Seismic evidence for a lower-crustal detachment beneath san francisco bay, california |
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Authors: | Brocher T M McCarthy J Hart P E Holbrook W S Furlong K P McEvilly T V Hole J A Klemperer S L |
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Abstract: | Results from the San Francisco Bay area seismic imaging experiment (BASIX) reveal the presence of a prominent lower crustal reflector at a depth of approximately 15 kilometers beneath San Francisco and San Pablo bays. Velocity analyses indicate that this reflector marks the base of Franciscan assemblage rocks and the top of a mafic lower crust. Because this compositional contrast would imply a strong rheological contrast, this interface may correspond to a lower crustal detachment surface. If so, it may represent a subhorizontal segment of the North America and Pacific plate boundary proposed by earlier thermo-mechanical and geological models. |
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