Beanland, Sarah

The Owens Valley fault zone, eastern California, and surface faulting associated with the 1872 earthquake / by Sarah Beanland and Malcolm M. Clark. - [Washington]: [United States Government Printing Office], [1994]. - vi, 29 p. : maps ; 28 cm. +4 maps. - 1982 .

Four folded col. maps in 2 pockets. Conduct map 1: Generalized geologic map of Owens Valley, California, showing the 1872 rupture, other quaternary faults, shoreline features of Owens Lake, and table 3. Conduct map 2: Ruptures of 1872, other quaternary fault traces, and other displacement features along the Owens Valley fault zone, California, north part. Conduct map 3: Ruptures of 1872, other quaternary fault traces, and other displacement features along the Owens Valley fault zone, California, south part. Conduct map 4: Ruptures of 1872, other quaternary fault traces, and other displacement features along the Owens Valley fault zone, California, middle part.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-29).

Estimates of slip and magnitude of the 1872 Owens Valley earthquake and estimates of late Quaternary slip, slip rate, and earthquake recurrence associated with the 100-km-long fault zone as determined at 40 sites.


Faults (Geology)--California--Owens Valley
Earthquakes--California--Owens Valley

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