James H. Knapp
Refereed Publications
1. Howell, D.G., Gibson, J.D., Fuis, G.S., Knapp, J.H., Haxel, G.B., Keller, B.R., Silver, L.T., and Vedder, J.G., 1985, C-3 Pacific abyssal plain to the Rio Grande Rift: Centennial Continent-Ocean Transect #5: Geol. Soc. Am. DNAG publication, Boulder, CO.
2. McLean, H., Hausback, B.P., and Knapp, J.H., 1985, Reconnaissance geologic map of part of the San Isidro quadrangle, Baja California Sur, Mexico: U.S.G.S. Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1799.
3. McLean, H., Hausback, B.P., and Knapp, J.H., 1987, The geology of west-central Baja California Sur, Mexico: U.S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 1579.
4. Hodges, K.V., McKenna, L.W., Stock, J., Knapp, J., Page, L., Sternlof, K., Silverberg, D., Wüst, G., and Walker, J.D., 1989, Evolution of extensional basins and Basin and Range topography west of Death Valley, California: Tectonics, v. 8, p. 453-467.
5. Knapp, J.H., and Heizler, M.T., 1990, Thermal history of crystalline nappes of the Maria fold and thrust belt, west-central Arizona: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 95, p. 20,049-20,073.
6. Knapp, J.H., 1993, Geologic map of the Moon Mountains, Colorado River Indian Reservation, La Paz Co., Arizona: Ariz. Geol. Surv., Contributed Map CM-93-C, 1:24,000.
7. Knapp, J.H., 1993, Geologic map of Mesquite Mountain, Colorado River Indian Reservation, La Paz Co., Arizona: Ariz. Geol. Surv., Contributed Map CM-93-D, 1:24,000.
8. Juhlin, C., Kashubin, S., Knapp, J.H., Makovsky, V., and Ryberg, T., 1995, Project conducts seismic reflection profiling in the Ural Mountains: EOS Trans. AGU, v. 76, n. 19, p. 193, 197-198.
9. Baird, D.J., Knapp, J.H., Steer, D.N., Brown. L.D., and Nelson, K.D., 1995, Upper mantle reflectivity beneath the Williston Basin, phase-change Moho, and the origin of intracratonic basins: Geology, v. 23, n. 5, p. 431-434
10. Steer, D.N., Knapp, J.H., Brown, L.D., Rybalka, A.V., and Sokolov, V.B., 1995, Crustal structure of the Middle Urals based on reprocessing of Russian seismic reflection data: Geophys. Jour. Int., v. 123, p. 673-682.
11. Steer, D.N., Brown, L.D., Knapp, J.H., and Baird, D.J., 1996, Comparison of explosive and vibroseis source energy penetration in the Williston Basin, Montana and North Dakota: Geophysics, v. 61, p. 211-221.
12. Baird, D.J., Nelson, K.D., Knapp, J.H., Walters, J.J., and Brown, L.D., 1996, Crustal structure and evolution of the Trans-Hudson orogen: Results from seismic reflection profiling, Tectonics, v. 15, p. 416-426.
13. Juhlin, C., Knapp, J.H., Kashubin, S., and Bliznetsov, M., 1996, Crustal evolution of the Middle Urals based on seismic reflection and refraction data, Tectonophysics, v. 264, p. 21-34.
14. Berzin, R., Oncken, O., Knapp, J H, Perez-Estaún, A., Hismatulin, T., Yunosov, N., Lipillin, A., 1996, Orogenic evolution of the Ural Mountains: Results from an integrated seismic experiment, Science, v. 274. p.220-221.
15. Knapp, J.H., Steer, D.N., Brown, L.D., Berzin, R., Suleimanov, A., Stiller, M., Lüschen, E., Brown, D.L., Bulgakov, R., Kashubin, S.N., Rybalka, A.V., 1996, Lithosphere-scale seismic image of the Southern Urals from explosion-source reflection profiling, Science, v. 274, p. 226-227.
16. Carbonell, R., Perez-Estaun, A., Gallart, J., Diaz, J., Kashubin, S., Mechie, J., Stadtlander, R., Schulze, A., Knapp, J.H., Morozov, A., 1996, Crustal Root Beneath the Urals: Wide-Angle Seismic Evidence, Science, v. 274, p. 222-224.
17. Echtler, H.P., Stiller, M., Steinhoff, F., Krawczyk, C., Berzin, R., Suleimanov, A., Spiridonov, V, Knapp, J H., Menshikov, Y., Alvarez-Marron, J., Yunusov, N., 1996, Preserved collisional crustal structure of the Southern Urals revealed by vibroseis profiling, Science, v. 274, p. 224-226.
18. Knapp, J.H., 1996, How Earth created heaven, Nature (News and Views), v. 384, p. 409.
19. Sobornov, K.O., Savich, A.I., and Knapp, J.H., 1997, Structure of the Middle Urals thrust belt and the Ural Foredeep based on seismic data (in Russian), Dokl. Akad. Nauk, v. 356 (1), p. 86-90.
