)
- CRUSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS FROM THE Lg PHASE (1955) (56)
- Death Valley bright spot: A midcrustal magma body in the southern Great Basin (1986) (55)
- COCORP profiling across the Rocky Mountain Front in southern Wyoming, Part 1: Laramide structure (1982) (54)
- Elastic Wave Dispersion in a Cylindrical Rod by a Wide‐Band Short‐Duration Pulse Technique (1957) (53)
- Cocorp seismic reflection profiling in the Ouachita Mountains of western Arkansas: Geometry and geologic interpretation (1982) (52)
- Tectonic heredity and the layered lower crust in the Basin and Range Province, western United States (1987) (52)
- Some results of COCORP seismic reflection profiling in the Grenville-age Adirondack Mountains, New York State (1985) (51)
- The Heterogeneity of the Continental Crust: Results From Deep Crustal Seismic Reflection Profiling Using the Vibroseis Technique (1979) (51)
- Microearthquake activity recorded by portable seismographs of high sensitivity (1966) (49)
- Regional Sn velocities and shear velocity in the upper mantle (1973) (48)
- COCORP: new perspectives on the deep crust (1987) (46)
- Propagation of seismic waves through and beneath the lithosphere that descends under the Tonga Island Arc (1972) (46)
- Crustal structure of north-central Nevada: Results from COCORP deep seismic profiling (1987) (45)
- A worldwide storm of microseisms with periods of about 27 seconds (1962) (44)
- A study of shallow global mantle flow due to the accretion and subduction of lithospheric plates (1979) (44)
- The Southern Appalachians and the Growth of Continents (1980) (43)
- Proterozoic basin in the southern Midcontinent of the United States revealed by COCORP deep seismic reflection profiling (1981) (42)
- Cenozoic active margin and shallow Cascades structure: COCORP results from western Oregon (1989) (42)
- Crustal structure and surface-wave dispersion in Africa (1956) (42)
- The Cocorp Seismic Reflection Traverse Across the Southern Appalachians (1983) (41)
- Postglacial faulting and seismicity in New York and Quebec (1970) (40)
- Air‐coupled flexural waves in floating ice (1951) (40)
- Complex Archean lower crustal structure revealed by COCORP crustal reflection profiling in the Wind River Range, Wyoming (1980) (39)
- Structure of the Riddleville Basin from COCORP Seismic Data and Implications for Reactivation Tectonics (1984) (38)
- Seismic Reflection Studies of Deep Crustal Structure (1980) (38)
- SEISMIC MODEL STUDY OF REFRACTIONS FROM A LAYER OF FINITE THICKNESS (1954) (38)
- Deep structure of the Texas Gulf passive margin and its Ouachita-Precambrian basement: Results of the COCORP San Marcos arch survey (1992) (38)
- Cretaceous and Cenozoic faulting in eastern North America (1976) (36)
- New measurements of crystal doming over the Socorro magma body, New Mexico (1980) (35)
- On elastic strain of the earth in the period range 5 seconds to 100 hours (1964) (35)
- New measurements of crustal doming over the Socorro magma body (1979) (34)
- Intracrustal complexity in the United States midcontinent: Preliminary results from COCORP surveys in northeastern Kansas (1983) (33)
- Seismically-induced fluctuations of the water level in the Nunn-Bush well in Milwaukee (1962) (32)
- The effect of surficial sedimentary layers on continental surface waves (1958) (31)
- Model Study of Air‐Coupled Surface Waves (1955) (30)
- Crustal structure of the New York‐Pennsylvania area (1961) (30)
- Microseisms in the 11- to 18-second period range (1957) (29)
- On the nature of oceanic seismic surface waves with predominant periods of 6 to 8 seconds (1961) (28)
- Concurrent storms of long and ultralong period microseisms (1963) (27)
- Geophysical studies in the Beaufort Sea, 1951 (1952) (27)
- The second shear mode of continental Rayleigh waves (1959) (26)
