Naval Weapons Center Active Fault Map Series.

Abstract

The NWC Active Fault Map Series shows the locations of active faults and features indicative of active faulting within much of Indian Wells Valley and portions of the Randsburg Wash/Mojave 'B' test range areas of the Naval Weapons Center. Map annotations are used extensively to identify criteria employed in identifying the fault offsets, and to present other valuable data. All of the mapped faults show evidence of having moved during about the last 12,500 years or represent geologically young faults that occur within seismic gaps. Only faults that offset the surface or show other evidence of surface deformation were mapped. A portion of the City of Ridgecrest is recommended as being a Seismic Hazard Special Studies Zone in which detailed earthquake hazard studies should be required.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 1987
Accession Number
ADA188425

Entities

People

  • G. R. Roquemore
  • J. T. Zellmer

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Cameras
  • Cartography
  • Data Acquisition
  • Displacement
  • Earthquakes
  • Frequency
  • Geological Surveys
  • Geology
  • Groundwater
  • Intervals
  • Materials
  • Photographs
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Soils
  • Water Resources
  • Water Supplies

Fields of Study

  • Geology

Readers

  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Seismology