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The correlation of high seismicity with the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Description

The correlation of high seismicity with the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This map wasproduced in 1937. Note the refinement of earthquake zones on this map ascompared to the map in image cgs02176. In: Proceedings of the AmericanPhilosophical Society, Vol. 79, No. 1, Symposium on the Exploration of the Ocean Bottom Arranged by the American Geophysical Union (April 21, 1938), pp. 97-108.

Credit

Collected Papers of Captain Nicholas Heck, NOAA Central Library

Display Date

1937

Collection

Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey

Keywords

Coast and Geodetic Survey
Geophysics Seismology