Uri ten Brink, PhD (Former Employee)
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The nature of the crust under Cayman Trough from gravity The nature of the crust under Cayman Trough from gravity
Considerable crustal thickness variations are inferred along Cayman Trough, a slow-spreading ocean basin in the Caribbean Sea, from modeling of the gravity field. The crust to a distance of 50 km from the spreading center is only 2–3 km thick in agreement with dredge and dive results. Crustal thickness increases to ∼5.5 km at distances between 100 and 430 km west of the spreading center...
Authors
Uri S. ten Brink, D.F. Coleman, William P. Dillon
Lower crustal flow and the role of shear in basin subsidence: An example from the Dead Sea basin Lower crustal flow and the role of shear in basin subsidence: An example from the Dead Sea basin
We interpret large-scale subsidence (5–6 km depth) with little attendant brittle deformation in the southern Dead Sea basin, a large pull-apart basin along the Dead Sea transform plate boundary, to indicate lower crustal thinning due to lower crustal flow. Along-axis flow within the lower crust could be induced by the reduction of overburden pressure in the central Dead Sea basin, where...
Authors
A. Al-Zoubi, Uri S. ten Brink
Crustal structure of central Lake Baikal: Insights into intracontinental rifting Crustal structure of central Lake Baikal: Insights into intracontinental rifting
The Cenozoic rift system of Baikal, located in the interior of the largest continental mass on Earth, is thought to represent a potential analog of the early stage of breakup of supercontinents. We present a detailed P wave velocity structure of the crust and sediments beneath the Central Basin, the deepest basin in the Baikal rift system. The structure is characterized by a Moho depth...
Authors
Uri S. ten Brink, Michael H. Taylor
Joint Israeli-Palestinian gravity survey in the Dead Sea Rift valley Joint Israeli-Palestinian gravity survey in the Dead Sea Rift valley
No abstract available.
Authors
Michael Rybakov, R. El-Kelani, Uri S. ten Brink
Subsurface geometry and evolution of the Seattle fault zone and the Seattle Basin, Washington Subsurface geometry and evolution of the Seattle fault zone and the Seattle Basin, Washington
The Seattle fault, a large, seismically active, east-west-striking fault zone under Seattle, is the best-studied fault within the tectonically active Puget Lowland in western Washington, yet its subsurface geometry and evolution are not well constrained. We combine several analysis and modeling approaches to study the fault geometry and evolution, including depth-converted, deep-seismic...
Authors
Uri S. ten Brink, P.C. Molzer, M. A. Fisher, R.J. Blakely, R.C. Bucknam, T. Parsons, R. S. Crosson, K. C. Creager
Project PROBES (Puerto Rico Ocean Bottom Earthquake Survey) Project PROBES (Puerto Rico Ocean Bottom Earthquake Survey)
No abstract available.
Authors
Jennifer L. Martin, Uri S. ten Brink, Christa von Hillebrandt, Erich G. Roth, Gregory Miller
Salt diapirs in the Dead Sea basin and their relationship to Quaternary extensional tectonics Salt diapirs in the Dead Sea basin and their relationship to Quaternary extensional tectonics
Regional extension of a brittle overburden and underlying salt causes differential loading that is thought to initiate the rise of reactive diapirs below and through regions of thin overburden. We present a modern example of a large salt diapir in the Dead Sea pull-apart basin, the Lisan diapir, which we believe was formed during the Quaternary due to basin transtension and subsidence...
Authors
A. Al-Zoubi, Uri S. ten Brink
Upper crustal structure in Puget Lowland, Washington: Results from the 1998 Seismic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound Upper crustal structure in Puget Lowland, Washington: Results from the 1998 Seismic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound
A new three-dimensional (3-D) model shows seismic velocities beneath the Puget Lowland to a depth of 11 km. The model is based on a tomographic inversion of nearly one million first-arrival travel times recorded during the 1998 Seismic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound (SHIPS), allowing higher-resolution mapping of subsurface structures than previously possible. The model allows us to...
