Wide-angle reflection studies of the crust and Moho beneath the Archean gneiss terrane of southern Minnesota

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Earth Crust, P Waves, Seismology, Wave Propagation, Wave Reflection, Data Processing, Geological Faults, Mathematical Models, Tectonics

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Wide-angle reflection data from Archean crust in southern Minnesota were processed and modeled to place constraints on the average crustal structure and nature of the Moho. A crustal thickness of between 45 and 51 km is suggested by preliminary one-dimensional extremal inversion of arrivals extracted from vibroseis and quarry blast recordings. Broad band arrival times indicate that the Moho beneath the Archean gneiss terrane is not a simple velocity gradient but a layered zone involving small velocity contrasts. The bounds on average crustal velocity derived by extremel inversion suggest a crust that is intermediate to mafic with an increasingly mafic or plagioclase-rich composition with depth.

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