Kinematics and Dynamics of Seismic Waves in Selected Heterogeneously Stratified Models of the Continental Earth's Crust

In this volume were performed computations on the kinematics and dynamics of longitudinal waves in multilayer models of the continental Earth's crust of 32 to 60 km thickness. 
The parameters of the examined crust models, selected on a group of experimental and theoretical research results, are shown in Parts 1 and 2. 
The analytical findings are discussed in Part 3. 

CONTENTS

Introduction, ...3
1. Nature of Layers and Character of Boundaries in the Earth's Crust and Upper Mantle, ...4
  1.1. Structure of the Crust, ...4
  1.2. The Petrographic Character of Layers and Discontinuity Boundaries in the Earth's Crust in the Light of Physical Data, ...7
  1.3. Low-Velocity Zones in the Earth's Crust, ...9
  1.4. The "7.3-7.7 km/sec" Velocity Layer in the Earth's Crust, ...11
  1.5. The Problem of Occurrence of Eclogites in the Earth's Crust and the Upper Mantle, ...13
  1.6. Nature of the Moho Discontinuity, ...15
2. Density of Rocks and Velocities of Compressional Waves, ...18
  2.1. Relation between P Wave Velocity and Density of Rocks, ...18
  2.2. Some Data on Densities and Velocities of Compressional Waves in Rocks, ...19
  2.3. Data on Densities of the Principal Crustal Strata, ...23
3. Analysis of Dynamic and Kinematic Wave Properties, ...24
  3.1. General Characteristic of the Crustal Models, ...24
  3.2. General Explanations, ...27
  3.3. Some Dynamic and Kinematic Properties of Refracted (-Penetrating) and Reflected Waves, ...27
    3.3.1. Group G-1, ...27
    3.3.2. Group G-2, ...30
    3.3.3. Group G-3, ...33
    3.3.4. Group G-4, ...35
    3.3.5. Group G-5, ...38
    3.3.6. Group G-6, ...39
    3.3.7. Group G-7, ...42
  3.4. Selected Results of Dynamic Wave Analysis of Crustal Models, ...45
Acknowledgments, ...47
References, ...48
Parameters of Models (Table XI-XVII), ...53