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Title: Investigation of rifting processes in the Rio Grande Rift using data from unusually large earthquake swarms

Abstract

San Acacia Swarm in the Rio Grande Rift. Because the Rio Grande rift is one of the best seismically instrumented rift zones in the world, studying its seismicity provides an exceptional opportunity to explore the active tectonic processes within continental rifts. We have been studying earthquake swarms recorded near Socorro in an effort to link seismicity directly to the rifting process. For FY94, our research has focused on the San Acacia swarm, which occurred 25 km north of Socorro, New Mexico, along the accommodation zone between the Albuquerque-Belen and Socorro basins of the central Rio Grande rift. The swarm commenced on 25 February 1983, had a magnitude 4.2 main shock on 2 March and ended on 17 March, 1983.

Authors:
;  [1]; ;  [2]
  1. New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
148695
Report Number(s):
LA-SUB-95-135
ON: DE96003104
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: [1995]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 58 GEOSCIENCES; RIO GRANDE RIFT; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS; EARTHQUAKES; HYPOCENTERS; GEOLOGIC FAULTS; EARTHQUAKE FOCI

Citation Formats

Sanford, A, Balch, R, House, L, and Hartse, H. Investigation of rifting processes in the Rio Grande Rift using data from unusually large earthquake swarms. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.2172/148695.
Sanford, A, Balch, R, House, L, & Hartse, H. Investigation of rifting processes in the Rio Grande Rift using data from unusually large earthquake swarms. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/148695
Sanford, A, Balch, R, House, L, and Hartse, H. 1995. "Investigation of rifting processes in the Rio Grande Rift using data from unusually large earthquake swarms". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/148695. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/148695.
@article{osti_148695,
title = {Investigation of rifting processes in the Rio Grande Rift using data from unusually large earthquake swarms},
author = {Sanford, A and Balch, R and House, L and Hartse, H},
abstractNote = {San Acacia Swarm in the Rio Grande Rift. Because the Rio Grande rift is one of the best seismically instrumented rift zones in the world, studying its seismicity provides an exceptional opportunity to explore the active tectonic processes within continental rifts. We have been studying earthquake swarms recorded near Socorro in an effort to link seismicity directly to the rifting process. For FY94, our research has focused on the San Acacia swarm, which occurred 25 km north of Socorro, New Mexico, along the accommodation zone between the Albuquerque-Belen and Socorro basins of the central Rio Grande rift. The swarm commenced on 25 February 1983, had a magnitude 4.2 main shock on 2 March and ended on 17 March, 1983.},
doi = {10.2172/148695},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/148695}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1995},
month = {Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1995}
}