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:
Paleoliquefaction locations observed in 1995 in Illinois
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:
The northern part of the map area and large adjacent regions have
been severely shaken by one or more moderate to large prehistoric
earthquakes. The evidence of these takes the form of
paleoliquefaction features, including shaking-induced sandblows and
dikes that fed them.
Over several summer field seasons from 1990 through 1994,
several workers searched ditches and river banks for evidence
of liquefaction. They found numerous dikes and sandblows.
This database includes the locations and descriptions of dikes they
observed and measured.
The most widespread paleoliquefaction is attributed to a
mid-Holocene earthquake near what is now Vicennes, IN, with an
estimated moment- magnitude of about 7.5. Stratigraphic,
geomorphological, pedological, archealogical, and geochronologic
evidence indicates that probably some of the paleoliquefaction was
caused by several additional, smaller earthquakes during the
Holocene and late Pleistocene.
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:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1995
Ending_Date: 1995
Status:
Progress: complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -89
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -87
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.5
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: paleoseismology
Theme_Keyword: liquefaction
Theme_Keyword: earthquakes
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: paleoliquefaction
Theme_Keyword: prehistoric earthquake
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: Wabash Valley
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Geologic Map Database Catalog themes, augmented
Theme_Keyword: 1500 - Hazards
Theme_Keyword: 1501 - Earthquakes
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
Data_Set_Credit: James Oliver
Native_Data_Set_Environment: SunOS, 5.5.1, sun4u UNIX, ARC/INFO version 7.1.1
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Rhea, Susan, and Wheeler, R.L.
Publication_Date: 1996
Title:
Map showing seismicity 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-A
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details: pamphlet accompanies map
