Seismotectonic maps in the vicinity of the lower Wabash Valley, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky - Digital Spatial Database: Basement faults

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Rhea, Susan
Publication_Date: 1997
Title:
Seismotectonic maps in the vicinity of the lower Wabash Valley, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky - Digital Spatial Database: Basement faults
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 97-0681
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, CO
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/ofr-97-0681/
Description:
Abstract:
This cover contains faults in the unconformity at the Cambrian-Precambrian boundary. These data were contributed by Glenn Bear of Indiana University as part of the work on his doctoral thesis. The southern part of the map was produced by James Drahovzal of the Kentucky Geological Survey and merged with Bear's map of the rest of the map area and beyond. Public and proprietary seismic reflection and well data were used to define the basement structure.
A prominent east-west structure in the southern half of the map area is the western end of the Rough Creek Graben. At its deepest point the unconformity is more than 30,000 ft (9,100 m) below sea level. Faulted strata at this depth mean that the Rough Creek Fault System penetrates to hypocentral depths.
At the western edge of the map area, the graben bends to the southwest into the Reelfoot Rift and becomes more shallow. North of the Rough Creek Graben, and extending northward along the Wabash River, is the Wabash Valley Fault System. This fault system cuts an elliptical low in the unconformity. Some of the structure contours show horizontal offsets at depth that are opposite to the offsets expected from the known normal slip on the faults. Some authors interpret this as evidence of strike slip motion on these faults.
Purpose:
The data was generated to help in understanding the seismotectonic hazards in the vicinity of the lower Wabash Valley. This data complements similar data collected in the vicinity of New Madrid, MO US Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-0574, available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/0574/
Time_Period_of_Content:
Currentness_Reference:
This is the most recent interpretation of the structure of the Cambrian-Precambrian unconformity in the map area (1997).
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: Cambrian-Precambrian
Status:
Progress: complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -89.12747955
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -86.70026398
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.49982834
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.5
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Alexandria Digital Library Feature Type Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: faults
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: geology
Theme_Keyword: geologic structure
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: basement faults
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: Wabash Valley
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Geologic Map Database Catalog themes, augmented
Theme_Keyword: 1100 - Geology
Theme_Keyword: 1101 - General
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4
Place_Keyword: f17121 = Marion
Place_Keyword: f17025 = Clay
Place_Keyword: f17159 = Richland
Place_Keyword: f17101 = Lawrence
Place_Keyword: f17185 = Wabash
Place_Keyword: f17047 = Edwards
Place_Keyword: f17191 = Wayne
Place_Keyword: f17081 = Jefferson
Place_Keyword: f17055 = Franklin
Place_Keyword: f17065 = Hamilton
Place_Keyword: f17193 = White
Place_Keyword: f17059 = Gallatin
Place_Keyword: f17165 = Saline
Place_Keyword: f17199 = Williamson
Place_Keyword: f17087 = Johnson
Place_Keyword: f17151 = Pope
Place_Keyword: f17069 = Hardin
Place_Keyword: f17127 = Massac
Place_Keyword: f17153 = Pulaski
Place_Keyword: f21007 = Ballard
Place_Keyword: f21145 = McCracken
Place_Keyword: f21039 = Carlisle
Place_Keyword: f21105 = Hickman
Place_Keyword: f21075 = Fulton
Place_Keyword: f21083 = Graves
Place_Keyword: f21035 = Calloway
Place_Keyword: f21157 = Marshall
Place_Keyword: f21139 = Livingston
Place_Keyword: f21055 = Crittenden
Place_Keyword: f21143 = Lyon
Place_Keyword: f21033 = Caldwell
Place_Keyword: f21221 = Trigg
Place_Keyword: f21047 = Christian
Place_Keyword: f21219 = Todd
Place_Keyword: f21177 = Muhlenberg
Place_Keyword: f21107 = Hopkins
Place_Keyword: f21233 = Webster
Place_Keyword: f21225 = Union
Place_Keyword: f21101 = Henderson
Place_Keyword: f21059 = Daviess
Place_Keyword: f21149 = McLean
Place_Keyword: f21183 = Ohio
Place_Keyword: f21141 = Logan
Place_Keyword: f47161 = Stewart
Place_Keyword: f47125 = Montgomery
Place_Keyword: f47147 = Robertson
Place_Keyword: f18129 = Posey
Place_Keyword: f18163 = Vanderburgh
Place_Keyword: f18173 = Warrick
Place_Keyword: f18147 = Spencer
Place_Keyword: f18037 = Dubois
Place_Keyword: f18125 = Pike
Place_Keyword: f18051 = Gibson
Place_Keyword: f18083 = Knox
Place_Keyword: f18027 = Daviess
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints: none
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Susan Rhea
Contact_Organization: US Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geophysicist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: MS966, Box 25046, Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-273-8639
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-273-8600
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rhea@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions: email is the best way to make contact
Native_Data_Set_Environment: SunOS, 5.5.1, sun4u UNIX, ARC/INFO version 7.1.1
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Wheeler, R.L.
