Investigation of rifting processes in the Rio Grande Rift using data from unusually large earthquake swarms
- New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
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.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States); New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 148695
- Report Number(s):
- LA-SUB--95-135; ON: DE96003104
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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