Cosmogenic ages for earthquake recurrence intervals and debris flow fan deposition, Owens Valley, California
- Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT (United States)
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA (United States)
Model exposure ages (beryllium-10, aluminum-26) of boulders on an offset debris flow fan yield an earthquake recurrence interval between 5800 and 8000 {sup 10}Be:{sup 26}Al years for a strand of the Owens Valley fault in California, which last ruptured in an earthquake of moment magnitude>7.5 in 1872. Cosmogenic age estimates for this and several nearby fan surfaces flanking the eastern Sierra Nevada are consistent with stratigraphic relations and suggest that these surfaces were abandoned after 1000, 8000, and 21,000 {sup 10}Be:{sup 26}Al years ago. The wide scatter and nonconcordance of {sup 10}Be:{sup 26}Al ages on an older fan surface suggest that boulder erosion and lowering of the fan surface there have influenced apparent exposure ages. 15 refs., 3 figs., 1 tab.
- OSTI ID:
- 183567
- Journal Information:
- Science, Journal Name: Science Journal Issue: 5235 Vol. 270; ISSN SCIEAS; ISSN 0036-8075
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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