NEHRP Clearinghouse
- Title
- Data for Quaternary Faults, Liquefaction Features, and Possible Tectonic Features in the Central and Eastern United States, East of the Rocky Mountain Front.
- File
- PB2005105641.pdf
- Author(s)
- Crone, A. J.; Wheeler, R. L.
- Source
- January 2000, 342 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- USGS-OFR-00-260
- Abstract
- The USGS is currently leading an effort to compile published geological information on Quaternary faults, folds, and earthquake-induced liquefaction in order to develop an internally consistent database on the locations, ages, and activity rates of major earthquake-related features throughout the United States. This report is the compilation for such features in the Central and Eastern United States (CEUS), which for the purposes of the compilation, is defined as the region extending from the Rocky Mountain Front eastward to the Atlantic seaboard. A key objective of this national compilation is to provide a comprehensive database of Quaternary features that might generate strong ground motion and therefore, should be considered in assessing the seismic hazard throughout the country.
- Keywords
- Geologic folds; Geology; Data bases; Rocky Mountain Front; Geologic structures; Seismology; Hazards; Liquefaction; Information dissemination; NEHRP (National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program); Earthquakes; Geological faults