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Walter D. Mooney, Ph.D. US Geological Survey Menlo Park, California USA Lecture #15: Continental Margins IPRCC and SinoProbe Short Course: Lithospheric Evolution through Time April 8-12, 2011

Global Seismic Refraction Catalog (GSC) Dr. Walter D. Mooney U.S. Geological Survey March, 2010

(From left to right) George Shor, Maurice Ewing and Russell W. Raitt Influential Marine Geophysicists

Contour Maps

Thickness of Sediments

Ritzmann et al. (2007, GJI) Thickness of Sediments

Moho Depth

Cross Sections

Models of Continental Margins and Basins Press et al. (1995, Understanding Earth 4 th ed.)

North America – Atlantic Coast Funck et al. (2004, JGR)

North America- Atlantic Coast Funck et al. (2004, JGR) North America – Atlantic Coast

West African Coast Contrucci et al. (2004, GJI)

West African Coast

Southern African Continental margin Parsiegla et al. ( 2007, S. African Jour. of Geo.)

Southern African Continental margin Parsiegla et al. ( 2009, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys.)

Voss and Jokat (2007, GJI) East Greenland MarginEast Greenland margin

Voss and Jokat (2007, GJI) East Greenland MarginEast Greenland margin

Voss and Jokat (2007, GJI) East Greenland MarginEast Greenland margin

Tsikalas et al. (2008, Tectonophys.) Voring and Lofoten Margin Voring and Lofoten margin

Tsikalas et al. (2008, Tectonophys.) Voring and Lofoten Margin Voring and Lofoten margin

Models of Continental Margins and Basins Press et al. (1995, Understanding Earth 4 th ed.)

Subduction Zone

Average Cross Section through the Central Andes

The End

Contrucci et al. (2004, GJI) West African Coast

Evidence for Continental Drift: Fossil Assemblages

Southern African Continental margin Parsiegla et al. ( 2007, S. African Jour. of Geo.)

Ziegler, Dèzes & Schumacher, University of Basel, Switzerland Moho Depth of Europe km

Southern African Continental margin Parsiegla et al. ( 2007, S. African Jour. of Geo.)