- COCORP profiles from the Montana plains: The Archean cratonic crust and a lower crustal anomaly beneath the Williston basin (1988) (25)
- Probing the Structure of the Deep Continental Crust (1982) (23)
- Dynamics of the down-going lithosphere (1973) (21)
- Profiling the Rio Grande Rift (1976) (21)
- On the synthesis of shear-coupled PL waves (1968) (21)
- The propagation of short-period seismic surface waves across oceanic areas: Part I—Theoretical study (1964) (20)
- Results of recent COCORP profiling in the southeastern United States (1987) (20)
- Exploration of the continental basement by seismic reflection profiling (1978) (20)
- Tracing surface features to great depths: A Powerful means for exploring the deep crust (1982) (20)
- Elastic waves in Arctic pack ice (1954) (19)
- Cocorp deep seismic reflection profiling in the northern Sierra Nevada, California (1986) (19)
- Changes at the crust–mantle boundary (1982) (19)
- Leveling circuits and crustal movements (1980) (19)
- COCORP seismic reflection profiling across thrust faults (1981) (17)
- PROPAGATION OF PL WAVES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES (1964) (17)
- Short‐period oceanic surface waves of the rayleigh and first shear modes (1958) (17)
- The propagation of short-period seismic surface waves across oceanic areas Part II—Analysis of seismograms (1964) (15)
- Structure and mobility of the crust and mantle in the vicinity of island arcs (1968) (15)
- Detailed three-dimensional structure of the deep crust based on COCORP data in the Cordilleran interior, north-central Washington (1988) (15)
- Phanerozoic Tectonics of the Basin and Range ‐ Colorado Plateau Transition from COCORP Data and Geologic Data: A Review (2013) (15)
- Geophysics in the Affairs of Mankind—A Personalized History of Exploration Geophysics (2001) (14)
- Cocorp Seismic Reflection Studies of the Rio Grande Rift (2013) (14)
- The First Decade of COCORP: 1974–1984 (2013) (13)
- Seismic waves from high‐altitude nuclear explosions (1960) (13)
- COCORP seismic profiles near Coalinga, California: Subsurface structure of the western Great Valley (1984) (13)
- COCORP deep seismic reflection traverses of the U.S. Cordillera (1987) (12)
- Crustal structure of the Basin and Range–Sierra Nevada Transition from COCORP deep seismic-reflection profiling (1987) (11)
- SEISMIC WAVES COUPLED TO SONIC BOOMS (1962) (11)
- Long-Period Seismic Waves from Nuclear Explosions in Various Environments (1960) (11)
- Seismicity in the vicinity of the Ramapo fault, New Jersey-New York (1968) (10)
- Deep seismic sounding of the continental crust and mantle — a long-term view (1998) (10)
- Inside the Earth: Evidence From Earthquakes (1982) (9)
- SEISMIC SURFACE WAVES AT PALISADES FROM EXPLOSIONS IN NEVADA AND THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. (1958) (9)
- Relative excitation of the seismic shear waves Sn and Lg as a function of source depth and their propagation from Melanesia and Banda arcs to Australia (1977) (9)
- Shocks and rocks : seismology in the plate tectonics revolution : the story of earthquakes and the great earth science revolution of the 1960s (1996) (9)
- Question of the Wind River Thrust, Wyoming, Resolved by COCORP Deep Reflection Data and by Gravity Data (1978) (8)
- Structure and evolution of the mobile seismic belts (1970) (7)
- Contributions of Seismology to Plate Tectonics (1972) (7)
- Methods in and (2014) (7)
- Ottawa-Gatineau seismic site classification map from combined geological/geophysical data (2012) (7)
- Seismicity at Continental Margins (1974) (7)
- Complexities of the Deep Basement from Seismic Reflection Profiling (2013) (6)
- Localized microearthquakes in the Denali Fault Zone (1968) (5)
