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Preliminary Catalog of the Sedimentary Basins of the United States
Preliminary Catalog of the Sedimentary Basins of the United States By James L. Coleman, Jr., and Steven M. Cahan Open-File Report 2012–1111 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior KEN SALAZAR, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Marcia K. McNutt, Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2012 For more information on the USGS—the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment, visit http://www.usgs.gov or call 1–888–ASK–USGS. For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod To order this and other USGS information products, visit http://store.usgs.gov Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also may contain copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items must be secured from the copyright owner. Suggested citation: Coleman, J.L., Jr., and Cahan, S.M., 2012, Preliminary catalog of the sedimentary basins of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1111, 27 p. (plus 4 figures and 1 table available as separate files) Available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1111/. iii Contents Abstract ...........................................................................................................................................................1 -
Seismicity, Seismotectonics and Preliminary Earthquake Hazard Analysis of the Teton Region, WY
FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT DEVELOPMENT OF EARTHQUAKE GROUND SHAKING HAZARD MAPS FOR THE YELLOWSTONE- JACKSON HOLE-STAR VALLEY, WYOMING Submitted to the U.S. Geological Survey Under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Program Element II Evaluate Urban Hazard and Risk USGS Award 05HQGR0026 Prepared by Bonnie Jean Pickering White Department of Geology and Geophysics The University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 94112 and Robert B. Smith Department of Geology and Geophysics The University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 94112 Principal Investigator Ivan Wong Seismic Hazards Group URS Corporation 1333 Broadway, Suite 800, Oakland, CA 94612 Phone: (510) 874-3014, Fax: (510) 874-3268 E-mail: [email protected] 26 September 2006 __________________________ This research was supported by the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior, under USGS Award Number 05HQGR0026. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied of the U.S. Government. PREFACE The Yellowstone-Jackson Hole-Star Valley corridor is located within the seismically and tectonically active Intermountain Seismic Belt in westernmost Wyoming and eastern Idaho. The corridor has the highest seismic hazard in the Intermountain U.S. based on the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Hazard Maps. The region contains the heavily visited Yellowstone and Teton National Parks and the rapidly growing areas of Jackson Hole and Star Valley. Although there has only been one large earthquake in this region in historical times (1959 moment magnitude [M] 7.5 Hebgen Lake), abundant geologic evidence exists for the past occurrence of surface-faulting earthquakes of M 7 or greater. -
Physical Geology Unit .5
Physical geology Unit .5 Plateaus and plains Definition Plateaus.A plateau is a flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Plateaus occur on every continent and take up a third of the Earths land. Plains. A plain is a flat, sweeping landmass that generally does not change much in elevation. Plains occur as lowlands along valleys or on the doorsteps of mountains, as coastal plains. Characteristics and types of plateaus and plains. Plateaus. A plateau is a flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Plateaus occur on every continent and take up a third of the Earths land. They are one of the four major landforms, along with mountains, plains, and hills. There are two kinds of plateaus: dissected plateaus and volcanic plateaus. A dissected plateau forms as a result of upward movement in the Earths crust. The uplift is caused by the slow collision of tectonic plates. The Colorado Plateau, in the western United States, has been rising about .03 centimeter (.01 inch) a year for more than 10 million years. A volcanic plateau is formed by numerous small volcanic eruptions that slowly build up over time, forming a plateau from the resulting lava flows. The North Island Volcanic Plateau covers most of the central part of the North Island of New Zealand. This volcanic plateau still has three active volcanoes: Mount Tongariro, Mount Ngauruhoe, and Mount Ruapehu. Erosion can influence the shape of a plateau. Soft rock often erodes away on the top of a plateau. -
Systematic Variation of Late Pleistocene Fault Scarp Height in the Teton Range, Wyoming, USA: Variable Fault Slip Rates Or Variable GEOSPHERE; V
