Preface The 6th International Symposium on Recent Crustal Movements, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CaliforniaList of authorsOpening Remarks and Special Reports Welcoming remarks The Symposium on the Recent Crustal Movements, Japan, 1976 Interim report 1975-1976 of the Fennoscandian Subcommission of the Commission on Recent Crustal MovementsCrustal Deformation Using Extra-Terrestrial Geodesy Geodetic reference systems for crustal motion studies The National Geodetic Survey project "Polaris" High mobility radio interferometric geodetic monitoring of crustal movements Comparison of a radio interferometric differential baseline measurement with conventionalgeodesy The measurement of fault motion by satellite laser ranging Possible high-mobility LAGEOUS ranging station Detection of crustal motion using spaceborne lasering system (Abstr.)Measurement of Strain, Tilt and Gravity Design of an extended-range, three-wavelength distance-measuring instrument Long base line tilt and strain measurement (Abstr.) A long base line precision tiltmeter (Abstr.) Preliminary results from comparisons of redundant tiltmeters at three sites in central California (Abstr.) Canadian precise gravity networks for crustal movement studies: an instrument evaluation Estimation and removal of non-tectonic effects from gravity survey data (Abstr.) Continuous measurements with the superconducting gravimeter Plans for the development of a portable absolute gravimeter with a few parts in 109 accuracy Monitoring of secular gravity change in southern California (Abstr.) In-sity strain relief measurements in Iceland (Abstr.) On radon emanation as a possible indicator of crustal deformation (Abstr.) Strains and tilts on crustal blocksObserved Vertical Crustal Deformation Solvability and multiquadric analysis as applied to investigations of vertical crustal movements Geodetic high-precision measurements in active tectonic areas; example: the Rhinegraben Recent vertical movements and their determination in the Rhenish Massif Archaeological evidence for tectonic activity in the region of the Haifa-Qishon graben, Israel (Abstr.) The use of assumed displacement fields in finite-element analysis to calculate the gravity effect of crustal deformation (Abstr.) Transcontinental profile of recent vertical crustal movements (Abstr.) Vertical crustal movements in the Charleston, South Carolina-Savannah, Georgia area Recent vertical crustal movements from precise leveling data in southwestern Montana, western Yellowstone National Park and the Snake River plain (Abstr.) New results on the properties of recent crustal movements in the Bohemian Massif and its boundary with the West Carpathians Surface deformation over the Garm geodynamic polygon Holocene deformation and crustal movements in some type areas of India Recent vertical crustal movements from precise leveling surveys in the Blue Ridge and Piedmont provinces, North Carolina and Georgia Analysis of recent crustal movement in the central and northern Sierra Nevada, California, using repeated geodetic leveling data Early 20th-century uplift of the northern Peninsular Ranges province of southern California Recent Quaternary tectonics in the Hellenic Arc: examples of geological observations on land Quaternary strike-slip faults in southeastern Spain Four-dimensional modeling of recent vertical movements in the area of the southern California uplift Initiation and development of the southern California uplift along its northern margin (Abstr.) Fault location and fault activity assessment by analysis of historic level line data, oil-well data and groundwater data, Hollywood area, California (Abstr.) Elastic expansion of the lithosphere caused by groundwater withdrawal in southcentral Arizona (Abstr.