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Authors: Raymond J. Durrheim, Walter D. Mooney.

Journal of Geophysical Research 99, 15359–15374. An influential age-province comparison; its preserved crust thicknesses do not measure all original Archean crust.

Raymond J. Durrheim and Walter D. Mooney used seismic and geochemical constraints to compare Archean and Proterozoic lithosphere. Their work tests proposed relations between crustal age, thickness and lower-crustal structure.^[ref]

Combining rock composition with wave-speed measurements helps distinguish candidate structures that a single travel-time measurement would not identify uniquely.

Walter D. Mooney and Raymond J. Durrheim compared seismic velocity profiles and geological evidence across Precambrian regions to investigate the evolution of continental crust and lithosphere.^[ref]

Their comparison concerns preserved crustal provinces. Later deformation, intrusion and selective survival affect which ancient material remains available, so present crustal thickness is not automatically the original thickness at formation.