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Appendix - Description of the CEUS-SSC Project Database[edit]
The purpose of compiling the CEUS-SSC Project database was to organize and store those data and resources that had been carefully and thoroughly collected and described for the TI Team’s use in characterizing potential seismic sources in the CEUS. An important goal for the development of this database was to document sources and dates for all information that was initially assessed for the CEUS-SSC Project, specifying exactly what data and resources were considered, and provide for pertinent future data sets to be incorporated as they were generated for the project.
Development of the project database began at the inception of the project to provide TI Team members with a common set of data, maps, and figures for characterization of potential seismic sources. The database was continually updated during the course of the project through the addition of new references and data collected by TI Team members and project subcontractors, including information presented in project workshops and provided through PPRP review documentation.
This appendix presents the contents of the project database, as well as information on the workflow, development roles, database design considerations, data assessment tasks, and management of the database. Based on the CEUS Project Plan, the project database included, but was not limited to, the following general types of data:
- Magnetic anomaly
- Gravity anomaly
- Crystalline basement geology
- Tectonic features and tectonic/crustal domains
- Tectonic stress field
- Thickness of sediments
- Crustal thickness
- VP at top of crystalline basement
- Seismic reflection data at Charleston, South Carolina
- Earthquake catalog
- Quaternary faulting and potential Quaternary features
- Mesozoic rift basins
- Paleoliquefaction sites
- Topography and bathymetry
- Liquefaction dates from published literature for the Wabash, New Madrid, and Charleston seismic zones
- Index map showing locations of published crustal scale seismic profiles and geologic cross sections
A table describing digital data layers included in the project database is presented at the end of this appendix (Table A-1), along with metadata summary sheets for each of the CEUS-scale data layers (Sheets A-1 through A-31).
GIS Layers[edit]
Project Boundary
Earthquake Catalog
Geology
GPS
Gravity
Heat Flow
Paleoliquefaction
Magnetic Anomaly
Mesozoic Basins
PC Basement
Q Features
Sediments
Seismic
Tectonic Crustal
GIS Table[edit]
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Data Theme |
GIS Layer/File Name |
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CEUS Study Area | |||
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Base Data |
General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) 30 arc-second topography and bathymetry for the CEUS |
General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO), International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), 2009, GEBCO_08 Grid, version 20091120, http://www.gebco.net. |
Figure A-1 |
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Disclaimer: Data from the GEBCO gridded data sets are not to be used for navigation or for any other purpose relating to safety at sea. The IHO, IOC, NERC, and BODC are not able to warrant the accuracy of the data and accept no responsibility whatsoever for determining the fitness of the data for their intended use or for any consequential loss, damage or expense arising from such use. Users should be aware that most areas of the world�s oceans have not been fully surveyed and that the GEBCO bathymetry is an interpretation based on random track lines of data from many sources. The quality and coverage of data from these sources is highly variable. Information on accessing the latest versions of GEBCO data sets can be found on GEBCO website: http://www.gebco.net. | |||
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Earthquake Catalog |
CEUS-SSC Earthquake Catalog Compilation. Refer to Appendix B for detailed description. |
This study. |
Figure A-2 |
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Geology |
Bedrock Geology and Extended Crust after Kanter (1994) |
Kanter, L.R., 1994, Tectonic Interpretation of Stable Continental Crust: The Earthquakes of Stable Continental Regions, Volume I: Assessment of Large Earthquake Potential-Final Report TR-102261-V1, prepared for Electric Power Research Institute. |
Figure A-3 |
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Geology |
Crustal Provinces after Rohs and Van Schmus (2007) |
Rohs, C.R., and Van Schmus, V.R., 2007, Isotopic connections between basement rocks exposed in the St. Francois Mountains and the Arbuckle Mountains, southern mid-continent North America: International Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 96, pp. 599-611. |
Figure A-4 |
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Geology |
Database of the Geologic Map of North America- Adapted from the Map by J.C. Reed, Jr. and Others (2005) |
