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Liquefaction evidence for one or more strong Holocene earthquakes in the Wabash Valley of southern Indiana and Illinois, with a preliminary estimate of magnitude /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Obermeier, Stephen F. (Author)
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1993.
Series:U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; 1536.
Subjects:
Dikes (Geology) > Indiana.
Dikes (Geology) > Wabash River Valley.
Soil liquefaction > Indiana.
Soil liquefaction > Wabash River Valley.
Earthquakes > Indiana.
Earthquakes > Wabash River Valley.
Geology, Stratigraphic > Holocene.
Dikes (Geology)
Earthquakes.
Geology, Stratigraphic.
Holocene Geologic Period.
Soil liquefaction.
Indiana > Vincennes Region.
From 10 thousand years ago
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo94013
Description
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed October 16, 2014).
"A 175-km span of liquefication features centered near Vincennes, index, is interpreted to have been caused by one or more large earthquakes that occurred between 1,500 and 7,500 years ago."
Physical Description:1 online resource (iv, 27 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 26-27).