Seismotectonic maps in the vicinity of the lower Wabash Valley, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky - Digital Spatial Database: Paleoliquefaction surveys between 1990 and 1994 in Indiana

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Metadata:

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: Paleoliquefaction surveys between 1990 and 1994 in Indiana
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 97-0681
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver
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 between 1990 and 1994, Cheryl and Pat Munson, along with several of their students, searched ditches and river banks for evidence of liquefaction. They found numerous banks with shaking-induced sandblows and the dikes that fed them. This database includes the location of dikes that the Munsons and those with them observed and measured. Dike thickness was divided into 5 classes, 1 being the smallest at 0-4 cm, 2 = 5-14 cm, 3 = 15-29 cm, 4 = 30-59 cm, and 5 = over 60 cm.
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 perobably some of the paleoliquefaction was caused by several additional, smaller earthquakes during the Holocene and late Pleistocene.
(excerpted from map I-2583-A)
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 SurveyOpen-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: 1990
Ending_Date: 1994
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -91
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -86.99533844
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37
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: 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: Rhea
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
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The attribute accuracy is described, where present, with each attribute defined in the Entity and Attribute Section.
Logical_Consistency_Report: Point features present.
Completeness_Report: all locations received are included
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 100 m
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Resolution as reported
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Cheryl Munson
Publication_Date: 1995
Title: written communication
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Munson, P.J., Munson., C.A., Bleuer, N.K., and Labitzke, M.D.
Publication_Date: 1992
Title:
Distribution and dating of prehistoric earthquake liquefaction in the Wabash Valley of the central U.S.
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: text
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Seismological Research Letters
Issue_Identification: vol 63, no 3
Publication_Information:
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Other_Citation_Details: p. 337-342
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Munson, P.J., Munson, C.A., and Pond, E.C.
Publication_Date: 1995
Title:
Paleoliquefaction evidence for a strong Holocene earthquake in southcentral Indiana
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: text
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Geology
Issue_Identification: vol 23
Publication_Information:
Publisher: Geologic Society of America
Other_Citation_Details: pg 325-328
Source_Scale_Denominator: 250000
Type_of_Source_Media: map
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1990
Ending_Date: 1994
Source_Currentness_Reference: all locations included
Source_Contribution: river reaches outlined on map
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
1:100,000 scale map received by surface mail. Map contained highlighted areas where searches had been made. Hydrology DLG coverage brought up on screen and compared to hard copy. Highlighted areas on map were identified on DLG coverage, and stream segments were SELected and PUT to new coverage. In new coverage, arcs were BUFFERed to create areas out of line segments so that reaches could be color shaded on final map.
Process_Date: 19950221
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: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 9
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 40
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 10
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: .001
Longitude_Resolution: .001
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: LIQMUNSURV.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition: polygons around rivers searched for evidence of liquefaction
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Rhea
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: INSIDE
Attribute_Definition:
arcinfo item created in buffer command, 1 for inside the polygon
Attribute_Definition_Source: arcinfo
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: inside the polygon
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 100
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO
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:
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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