Garrity, C.P., and Soller, D.R., 2009, Database of the Geologic Map of North America-Adapted from the Map by J.C. Reed, Jr. and Others (2005): U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 424, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/424/. |
Figure A-5 |
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Geology |
Compilation of Geologic Cross Section Locations compiled from various DNAG plates, AAPG geologic highway maps and Texas Bureau of Economic Geology maps. |
See metadata for complete citation list. |
Figure A-6 |
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Geology |
Precambrian Crustal Boundary by Van Schmus et al. (1996) |
Van Schmus, W.R., Bickford, M.E., and Turek, A., 1996, Proterozoic geology of the east-central mid-continent basement: in van der Pluijm, B.A., and Catacosinos, P.A. (editors), Basement and Basins of Eastern North America, Geological Society of America Special Paper 308, pp. 7-32. |
Figure A-7 |
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Geology |
Precambrian Geology and Features after Reed (1993) CEUS_pc_AnomaliesDikes_Reed1993_R0.shp |
Reed, J.C., Jr., 1993, Map of the Precambrian rocks of the conterminous United States and some adjacent parts of Canada:, in Reed, J.C., Jr., Bickford, M.E., Houston, R.S., Link, P.K., Rankin, D.W., Sims, P.K., and Van Schmus, W.R., (editors), Precambrian: Conterminous U.S., Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. C-2, plate 1, scale 1:5,000,000. |
Figures A-8a and A-8b |
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Geology |
Precambrian Provinces after Van Schmus (2007) |
Van Schmus, W.R., Schneider, D.A., Holm, D.K., Dodson, S., and Nelson, B.K., 2007, New insights in the southern margin of the Archean-Proterozoic boundary in the north-central United States based on U-Pb, Sm-Nd, and Ar-Ar geochronology: Precambrian Research, v. 157, pp. 80-105. |
Figure A-9 |
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Geology |
Precambrian Units after Whitmeyer and Karlstrom (2007) |
Whitmeyer, S.J., and Karlstrom, K.E., 2007, Tectonic model for the Proterozoic growth of North America: Geosphere,,v. 3, no. 4, pp. 220-259. |
Figure A-10 |
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Geology |
Surficial Materials in the Conterminous United States |
Soller, D.R., Reheis, M.C., Garrity, C.P., and Van Sistine, D.R., 2009, Map Database for Surficial Materials in the Conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 425, scale 1:5,000,000, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/425/ |
Figure A-11 |
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Geology |
USGS Crustal Database-Seismic Properties of North America and the Surrounding Ocean Basins |
Seismic Properties of North America and the Surrounding Ocean Basins: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/ structure/crust/nam.php, accessed April 24, 2008. |
Figures A-12 and A-13 |
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Geology |
Sediment Thickness for North America and Neighboring Regions |
Mooney, W.D., 2011, personal communication: presented at CEUS-SSC Project Workshop #1, July 22, 2008, Palo Alto, Calif. |
Figure A-14 |
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Geology |
USGS Physiographic Divisions of the Conterminous United States |
Fenneman, N.M., and Johnson, D.W., 1946, Physiographic Divisions of the United States, U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Maps and GIS Data, Washington, D.C., http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/dsdl/physio.gz. |
Figure A-15 |
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Gravity |
CEUS-SSC Gravity Compilation 2010 |
Keller, G.R., 2010, personal communication. |
Figures A-16 through A-37 |
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Heat Flow |
SMU Geothermal Laboratory Regional Heat Flow Database |
Blackwell, D. and Richards, M., eds., 2008, SMU Geothermal Laboratory Regional Heat Flow Database, Southern Methodist University,http://smu.edu/geothermal, accessed April 9. |
Figure A-38 |
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Magnetic |
Full-Spectrum Magnetic Anomaly Database for the Central and Eastern United States |
Ravat, D., Finn, C., Hill, P., Kucks, R., Phillips, J., Blakely, R., Bouligand, C., Sabaka, T., Elshayat, A., Aref, A., and Elawadi, E., 2009, A Preliminary, Full Spectrum, Magnetic Anomaly Grid of the United States with Improved Long Wavelengths for Studying Continental Dynamics: A Website for Distribution of Data: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 2009-1258, 2 pp.Ravat, D., 2009, personal communication. |
Figures A-39 through A-46 |
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Paleoliquefaction |
CEUS-SSC Paleoliquefaction Database |
See Appendix E for complete citation list. |
Figure A-47 |
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Seismic Imagery |
CEUS Compilation of Seismic Refraction/Reflection Lines, various authors. |
See metadata for complete citation list. |
Figure A-48 |
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Seismic Source Characterization |
USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps Seismic Zones - 2008 CEUS_NSHM_2008_pl_R0.shp Earthquake hazard probability grids |
Petersen, M.D., Frankel, A.D., Harmsen, S.C., Mueller, C.S., Haller, K.M., Wheeler, R.L., Wesson, R.L., Zeng, Y., Boyd, O.S., Perkins, D.M., Luco, N., Field, E.H., Wills, C.J., and Rukstales, K.S., 2008, Documentation for the 2008 Update of the United States National Seismic Hazard Maps: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008�1128, 61 pp. |
Figures A-49 through A-61 |
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Strain (GPS) |
Calais-Deformation of the North American Plate Interior Using GPS Station Data |
Calais, E., Han, J.Y., DeMets, C., and Nocquet, J.M., 2006, Deformation of the North American Plate interior from a decade of continuous GPS measurements: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 111, B06402, doi:10.1029/2005JB004253. |
Figure A-62 |
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Stress |
World Stress Map of 2008 Updated by Owen Hurd, Stanford University |
Heidbach, O., Tingay, M., Barth, A., Reinecker, J., Kurfess, D., and M�ller, B., 2008, The World Stress Map database release 2008, doi:10.1594/GFZ.WSM.Rel2008.Hurd, O., 2010, personal communication. |
Figure A-63 |
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Study Area |
CEUS-SSC Study Area Boundary |
CEUS-SSC Project |
Figure A-64 |
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Tectonic Features |
Faults and seismic areas associated with Quaternary seismicity, USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database |
Quaternary Fault and Fold Database for the United States, 2006, U.S. Geological Survey (and supporting agency if appropriate): http://earthquakes.usgs.gov/regional/qfaults/, accessed June 9, 2008. |
Figure A-65 |
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Disclaimer: The USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database is continually updated. Access the website for the latest information. | |||
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Tectonic Features |
Data for Quaternary Faults, Liquefaction Features, and Possible Tectonic Features in the CEUS |
Crone, A.J., and Wheeler, R.L., 2000, Data for Quaternary Faults, Liquefaction Features, and Possible Tectonic Features in the Central and Eastern United States, East of the Rocky Mountain Front: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-0260, 342 pp.USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database, available online at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/qfaults/.Wheeler, R.L., 2005, Known or Suggested Quaternary Tectonic Faulting, Central and Eastern United States-New Updated Assessments for 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005 1336, 40 pp. |
Figure A-66 |
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Tectonic Features |
Mesozoic Rift Basins after Benson (1992) |
Benson, R.N., 1992, Map of Exposed and Buried Early Mesozoic Rift Basins/Synrift Rocks of the U.S. Middle Atlantic Continental Margin: Delaware Geological Survey Miscellaneous Map Series No. 5. |
Figure A-67 |
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Tectonic Features |
Mesozoic Rift Basins after Dennis et al. (2004) |
Dennis, A.J., Shervais, J.W., Mauldin, J., Maher, H.D., Jr., and Wright, J.E., 2004, Petrology and geochemistry of Neoproterozoic volcanic arc terranes beneath the Atlantic Coastal Plain, Savannah River site, South Carolina: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 116, pp. 572-593. |
Figure A-68 |
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Tectonic Features |
Mesozoic Rift Basins after Schlische (1993) |
Schlische, R.W., 1993, Anatomy and evolution of the Triassic-Jurassic continental rift system, eastern North America: Tectonics, v. 12, pp. 1026Â1042. |
Figure A-69 |
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Tectonic Features |
Mesozoic rift basins after Withjack et al. (1998) |
Withjack, M.O., Schlische, R.W., and Olsen, P.E., 1998, Diachronous rifting, drifting, and inversion on the passive margin of central eastern North America: An analog for other passive margins: AAPG Bulletin, v. 82, pp. 817-835. |
Figure A-70 |
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Extended Continental Crust-Gulf Coast Zone | |||
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Liquefaction |
Craton margin paleoseismicity, paleoliquefaction areas after Cox (2009) |
Cox, R., 2009, Some Mississippi Valley Holocene Faulting and Liquefaction Beyond the New Madrid Seismic Zone: presentation given at CEUS-SSC Project Workshop #2, February 18-20, Palo Alto, Calif. |
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Liquefaction |
Sand blow fields from aerial photo survey after Cox (2009) |
Cox, R., 2009, Some Mississippi Valley Holocene Faulting and Liquefaction Beyond the New Madrid Seismic Zone: presentation given at CEUS-SSC Project Workshop #2, February 18-20, Palo Alto, Calif. |
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Tectonic Features |