Research Paper THEMED ISSUE: Cenozoic Tectonics, Magmatism, and Stratigraphy of the Snake River Plain–Yellowstone Region and Adjacent Areas GEOSPHERE Systematic variation of Late Pleistocene fault scarp height in the Teton Range, Wyoming, USA: Variable fault slip rates or variable GEOSPHERE; v. 13, no. 2 landform ages? doi:10.1130/GES01320.1 Glenn D. Thackray and Amie E. Staley* 8 figures; 1 supplemental file Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 South 8th Avenue, Pocatello, Idaho 83209, USA CORRESPONDENCE: thacglen@ isu .edu ABSTRACT ously and repeatedly to climate shifts in multiple valleys, they create multi CITATION: Thackray, G.D., and Staley, A.E., 2017, ple isochronous markers for evaluation of spatial and temporal variation of Systematic variation of Late Pleistocene fault scarp height in the Teton Range, Wyoming, USA: Variable Fault scarps of strongly varying height cut glacial and alluvial sequences fault motion (Gillespie and Molnar, 1995; McCalpin, 1996; Howle et al., 2012; fault slip rates or variable landform ages?: Geosphere, mantling the faulted front of the Teton Range (western USA). Scarp heights Thackray et al., 2013). v. 13, no. 2, p. 287–300, doi:10.1130/GES01320.1. vary from 11.2 to 37.6 m and are systematically higher on geomorphically older In some cases, faults of known slip rate can also be used to evaluate ages landforms. Fault scarps cutting a deglacial surface, known from cosmogenic of glacial and alluvial sequences. However, this process is hampered by spatial Received 26 January 2016 Revision received 22 November 2016 radionuclide exposure dating to immediately postdate 14.7 ± 1.1 ka, average and temporal variability of offset along individual faults and fault segments Accepted 13 January 2017 12.0 m in height, and yield an average postglacial offset rate of 0.82 ± 0.13 (e.g., Z. -
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www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Rifting of the oceanic Azores Plateau with episodic volcanic activity B. Storch1*, K. M. Haase1, R. H. W. Romer1, C. Beier1,2 & A. A. P. Koppers3 Extension of the Azores Plateau along the Terceira Rift exposes a lava sequence on the steep northern fank of the Hirondelle Basin. Unlike typical tholeiitic basalts of oceanic plateaus, the 1.2 km vertical submarine stratigraphic profle reveals two successive compositionally distinct basanitic to alkali basaltic eruptive units. The lower unit is volumetrically more extensive with ~ 1060 m of the crustal profle forming between ~ 2.02 and ~ 1.66 Ma, followed by a second unit erupting the uppermost ~ 30 m of lavas in ~ 100 kyrs. The age of ~ 1.56 Ma of the youngest in-situ sample at the top of the profle implies that the 35 km-wide Hirondelle Basin opened after this time along normal faults. This rifting phase was followed by alkaline volcanism at D. João de Castro seamount in the basin center indicating episodic volcanic activity along the Terceira Rift. The mantle source compositions of the two lava units change towards less radiogenic Nd, Hf, and Pb isotope ratios. A change to less SiO2-undersaturated magmas may indicate increasing degrees of partial melting beneath D. João de Castro seamount, possibly caused by lithospheric thinning within the past 1.5 million years. Our results suggest that rifting of oceanic lithosphere alternates between magmatically and tectonically dominated phases. Oceanic plateaus with a crustal thickness to 30 km cover large areas in the oceans and these bathymetric swells afect oceanic currents and marine life 1,2. -
Description of the Telluride Quadrangle
DESCRIPTION OF THE TELLURIDE QUADRANGLE. INTRODUCTION. along the southern base, and agricultural lands water Jura of other parts of Colorado, and follow vents from which the lavas came are unknown, A general statement of the geography, topography, have been found in valley bottoms or on lower ing them comes the Cretaceous section, from the and the lavas themselves have been examined slopes adjacent to the snow-fed streams Economic Dakota to the uppermost coal-bearing member, the only in sufficient degree to show the predominant and geology of the San Juan region of from the mountains. With the devel- imp°rtance- Colorado. Laramie. Below Durango the post-Laramie forma presence of andesites, with other types ranging opment of these resources several towns of tion, made up of eruptive rock debris and known in composition from rhyolite to basalt. Pene The term San Juan region, or simply " the San importance have been established in sheltered as the "Animas beds," rests upon the Laramie, trating the bedded series are several massive Juan," used with variable meaning by early valleys on all sides. Railroads encircle the group and is in turn overlain by the Puerco and higher bodies of often coarsely granular rocks, such as explorers, and naturally with indefinite and penetrate to some of the mining centers of Eocene deposits. gabbro and diorite, and it now seems probable limitation during the period of settle- sa^juan the the interior. Creede, Silverton, Telluride, Ouray, Structurally, the most striking feature in the that the intrusive bodies of diorite-porphyry and ment, is. now quite. -
Geologic Map of IDAHO
