Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Dr.-Ing.)--Universität Stuttgart zur Erlangung der Würde, 2003. / "September 2004"--P. [2] of cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-101). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2008.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1981. / Typescript (photocopy). Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 117-125). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (MS)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2009. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: David R. Lageson. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-100).

At collisional mountain ranges the tectonic history of crustal shortening and subsequent post-collisional erosion is preserved in the form of the presently observed gravity anomalies. In this study, models of erosion and isostatic rebound at various stages of collision illustrate the evolution of crustal structure, topography, and resulting gravity anomalies. The Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, which show a low/high Bouguer gravity couple characteristic of the initial stages of collision, have undergone just 8 km of erosion during the process of completely rebounding the syn-orogenic crustal root. This minor rebound means that the Ouachitas retain a crustal geometry similar to the continental margin prior to collision, including thin transitional and oceanic crust. At more advances stages of collision Bouguer gravity anomalies show a broad low reflecting a thickened crustal root. The width of this low, which relates directly to the amount of crustal shortening, is retained during subsequent erosion and elastic rebound, but the amplitude decays gradually. Thus, the width and amplitude of the low can be used to estimate the degree of convergence and amount of erosion, respectively, for a specific mountain range. For the Scandinavian Caledonides results are consistent with 20 km of erosion following 200 km of crustal shortening. Following a larger magnitude of convergence, about 300 km, the southern Appalachians are estimated to have undergone 28 km of post-collisional erosion. Bouguer gravity profiles across the recently-active Alps compare with a model of 200 km of crustal shortening and 8 to 12 km of erosion. While the Alps have undergone a similar amount of shortening as that estimated for the Caledonides, erosion and post-collisional rebound is at an initial stage, such that a thick section of exotic crust still overlies the underthrusted European Platform. The results of these model comparisons suggest that the crustal geometry ofa collisional mountain range should be viewed as a consequence of the degree of crustal shortening as well as the amount of erosion and isostatic rebound. In models at moderate to advanced stages of shortening ( 200 km), and mature stages of erosion (e.g., Caledonides, Appalachians), the geometry of the crustal "suture" between overthrusting and underthrusting crusts is present as a shallow, subhorizontal de collement beneath the foreland. In the hinterland the suture abruptly steepens, a result of differential uplift during isostatic rebound. This crustal geometry, characteristic of seismic-reflection profiles across many ancient mountain belts, suggests: (1) that the "low angle detachment" observed beneath collisional mountain ranges was originally much deeper and steeper than it is at present; and (2) that steep-dipping seismic reflectors towards the hinterland represent the thrusted contact between converging crustal blocks, but have been steepened as a result of isostatic uplift following erosion. / Graduation date: 1992