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DOI10.1785/0120040129
Late Pleistocene and Holocene paleoearthquake activity of the Olinghouse fault zone, Nevada
Briggs, RW; Wesnousky, SG
Corresponding AuthorBriggs, RW
JournalBULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
ISSN0037-1106
Year Published2005
Volume95Issue:4Pages:1301-1313
Abstract in English

Paleoseismic trenching and fault surface trace mapping indicate that the Olinghouse fault zone, a northeast trending, left-lateral strike-slip fault located in the northern Walker Lane, Nevada, has been the source of multiple latest Pleistocene and Holocene surface-rupturing earthquakes. A trench exposure near the eastern end of the fault records two, and possibly three, earthquakes after 3360 +/- 190 cal. yr B.P. and two trenches at the western end of the fault contain evidence for two earthquakes after 19,800 +/- 630 cal. yr B.P., with the most recent earthquake occurring after 1935 +/- 70 cal. yr B.P. The apparent higher frequency of recent earthquakes at the eastern end of the fault may reflect triggered slip on the Olinghouse fault zone due to earthquakes on the conjugate northwest-trending, right-lateral Pyramid Lake fault. Repeated late Pleistocene and Holocene earthquakes on the Olinghouse fault zone demonstrate that northwest-directed, right-lateral shear of the northern Walker Lane is accommodated in part by northeast-trending left-lateral faults.


SubtypeArticle
Language英语
CountryUSA
Indexed BySCI-E
WOS IDWOS:000231588300007
WOS KeywordSUPERSTITION HILLS FAULT ; WESTERN UNITED-STATES ; DOUBLE SPRING FLAT ; 24 NOVEMBER 1987 ; RANGE PROVINCE ; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE ; EASTERN CALIFORNIA ; AGE CALIBRATION ; MOJAVE-DESERT ; PLATE MOTIONS
WOS SubjectGeochemistry & Geophysics
WOS Research AreaGeochemistry & Geophysics
Document Type期刊论文
Identifierhttp://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/148648
Affiliation(1)CALTECH, Div Geol & Planetary Sci, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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Briggs, RW,Wesnousky, SG. Late Pleistocene and Holocene paleoearthquake activity of the Olinghouse fault zone, Nevada[J],2005,95(4):1301-1313.
APA Briggs, RW,&Wesnousky, SG.(2005).Late Pleistocene and Holocene paleoearthquake activity of the Olinghouse fault zone, Nevada.BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA,95(4),1301-1313.
MLA Briggs, RW,et al."Late Pleistocene and Holocene paleoearthquake activity of the Olinghouse fault zone, Nevada".BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 95.4(2005):1301-1313.
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