Authors
T.M. Brocher, T. Parsons, R.J. Blakely, N.I. Christensen, M. A. Fisher, R.E. Wells, Uri S. ten Brink, T. L. Pratt, R. S. Crosson, K. C. Creager, N. P. Symons, L.A. Preston, T. Van Wagoner, K.C. Miller, C.M. Snelson, A.M. Trehu, V.E. Langenheim, G.D. Spence, K. Ramachandran, R.A. Hyndman, D. C. Mosher, B.C. Zelt, C.S. Weaver
Bouguer gravity anomaly map of the Dead Sea fault system, Jordan and Israel: contour interval 2 mGal Bouguer gravity anomaly map of the Dead Sea fault system, Jordan and Israel: contour interval 2 mGal
No abstract available.
Authors
Uri S. ten Brink, Abdallah Al-Zoubi, Michael Rybakov
Urban seismic experiments investigate Seattle fault and basin Urban seismic experiments investigate Seattle fault and basin
In the past decade, Earth scientists have recognized the seismic hazards that crustal faults and sedimentary basins pose to Seattle, Washington (Figure 1). In 1998, the US. Geological Survey and its collaborators initiated a series of urban seismic studies of the upper crust to better map seismogenic structures and sedimentary basins in the Puget Lowland. These studies are called the...
Authors
Thomas M. Brocher, Thomas L. Pratt, Ken C. Creager, Robert S. Crosson, William P. Steele, Craig S. Weaver, Arthur D. Frankel, Anne Trohu, Catherine M. Snelson, Kate C. Miller, Steven H. Harder, Uri S. ten Brink
Synthesis of crustal seismic structure and implications for the concept of a slab gap beneath coastal California Synthesis of crustal seismic structure and implications for the concept of a slab gap beneath coastal California
No abstract available.
Authors
Thomas M. Brocher, Uri S. ten Brink, Tanni Abramovitz
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 150
The nature of the crust under Cayman Trough from gravity The nature of the crust under Cayman Trough from gravity
Considerable crustal thickness variations are inferred along Cayman Trough, a slow-spreading ocean basin in the Caribbean Sea, from modeling of the gravity field. The crust to a distance of 50 km from the spreading center is only 2–3 km thick in agreement with dredge and dive results. Crustal thickness increases to ∼5.5 km at distances between 100 and 430 km west of the spreading center...
Authors
Uri S. ten Brink, D.F. Coleman, William P. Dillon
Lower crustal flow and the role of shear in basin subsidence: An example from the Dead Sea basin Lower crustal flow and the role of shear in basin subsidence: An example from the Dead Sea basin
We interpret large-scale subsidence (5–6 km depth) with little attendant brittle deformation in the southern Dead Sea basin, a large pull-apart basin along the Dead Sea transform plate boundary, to indicate lower crustal thinning due to lower crustal flow. Along-axis flow within the lower crust could be induced by the reduction of overburden pressure in the central Dead Sea basin, where...
Authors
A. Al-Zoubi, Uri S. ten Brink
Crustal structure of central Lake Baikal: Insights into intracontinental rifting Crustal structure of central Lake Baikal: Insights into intracontinental rifting
The Cenozoic rift system of Baikal, located in the interior of the largest continental mass on Earth, is thought to represent a potential analog of the early stage of breakup of supercontinents. We present a detailed P wave velocity structure of the crust and sediments beneath the Central Basin, the deepest basin in the Baikal rift system. The structure is characterized by a Moho depth...
Authors
Uri S. ten Brink, Michael H. Taylor
Joint Israeli-Palestinian gravity survey in the Dead Sea Rift valley Joint Israeli-Palestinian gravity survey in the Dead Sea Rift valley
No abstract available.