- Comment and Reply on ‘Thin-skinned tectonics in the crystalline southern Appalachians; COCORP seismic-reflection profiling of the Blue Ridge and Piedmont’ (1980) (5)
- The advantage of length in deep crustal reflection profiles (1983) (4)
- Long Earthquake Waves (1959) (4)
- Rayleigh Waves on a Cylindrical Curved Surface (1955) (4)
- Discovery and innovation in geoscience Address as Retiring President of The Geological Society of America, October 1987 (1988) (4)
- Reply [to “Comments on paper by Bryan Isacks, Jack Oliver, and Lynn R. Sykes, ‘Seismology and the new global tectonics’”] (1969) (3)
- Comments and Replies on ‘Thin-skinned tectonics in the crystalline southern Appalachians; COCORP seismic-reflection profiling of the Blue Ridge and Piedmont’ and ‘Sequential development of the Appalachian orogen above a master decollement—A hypothesis’: REPLY (1980) (3)
- Deep Crustal Structure: Implications for Continental Evolution (2013) (3)
- Comment and Reply on “Fluids expelled tectonically from erogenic belts: Their role in hydrocarbon migration and other geologic phenomena” REPLY (1986) (3)
- Elastic Wave Dispersion in a Cylindrical Rod (1956) (3)
- The Upper Mantle Project: Plans for the future (1966) (3)
- Recent Vertical Crustal Movements from Leveling Observations in the Vicinity of the Rio Grande Rift (2013) (3)
- Geometries of Deep Crustal Faults: Evidence from the COCORP Mojave Survey (2013) (3)
- Surrency bright spot: possible evidence for fluid in the deep crust (1985) (3)
- New COCORP profiling in the southeastern US: Major features and regional implications (1985) (3)
- Exploration of the continental basement the world over by seismic reflection profiling: A goal for the solid earth sciences (1982) (3)
- Recent earthquake prediction research in the U.S.A. (1970) (3)
- Seismology and the new global tectonics: Implications for earthquake prediction (1969) (2)
- A Cocorp Crustal-Scale Seismic Profile of the Cordilleran Hingeline, Eastern Basin and Range Province (1985) (2)
- Premonitory phenomena associated with several recent earthquakes and related problems (1969) (2)
- Seismicity and Tectonics of the Eastern United States (1972) (2)
- Solid Earth science during the 21st century (1991) (2)
- A Global Perspective on Seismic Reflection Profiling of the Continental Crust (2013) (2)
- Releveling evidence for crustal deformation in the United States (1983) (2)
- Seismology, the plate tectonics revolution, and making it happen again (1991) (1)
- Joint US-Japan Conference: Premonitory Phenomena Associated with Several Recent Earthquakes and Related Problems (1969) (1)
- A New Era in Understanding the Continental Basement; the Impact of Seismic Reflection Profiling (2013) (1)
- Recent Results in Model Seismology (1955) (0)
- 7 – LONG PERIOD WAVES AND THE Lg PHASE (1965) (0)
- SEISMIC SURFACE WAVES AT PALIS 4DES FROM EXPLOSIONS (0)
- SG14: The COCORP Seismic Reflection Traverse Across the Southern Appalachians - Evolution of the Southern Appalachians (1983) (0)
- The Advantage of Length in Deep Crustal Reflection Prospecting (1983) (0)
- Seventh award of the Medal of the Seismological Society of America (1983) (0)
- Engineering Aspects of Multichannel Processing Based on Measured Noise Correlations (1965) (0)
- 2.2 Basement Involved: 2.2.1 Crustal Profiles: COCORP Seismic Traverse Across the Rio Grande Rift (1983) (0)
- SG14: The COCORP Seismic Reflection Traverse Across the Southern Appalachians - Title Page (1983) (0)
- Charles L. Drake (1924”1997) (1998) (0)
- Note on Rayleigh Waves of Cylindrical Curved Surface (1957) (0)
- Full‐Fledged Plate Tectonics (2013) (0)
- Continental Drift and Sea Floor Spreading, The Forerunners of Plate Tectonics (2013) (0)
- The Earth's Crust: Heacock/The Earth's Crust (1977) (0)
- Exploring the Geological Structure of the Continental Crust. (1983) (0)
