Southern Great Basin Seimological data report for 1980 and preliminary data analysis

Conference · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:59534

King, K W; Engdahl, E R

Earthquake data for the calendar year 1980 are presented for earthquakes occurring within and adjacent to the southern Nevada seismograph network. Locations, magnitudes, and selected focal mechanisms for these events and events from prior years of network operation are presented and discussed in relation to the geologic framework of the region. The principal results are that (1) earthquakes concentrate in fault zones having a northeast orientation, (2) fault zones having a northwest orientation are quiescent or nearly so, and (3) no earthquakes have been detected closer than 12 km to the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository study area. 12 references, 13 figures.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); US Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States)
• OSTI ID: 59534
• Report Number(s): SAND-83-2625; CONF-8111147-; ON: TI84015938
• Resource Relation: Conference: Conference on ground motion and seismic programs, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 4-5 Nov 1981; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1984; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the conference on DOE ground motion and seismic programs on, around, and beyond the NTS; Vortman, L.J. (ed.); PB: 303-342 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

58 GEOSCIENCES
05 NUCLEAR FUELS
NEVADA TEST SITE
SEISMICITY
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
EARTHQUAKES
EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE
Yucca Mountain Project