Deep structure of northern Mississippi embayment

A. Ginzburg; Walter D. Mooney; A.W. Walter; W. J. Lutter; J. H. Healy

doi:10.1306/ad4608be-16f7-11d7-8645000102c1865d

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Deep structure of northern Mississippi embayment

A. Ginzburg·Walter D. Mooney·A.W. Walter·W. J. Lutter·J. H. Healy

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In September 1980, the U. S. Geological Survey conducted a seismic refraction investigation of the northern Mississippi Embayment. During the investigation, 34 shots from nine shotpoints were recorded along a series of profiles. The profiles were parallel to and across an inferred Precambrian rift zone which is outlined by a series of magnetic anomalies and covers an area at least 200 km (125 mi) long and 70 km (45 mi) wide. The paper presents an interpretation of the survey results. The tectonic model proposed to explain the origin of the embayment velocity structure includes a late Precambrian mantle plume that intruded the lower crust of the northern embayment, causing uplift (and/or crustal stretching) and subsequent rifting of the axial area. This was followed by erosion, subsidence, and subsequent deposition of sediments in the resulting trough.

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Source-reported bounding extent: 37.055177106660814° to 44.402391829093915° latitude; -92.92236328125° to -88.43994140625° longitude. This indicates report coverage, not an exact sampling location. View area on OpenStreetMap.

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A. Ginzburg, Walter D. Mooney, A.W. Walter, W. J. Lutter, J. H. Healy. 1983. Deep structure of northern Mississippi embayment. https://doi.org/10.1306/ad4608be-16f7-11d7-8645000102c1865d

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