Imaging the seismic structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath the Great Plains, Rio Grande Rift, and Colorado Plateau using receiver functions

2005 ◽  
Vol 110 (B5) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Great Plains ◽  
Upper Mantle ◽  
Colorado Plateau ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Receiver Functions ◽  
Rio Grande Rift ◽  
Seismic Structure ◽  
Crust And Upper Mantle

Distributed deformation across the Rio Grande Rift, Great Plains, and Colorado Plateau

Geology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry T. Berglund ◽  
Anne F. Sheehan ◽  
Mark H. Murray ◽  
Mousumi Roy ◽  
Anthony R. Lowry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great Plains ◽  
Colorado Plateau ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Rio Grande Rift

Crustal structure in central New Mexico interpreted from the gasbuggy explosion

1976 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 877-886
Author(s):  
Tousson R. Toppozada ◽  
Allan R. Sanford
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Upper Mantle ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Seismic Profile ◽  
Rio Grande Rift ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Crustal Velocity ◽  
Crustal Model ◽  
Mantle Velocity ◽  
Record Section

abstract Interpretation of a seismic profile extending 548 km southward from the GASBUGGY nuclear test of December 10, 1967 resulted in a crustal model for central New Mexico. The crust is 39.9 km thick below the Paleozoic “basement”. It consists of an upper crust 18.6 km thick having P velocity 6.15 km/sec, and a lower crust 21.3 km thick having P velocity 6.5 km/sec. The apparent upper mantle velocity is 8.12 km/sec. This model applies near the crossover distance, 50 km west of Albuquerque. Additional information from earthquakes and explosions suggests that the upper crustal velocity drops to 5.8 km/sec in the Rio Grande rift, and that the true upper mantle velocity is 7.9 km/sec. The low upper crustal velocity in the Rio Grande rift can be detected on the record section of the GASBUGGY profile.

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