- STUDIES RELATED TO THE CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, EARTHQUAKE OF 1886 TECTONICS AND SEISMIClTY (COLLECTED ABSTRACTS) Edited by Gregory S. Gohn Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2010) (0)
- SG14: The COCORP Seismic Reflection Traverse Across the Southern Appalachians - Summary and Conclusions (1983) (0)
- 3-d structure of the Late Paleozoic suture beneath the Georgia coastal plain: evidence from new COCORP profiling (1985) (0)
- Integrated Geophysical and Geological Study of Earthquakes in Normally Aseismic Areas (1974) (0)
- 3.2 Basement Involved: The COCORP Southern Appalachian Traverse (1983) (0)
- OES solicits suggestions (1977) (0)
- Geoscience of Islands: Island Arcs. Japan and Its Environs . A. Sugimura and S. Uyeda. Elsevier, New York, 1973. viii, 248 pp., illus. $23.50. Developments in Geotectonics 3. (1973) (0)
- SG14: The COCORP Seismic Reflection Traverse Across the Southern Appalachians - Data Acquisition and Processing (1983) (0)
- Global Investigation of Seismic Wave Propagation on a Regional Scale (1981) (0)
- Contemporary Tectonics of China (1978) (0)
- SEISMIC SURFACE WAVES AT PALIS 4 DES FROM EXPLOSIONS IN NEVADA AND THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BY (0)
- SG14: The COCORP Seismic Reflection Traverse Across the Southern Appalachians - References (1983) (0)
- SG14: The COCORP Seismic Reflection Traverse Across the Southern Appalachians - Geologic Divisions in the Southern Appalachians and Interpretation of the Seismic Data (1983) (0)
- Mesozoic basin development beneath the southeastern US coastal plain: evidence from new COCORP profiling (1985) (0)
- Crystalline Overthrusting of Paleozoic Shelf in Southern Appalachians Mapped by COCORP Reflection Data: ABSTRACT (1980) (0)
- Earthquake Seismology in the Plate Tectonics Revolution (2018) (0)
- Deep Structure of the Continental Crust from Seismic Reflection Profiling (1979) (0)
- Learning About the Earth and About Earthquakes (2013) (0)
- SG14: The COCORP Seismic Reflection Traverse Across the Southern Appalachians - Problems for Future Consideration (1983) (0)
- Body Waves in Layered Seismic Models-Illustrations pgs. 32–38 (1956) (0)
- Exploration of the continental basement by deep seismic reflection profiling under the COCORP program (1982) (0)
- SG14: The COCORP Seismic Reflection Traverse Across the Southern Appalachians - Introduction (1983) (0)
- Exploring the Basement of the North American Continent Seismic reflection profiling increases our knowledge of the deep continental crust and our understanding of the earth's history (2016) (0)
- Contributions of Seismology to Plate Tectonics: ABSTRACT (1971) (0)
- Seismological Studies of the Pacific Area: Introduction to Session 2 (2013) (0)
- Strategy for Exploration of the Buried Continental Crust (1990) (0)
- Comments on paper by B. Isacks, J. Oliver, and L. R. Sykes, Seismology and the new global tectonics (2007) (0)
- Evidence of structural complexity of the lower crust and upper mantle from seismic reflection profiling (1979) (0)
- A Network of Long Period Vertical Seismographs (1953) (0)
- Recent results in Surface Wave Dispersion Studies (1958) (0)
- Eighth award of the Medal of the Seismological Society of America (1984) (0)
- Recent vertical crustal movements from leveling observations in the Rio Grande rift: a review (1978) (0)
- Recent vertical movements of the crust in the Western United States: reduction and analysis of leveling data and its interpretation in light of related seismological information (1981) (0)
- Geodynamics Project: Initial developments in the U.S. Program (1975) (0)
- The Origin and Early Days of the Lamont Geological Observatory and its Program in Earthquake Seismology (2013) (0)
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