20. Diaconescu, C.C., Knapp, J.H., Brown, L.D., Steer, D.N., and Stiller, M., 1998, Precambrian Moho offset and tectonic stability of the East European platform from the URSEIS deep seismic profile, Geology, v. 26, p. 211-214.
21. Steer, D.N., Knapp, J.H., Brown, L.D., Echtler,
H.P., Brown, D.L., Berzin, R., 1998, Deep structure of the continental lithosphere
in an unextended orogen: An explosive-source seismic reflection profile across
the Urals (Urals Seismic Experiment and Integrated Studies (URSEIS ‘95)), Tectonics, v. 17, p. 143-157.
22. Knapp, J.H., Diaconescu, C.C., Bader, M.A., Sokolov, V.B., Kashubin, S.N. and Rybalka, A.V., 1998, Seismic reflection fabrics of continental collision and post-orogenic extension in the Middle Urals, central Russia, Tectonophysics, v. 288, p. 115-126.
23. Steer, D.N., Knapp, J.H., and Brown, L.D., 1998, Super-deep reflection profiling: Exploring the continental mantle lid, Tectonophysics, v. 286, p. 111-121.
24. Carbonell, R., Gallart, J., Perez-Estaun, A., Diaz, J., Kashubin, S., Mechie, J., Wenzel, F., and Knapp, J.H., 2000, Seismic wide-angle constraints on the crust of the Southern Urals, J. Geophys. Res., v. 105, p. 13,755-13,777.
25. Diaconescu, C.C. and Knapp, J.H., 2000, Buried gas hydrates in the deepwater of the South Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan: Implications for geo-hazards, Energy Exploration and Exploitation, vol. 18, no. 4, p. 385-400.
26. Diaconescu, C.C., Kieckhefer, R. M., and Knapp, J.H., 2001, Geophysical evidence for and thermobaric modeling of gas hydrates in the deep water of the South Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 18, no. 2, p. 209-221.
27. Diaconescu, C.C., and Knapp, J.H., 2002, Role of a Phase-Change Moho in Stabilization and Preservation of the Southern Uralian Orogen, Russia, in D. Brown, C. Juhlin, and V. Puchkov, (eds.), “Mountain Building in the Uralides: Pangea to the Present” AGU Geophys. Mono. 132, p. 67-82, 2002.
28. McBride, J.H. and
Knapp, J.H., Review of seismic reflector signatures of crustal
deformation in the Appalachian-Caledonide orogen with reference to the Spanish
Variscides and the Uralides, in Martinez-Catalan, J.R., Hatcher, R.D., Jr.,
Arenas, R., and Diaz Barcia, F., eds., Variscan-Appalachian Dynamics: The
building of the late Paleozoic basement, Boulder, Colorado, Geol. Soc. Amer. Special Paper 364, p.
281-300, 2002.
29. Hauser, E., Prodehl, C., Landes, M., and the VRANCEA Working Group (A. Bala, V Raileanu, J. Bribach, J. Knapp, C. Diaconescu, C. Dinu, V. Mocanu, W. Fielitz, S. Harder, G.R. Keller, E. egedus, and R.A. Stephenson), Seismic experiments target earthquake-prone region in Romania, EOS Trans. AGU, v. 83, p. 457, 462-463, 2002.
30. S. Cloetingh, F. Horvath, C. Dinu, R. A. Stephenson, G. Bertotti, G. Bada., L. Matenco. D. Garcia-Castellanos, P. Andriessen, R. Wortel, W. Spakman, V. Mocanu, C. Langereis, W Krijgsman, J. Fokkema, G. Drykoningen, B. Ambrosius, F. Neubauer, L. Fodor, T. Dunai, E. Willingshofer, A. Nador, K. Leever, M. Tarapoanca, I. Panea, I Vasiliev, G. Paicu, A. van der Hoeven, J. Knapp., Camelia C. Diaconescu, and St. Freimueller, Probing Tectonic Topography in the aftermath of continental convergence in Central Europe, EOS Trans. AGU, 84, 89, 93, 2003.
31. Asencio, E., Knapp,
J.H., Owens, T.J., and Helffrich, G., 2002, Mapping fine-scale
heterogeneities within the continental mantle lithosphere beneath Scotland:
Combining active- and passive-source seismology, Geology, v. 31, p.477-480,
2003.
32. Helffrich, G.,
Asencio, E., Knapp, J., and Owens, T., Transition zone structure in a
tectonically inactive area: 410- and 660-km discontinuity properties under the
northern North Sea, Geophys. J. Int., (in press).
33. Camelia C. Diaconescu, J.H. Knapp, and J. H. Connor, Imaging the thickest(?) sedimentary basin in the world: Deep seismic reflection profiling of the South Caspian basin, Marine and Petroleum Geology (in press).
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