Saudi Arabian seismic deep-refraction profiles; final project report
In February 1978 a seismic deep-refraction profile was recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey along a 1000-km line across the Arabian Shield in western Saudi…
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Saudi Arabian seismic deep-refraction profiles; final project report Author: Healy, J. H., Mooney, W. D., Blank, H. R., Gettings, M. E. Year: 1983 Category: Report In February 1978 a seismic deep-refraction profile was recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey along a 1000-km line across the Arabian Shield in western Saudi Arabia. The line begins in Mesozoic cover rocks near Riyadh on the Arabian Platform, leads southwesterly across three major Precambrian tectonic provinces, traverses Cenozoic rocks of the coastal plain near Jizan (Tihamat-Asir), and terminates at the outer edge of the Farasan Bank in the southern Red Sea. More than 500 surveyed recording sites were occupied, including 19 in the Farasan Islands. Six shot points were used: five on land, wit Tags: usgs, rock drilling explosives Source: ://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1983/0390/plate-1.pdf