Originator: Rhea, Susan
Originator: Diehl, S.F.
Originator: Drahovzal, J.A.
Originator: Bear, G.W.
Originator: Sargent, M.L.
Publication_Date: 1997
Title:
Seismotectonic map showing faults, igneous rocks, and geophysical and neotectonic features in the vicinity of the lower Wabash Valley, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map
Issue_Identification: I-2583-D
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, CO
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details: pamphlet accompanies map
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Confidence is indicated by value of attribute LINETYPE.
Logical_Consistency_Report: Chain-node topology present.
Completeness_Report:
dataset is complete as of September, 1997; contains all contours and depths
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bear, G.W., and Drahovzal, J.A.
Publication_Date: written communication
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map at 1:250,000 and digital files
Other_Citation_Details:
Bear mapped faults in the northern part of the map area for his dissertation at Indiana University. Drahovzal mapped faults in the southern part for a planned Kentucky Geological Survey map. Bear combined both maps into one and sent us the digital files.
Source_Scale_Denominator: 250000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper, electronic mail system
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Source_Currentness_Reference:
This dataset contains information about the structure of the Cambrian- Precambrian unconformity in the map area. This source reference, and an as yet unpublished Doctoral Thesis from Indiana University, are the most up-to-date interpretations of this geologic unconformity.
Source_Contribution:
authors sent digital coordinates of contours via email and paper copy of map with depth contours via surface mail.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bear, G.W., Rupp, J.A., and Rudman, A.J.
Publication_Date: 1997
Title:
Seismic interpretation of the deep structure of the Wabash Valley Fault System
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: text
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Seismological Research Letters
Issue_Identification: 68/4
Publication_Information:
Publisher: Seis. Soc. America
Other_Citation_Details:
p. 624-640. This paper discusses only the north-central part of the map area.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Coordinates of fault lines were received via ftp, and a paper map was received via surface mail. Fault lines were converted to an arcinfo coverage and lines were coded for direction of fault motion.
Process_Date: 19970730
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Creation of original metadata record
Process_Date: 19980506
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Susan Rhea
Contact_Organization: US Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geophysicist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: MS966, Box 25046, Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-273-8639
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-273-8600
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rhea@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions: email is the best way to make contact
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 129
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 0
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: Unknown
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: BFAULTS.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition: point symbols
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Rhea
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SYMBOL
Attribute_Definition: symbol used to plot right lateral arrow and reverse fault
Attribute_Definition_Source: Rhea
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 125
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 126
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: BFAULTS.AAT
Entity_Type_Definition:
attributes of arcs including line type and symbol used to plot arc
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Rhea
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LINETYPE
Attribute_Definition: line type based on confidence of interpretation
Attribute_Definition_Source: Bear
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: solid
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: certain
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: dashed
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: uncertain
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SYMBOL
Attribute_Definition: symbol used to plot line, dashed or solid with dip tic or not
Attribute_Definition_Source: Rhea
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 197
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: no dip, dashed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 199
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: no dip, solid
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 200
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: dip, dashed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 201
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: dip, solid
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: INDEXSYM
Attribute_Definition: symbol used on index map (no dips or dashed lines)
Attribute_Definition_Source: Rhea
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 191
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: no dips
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 192
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: dashed lines
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Susan Rhea
Contact_Organization: US Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geophysicist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
USGS Mail Stop 966
Box 25046, Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225-0046
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-273-8639
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-273-8600
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rhea@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions: Email is the best way to make contact.
Resource_Description: USGS Open-File Report 97-0681
Distribution_Liability:
This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Any use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the USGS.
Technical_Prerequisites: ARC/INFO version 7.0.3 or later or ArcView 3.0 or later
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARCE
Format_Version_Number: 7.0.3
Format_Information_Content:
Each coverage contains isoseismal data for one event (two for i187609)
File_Decompression_Technique: no compression applied
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Fees: none
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20160610
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Peter N Schweitzer
Contact_Organization: USGS Midwest Area
Contact_Position:
Collection manager, USGS Geoscience Data Clearinghouse, http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
Mail Stop 954
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192-0002
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-6533
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6252
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pschweitzer@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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