Transforms and spreading ridges as shown in Thomas (2009) |
Thomas, W.A., 2009, Ouachita Sub-Detachment Structures: presentation given at CEUS-SSC Project Workshop #2, February 18-20, Palo Alto, Calif. |
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Midcontinent Zone | |||
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Tectonic Features |
Polyline features from Fig. 1 of Niemi et al. (2004) |
Niemi, T.M., Ferris, A.N., and Abers, G.A., 2004, Investigation of microearthquakes, macroseismic data, and liquefaction associated with the 1867 Wamego earthquake in eastern Kansas: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 94, no. 6, pp. 2317-2329. |
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New Madrid Zone | |||
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Liquefaction |
Liquefaction areas in New Madrid with possible magnitude ellipses |
Tuttle, M.P., Schweig, E.S., Sims, J.D., Lafferty, R.H., Wolf, L.W., and Haynes, M.L., 2002, The earthquake potential of the New Madrid seismic zone: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 92, no. 6, pp. 2080-2089. |
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Liquefaction |
Tuttle et al. (2005) liquefaction > 1% sand blows |
Tuttle, M.P., Schweig, E., III, Campbell, J., Thomas, P.M., Sims, J.D., and Lafferty, R.H., III, 2005, Evidence for New Madrid earthquakes in A.D. 300 and 2350 B.C.: Seismological Research Letters, v. 76, no. 4, pp. 489-501. |
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Tectonic Features |
Fault lines from Fig. 3 of Csontos and Van Arsdale (2008) |
Csontos, R., and Van Arsdale, R., 2008, New Madrid seismic zone fault geometry: Geosphere, v. 4, no. 5, pp. 802-813. |
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Tectonic Features |
Plio-Pleistocene uplifts from Fig. 4 of Csontos and Van |
Csontos, R., and Van Arsdale, R., 2008, New Madrid seismic zone fault geometry: Geosphere, v. 4, no. 5, pp. 802-813. |
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Tectonic Features |
Seismotectonic Maps in the Vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri Database< |
Rhea, S., 1995, Seismotectonic Maps in the Vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri Database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95�0574, 10 pp. |
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Charleston RLME | |||
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Geology |
Approximation of the Fall Line after Hibbard (2006) |
Hibbard, J.P., van Staal, C.R., Rankin, D.W., and Williams, H., 2006, Lithotectonic Map of the Appalachian Orogen, Canada-United States of America: Geological Society of Canada, map 2096A, 1:1,500,000 scale. |
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Liquefaction |
Extent of quadrangles where river banks were investigated for liquefaction features |
Gelinas, R., Cato, K., Amick, D., and Kemppinen, H., 1998, Paleoseismic Studies in the Southeastern United States and New England: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Report, NUREG/CR-6274. |
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Liquefaction |
Representation of northern and southern limits of historically documented small liquefaction features caused by the 1886 earthquake |
Obermeier, S.F., 1996, Using liquefaction-induced features for paleoseismic analysis: in McCalpin, J.P. (editor), Paleoseismology, Academic Press, ch. 7, pp. 331-396. |
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Magnetic |
Approximation of the magnetic field gradient |
Chapman, M.C., and Beale, J.N., 2010, On the geologic structure at the epicenter of the 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 100, no. 3, pp. 1010-1030. |
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Seismic Imagery |
Representation of fault locations from seismic reflection data near Charleston, SC after Chapman and Beale (2008) |
Chapman, M.C., and Beale, J.N., 2008, Mesozoic and Cenozoic faulting imaged at the epicenter of the 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 98, no. 5, pp. 2533-2542. |
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Seismic Imagery |
Representation of seismic profile stations after Chapman and Beale (2010) |
Chapman, M.C., and Beale, J.N., 2010, On the geologic structure at the epicenter of the 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 100, no. 3, pp. 1010-1030. |
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Seismicity |
1886 Charleston Earthquake Epicentral Region - Obermeier (1996) |
Obermeier, S.F., 1996, Using liquefaction-induced features for paleoseismic analysis: in McCalpin, J.P. (editor), Paleoseismology, Academic Press, ch. 7, pp. 331-396. |
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Seismicity |
1913 Charleston Earthquake Epicentral Region |
Gelinas, R., Cato, K., Amick, D., and Kemppinen, H., 1998, Paleoseismic Studies in the Southeastern United States and New England: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Report, NUREG/CR-6274. |
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Seismicity |
