Paleoseismic investigations of Stagecoach Road fault, southeastern Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada

Menges, C M; Oswald, J A; Coe, J A; Lundstrom, S C; Paces, J B; Mahan, S A; Widmann, B; Murray, M

doi:10.2172/584904

Title: Paleoseismic investigations of Stagecoach Road fault, southeastern Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada

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This report summarizes the results of paleoseismic investigations at two trenches (SCR-T1 and SCR-T3) excavated across the Stagecoach Road (SCR) fault at the southeastern margin of Yucca Mountain. The results of these studies are based on detailed mapping or logging of geologic and structural relationships exposed in trench walls, combined with descriptions of lithologic units, associated soils, and fault-related deformation. The ages of trench deposits are determined directly from geochronologic dating of selected units and soils, supplemented by stratigraphic and soil correlations with other surficial deposits in the Yucca Mountain area. The time boundaries used in this report for subdivision of the Quaternary period are listed in a table. These data and interpretations are used to identify the number, amounts, timing, and approximately lengths of late to middle Quaternary (less than 200 ka) surface-faulting events associated with paleoearthquakes at the trench sites. This displacement history forms the basis for calculating paleoearthquake recurrence intervals and fault-slip rates for the Stagecoach Road fault and allows comparison with fault behavior on other Quaternary faults at or near Yucca Mountain.

Authors:: Menges, C M; Oswald, J A; Coe, J A; Lundstrom, S C; Paces, J B; Mahan, S A; Widmann, B; Murray, M

Publication Date:: Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1998

Research Org.:: US Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States); Geological Survey, Reston, VA (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 584904

Report Number(s):: USGS/OFR-96-417
ON: DE98004458; TRN: 98:009426

DOE Contract Number:: AI08-92NV10874

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: 1998

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; SEISMICITY; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; GEOLOGIC FAULTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; AGE ESTIMATION; EARTHQUAKES; SLIP; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MAPS

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                    Menges, C M, Oswald, J A, Coe, J A, Lundstrom, S C, Paces, J B, Mahan, S A, Widmann, B, and Murray, M. Paleoseismic investigations of Stagecoach Road fault, southeastern Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada.  United States: N. p., 1998. 
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                    Menges, C M, Oswald, J A, Coe, J A, Lundstrom, S C, Paces, J B, Mahan, S A, Widmann, B, & Murray, M. Paleoseismic investigations of Stagecoach Road fault, southeastern Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/584904

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                    Menges, C M, Oswald, J A, Coe, J A, Lundstrom, S C, Paces, J B, Mahan, S A, Widmann, B, and Murray, M. 1998.  
        "Paleoseismic investigations of Stagecoach Road fault, southeastern Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/584904.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/584904.

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  abstractNote = {This report summarizes the results of paleoseismic investigations at two trenches (SCR-T1 and SCR-T3) excavated across the Stagecoach Road (SCR) fault at the southeastern margin of Yucca Mountain. The results of these studies are based on detailed mapping or logging of geologic and structural relationships exposed in trench walls, combined with descriptions of lithologic units, associated soils, and fault-related deformation. The ages of trench deposits are determined directly from geochronologic dating of selected units and soils, supplemented by stratigraphic and soil correlations with other surficial deposits in the Yucca Mountain area. The time boundaries used in this report for subdivision of the Quaternary period are listed in a table. These data and interpretations are used to identify the number, amounts, timing, and approximately lengths of late to middle Quaternary (less than 200 ka) surface-faulting events associated with paleoearthquakes at the trench sites. This displacement history forms the basis for calculating paleoearthquake recurrence intervals and fault-slip rates for the Stagecoach Road fault and allows comparison with fault behavior on other Quaternary faults at or near Yucca Mountain.},

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