The seismic reflection character of the continental Mohorovicic discontinuity

LD Hale, GA Thompson - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 1982 - Wiley Online Library
The continental Mohorovicic discontinuity is most often interpreted as a step‐function
velocity boundary. However, on deep crustal seismic reflection profiles, reflections, at depths …

The Mohorovičić discontinuity beneath the continental crust: An overview of seismic constraints

R Carbonell, A Levander, R Kind - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The seismic signature of the Moho from which geologic and tectonic evolution hypotheses
are derived is to a large degree a result of the seismic methodology which has been used to …

The nature of the Mohorovicic discontinuity, a compromise

PJ Wyllie - Journal of Geophysical Research, 1963 - Wiley Online Library
The available experimental data and steady‐state calculations make it difficult to explain the
M discontinuity beneath both oceans and continents on the basis of the same phase …

The continental Mohorovičić discontinuity: Results from near‐vertical and wide‐angle seismic reflection studies

LW Braile, CS Chiang - Reflection seismology: A global …, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
The continental Mohorovičić discontinuity (Moho) has been recognized worldwide from
refracted (Pn) and wide‐angle reflected (PmP) phases from earthquake and explosive …

[HTML][HTML] The nature of the Mohorovicic discontinuity

CM Jarchow, GA Thompson - Annual Review of Earth and …, 1989 - adsabs.harvard.edu
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How the crust meets the mantle: Lithoprobe perspectives on the Mohorovičić discontinuity and crust–mantle transition

FA Cook, DJ White, AG Jones… - … Journal of Earth …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Application of regional geophysical and geological methods throughout two decades of
Canada's Lithoprobe project provides new opportunities to analyze the Mohorovičić …

Fine structure of the continental reflection Moho

FA Cook - Geological Society of America Bulletin, 2002 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Comparisons of deep seismic reflection profiles from a variety of tectonic regions that span a
large fraction of the Earth's history lead to a threefold categorization of reflection patterns …

Moho vs crust–mantle boundary: evolution of an idea

SY O'Reilly, WL Griffin - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The concept that the Mohorovicic Discontinuity (Moho) does not necessarily coincide with
the base of the continental crust as defined by rock-type compositions was introduced in the …

Seismic images of continental lithosphere: President's anniversary address 1989

DJ Blundell - Journal of the Geological Society, 1990 - lyellcollection.org
Seismic reflection profiles in USA and West Germany over thirty years ago showed strong
reflections from the lower crust but technical advances through the 1970s were needed for …

Reflection seismic studies of crustal structure in the eastern United States

RA Phinney, K Roy-Chowdhury - Geological Society of …, 1989 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Since 1978, several seismic reflection transects have been run across the Appalachian and
Ouachita orogens; several special topical reflection lines in the craton have shown the …