Bowman seismic zone after Smith and Talwani (1985) |
Smith, W.A., and Talwani, P., 1985, Preliminary interpretation of a detailed gravity survey in the Bowman and Charleston, S.C. seismogenic zones: Geological Society of America Southeastern Section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 17, no. 2, p. 137. |
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Seismicity |
Earthquake epicenters for Charleston, SC 1974-2002, South Carolina Seismic Network |
South Carolina Seismic Network (SCSN), Website, List of Earthquakes in Charleston Between 1974 and 2002, http://scsn.seis.sc.edu, accessed September 13, 2005. |
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Seismicity |
Calculated Energy Center for August 31, 1886 Charleston Earthquake |
Bakun, W.H., and Hopper, M.G., 2004b, Magnitudes and locations of the 1811Â1812 New Madrid, Missouri, and the 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, earthquakes: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 94, no. 1, pp. 64-75. |
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Seismicity |
Middleton Place Seismic Zone after Madabhushi and Talwani (1993) |
Madabhushi, S., and Talwani, P., 1993, Fault plane solutions and relocations of recent earthquakes in Middleton Place-Summerville seismic zone near Charleston, South Carolina: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 83, no. 5, pp. 1442-1466. |
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Seismicity |
Isoseismals (intensity ranges) of the 1886 Charleston earthquake after Bollinger (1977) |
Bollinger, G.A., 1977, Reinterpretation of the Intensity Data for the 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake, in Studies Related to the Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake of 1886-A Preliminary Report: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1028, pp. 17-32. |
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Tectonic Features |
Segments of the East Coast Fault System after Marple and Talwani (2000) |
Marple, R.T., and Talwani P., 2000, Evidence for a buried fault system in the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas and Virginia: Implications for neotectonics in the southeastern United States: GSA Bulletin, v. 112, no. 2, pp. 200-220. |
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Tectonic Features |
Representation of six faults in the Charleston area after Talwani and Dura-Gomez (2009) |
Talwani, P., and Dura-Gomez, I., 2009, Finding faults in the Charleston area, South Carolina: 2. Complementary data: Seismological Research Letters, v. 80, no. 5, pp. 901-919. |
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Tectonic Features |
Representation of three faults in the Charleston area after Talwani and Katuna (2004) |
Talwani, P., and Katuna M., 2004, Macroseismic Effects of the 1886 Charleston Earthquake: Carolina Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook, 43 pp. |
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Tectonic Features |
Representation of faults in the Charleston area after Weems and Lewis (2002) |
Weems, R.E., and Lewis, W.C., 2002, Structural and tectonic setting of the Charleston, South Carolina, region: Evidence from the Tertiary stratigraphic record: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 114, no. 1, pp. 24-42. |
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Tectonic Features |
Representation of the postulated generalized spatial extent of the Dorchester fault after Bartholomew and Rich (2007) |
Bartholomew, M.J., and Rich, F.J., 2007, The walls of colonial Fort Dorchester: A record of structures caused by the August 31, 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake and its subsequent earthquake history: Southeastern Geology, v. 44, no. 4, pp. 147-169. |
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Representation of faults offshore and onshore of Charleston, SC after Behrendt and Yuan (1987) |
Behrendt, J.C., and Yuan, A., 1987, The Helena Banks strike-slip (?) fault zone in the Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake area: results from a marine, high-resolution, multichannel, seismicreflection survey: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 98, no. 5, pp. 591-601. | |
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Tectonic Features |
Charleston area zone of river anomalies after Marple and Talwani (2000) |
Marple, R.T., and Talwani, P., 2000, Evidence for a buried fault system in the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas and Virginia-Implications for neotectonics in the southeastern United States: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 112, no. 2, pp. 200-220. |
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CEUS-SSC Model Results | |||
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RLME Zones |
CEUS-SSC Repeated Large-Magnitude Earthquake (RLME) zones |
CEUS-SSC Project. |
Figure A-71 |
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Seismotectonic Zones |
CEUS-SSC Mesozoic and Non-Mesozoic Zones and Seismotectonic Zones |
CEUS-SSC Project. |
Figures A-72 through A-77 |