Authors
Michael Rybakov, R. El-Kelani, Uri S. ten Brink
Subsurface geometry and evolution of the Seattle fault zone and the Seattle Basin, Washington Subsurface geometry and evolution of the Seattle fault zone and the Seattle Basin, Washington
The Seattle fault, a large, seismically active, east-west-striking fault zone under Seattle, is the best-studied fault within the tectonically active Puget Lowland in western Washington, yet its subsurface geometry and evolution are not well constrained. We combine several analysis and modeling approaches to study the fault geometry and evolution, including depth-converted, deep-seismic...
Authors
Uri S. ten Brink, P.C. Molzer, M. A. Fisher, R.J. Blakely, R.C. Bucknam, T. Parsons, R. S. Crosson, K. C. Creager
Project PROBES (Puerto Rico Ocean Bottom Earthquake Survey) Project PROBES (Puerto Rico Ocean Bottom Earthquake Survey)
No abstract available.
Authors
Jennifer L. Martin, Uri S. ten Brink, Christa von Hillebrandt, Erich G. Roth, Gregory Miller
Salt diapirs in the Dead Sea basin and their relationship to Quaternary extensional tectonics Salt diapirs in the Dead Sea basin and their relationship to Quaternary extensional tectonics
Regional extension of a brittle overburden and underlying salt causes differential loading that is thought to initiate the rise of reactive diapirs below and through regions of thin overburden. We present a modern example of a large salt diapir in the Dead Sea pull-apart basin, the Lisan diapir, which we believe was formed during the Quaternary due to basin transtension and subsidence...
Authors
A. Al-Zoubi, Uri S. ten Brink
Upper crustal structure in Puget Lowland, Washington: Results from the 1998 Seismic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound Upper crustal structure in Puget Lowland, Washington: Results from the 1998 Seismic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound
A new three-dimensional (3-D) model shows seismic velocities beneath the Puget Lowland to a depth of 11 km. The model is based on a tomographic inversion of nearly one million first-arrival travel times recorded during the 1998 Seismic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound (SHIPS), allowing higher-resolution mapping of subsurface structures than previously possible. The model allows us to...
Authors
T.M. Brocher, T. Parsons, R.J. Blakely, N.I. Christensen, M. A. Fisher, R.E. Wells, Uri S. ten Brink, T. L. Pratt, R. S. Crosson, K. C. Creager, N. P. Symons, L.A. Preston, T. Van Wagoner, K.C. Miller, C.M. Snelson, A.M. Trehu, V.E. Langenheim, G.D. Spence, K. Ramachandran, R.A. Hyndman, D. C. Mosher, B.C. Zelt, C.S. Weaver
Bouguer gravity anomaly map of the Dead Sea fault system, Jordan and Israel: contour interval 2 mGal Bouguer gravity anomaly map of the Dead Sea fault system, Jordan and Israel: contour interval 2 mGal
No abstract available.
Authors
Uri S. ten Brink, Abdallah Al-Zoubi, Michael Rybakov
Urban seismic experiments investigate Seattle fault and basin Urban seismic experiments investigate Seattle fault and basin
In the past decade, Earth scientists have recognized the seismic hazards that crustal faults and sedimentary basins pose to Seattle, Washington (Figure 1). In 1998, the US. Geological Survey and its collaborators initiated a series of urban seismic studies of the upper crust to better map seismogenic structures and sedimentary basins in the Puget Lowland. These studies are called the...
Authors
Thomas M. Brocher, Thomas L. Pratt, Ken C. Creager, Robert S. Crosson, William P. Steele, Craig S. Weaver, Arthur D. Frankel, Anne Trohu, Catherine M. Snelson, Kate C. Miller, Steven H. Harder, Uri S. ten Brink
Synthesis of crustal seismic structure and implications for the concept of a slab gap beneath coastal California Synthesis of crustal seismic structure and implications for the concept of a slab gap beneath coastal California
No abstract available.
Authors
Thomas M. Brocher, Uri S. ten Brink, Tanni Abramovitz
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government