Geologic Map of IDAHO 2012 COMPILED BY Reed S. Lewis, Paul K. Link, Loudon R. Stanford, and Sean P. Long Geologic Map of Idaho Compiled by Reed S. Lewis, Paul K. Link, Loudon R. Stanford, and Sean P. Long Idaho Geological Survey Geologic Map 9 Third Floor, Morrill Hall 2012 University of Idaho Front cover photo: Oblique aerial Moscow, Idaho 83843-3014 view of Sand Butte, a maar crater, northeast of Richfield, Lincoln County. Photograph Ronald Greeley. Geologic Map Idaho Compiled by Reed S. Lewis, Paul K. Link, Loudon R. Stanford, and Sean P. Long 2012 INTRODUCTION The Geologic Map of Idaho brings together the ex- Map units from the various sources were condensed tensive mapping and associated research released since to 74 units statewide, and major faults were identified. the previous statewide compilation by Bond (1978). The Compilation was at 1:500,000 scale. R.S. Lewis com- geology is compiled from more than ninety map sources piled the northern and western parts of the state. P.K. (Figure 1). Mapping from the 1980s includes work from Link initially compiled the eastern and southeastern the U.S. Geological Survey Conterminous U.S. Mineral parts and was later assisted by S.P. Long. County geo- Appraisal Program (Worl and others, 1991; Fisher and logic maps were derived from this compilation for the others, 1992). Mapping from the 1990s includes work Digital Atlas of Idaho (Link and Lewis, 2002). Follow- by the U.S. Geological Survey during mineral assess- ments of the Payette and Salmon National forests (Ev- ing the county map project, the statewide compilation ans and Green, 2003; Lund, 2004). -
Data for Quaternary Faults, Liquefaction Features, and Possible Tectonic Features in the Central and Eastern United States, East of the Rocky Mountain Front
U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Data for Quaternary faults, liquefaction features, and possible tectonic features in the Central and Eastern United States, east of the Rocky Mountain front By Anthony J. Crone and Russell L. Wheeler Open-File Report 00-260 This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards nor with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. 2000 Contents Abstract........................................................................................................................................1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................2 Strategy for Quaternary fault map and database .......................................................................10 Synopsis of Quaternary faulting and liquefaction features in the Central and Eastern United States..........................................................................................................................................14 Overview of Quaternary faults and liquefaction features.......................................................14 Discussion...............................................................................................................................15 Summary.................................................................................................................................18 -
Payette National Forest
Appendix 2 Proposed Forest Plan Amendments Sawtooth National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Chapter III Sawtooth WCS Appendix 2 Chapter III. Management Direction Table of Contents Management Direction......................................................................................................... III-1 Forest-Wide Management Direction ................................................................................ III-1 Threatened, Endangered, Proposed, and Candidate Species ....................................... III-1 Air Quality and Smoke Management .......................................................................... III-4 Wildlife Resources ....................................................................................................... III-5 Vegetation .................................................................................................................... III-9 Non-native Plants ....................................................................................................... III-13 Fire Management ....................................................................................................... III-14 Timberland Resources ............................................................................................... III-16 Rangeland Resources ................................................................................................. III-17 Minerals and Geology Resources .............................................................................. III-18 Lands and Special -
Baseline and Stewardship Monitoring on Sawtooth National Forest Research Natural Areas
Baseline and stewardship monitoring on Sawtooth National Forest Research Natural Areas Steven K. Rust and Jennifer J. Miller April 2003 Idaho Conservation Data Center Department of Fish and Game 600 South Walnut, P.O. Box 25 Boise, Idaho 83707 Steven M. Huffaker, Director Prepared for: USDA Forest Service Sawtooth National Forest ii Table of Contents Introduction ............................................... 1 Study Area ............................................... 1 Methods ................................................. 4 Results .................................................. 5 Recommendations and Conclusions .......................... 12 Literature Cited ........................................... 14 List of Figures ............................................ 16 List of Tables ............................................ 26 Appendix A .............................................. 35 Appendix B .............................................. 36 Appendix C .............................................. 61 iii iv Introduction Research natural areas are part of a national network of ecological areas designated in perpetuity for research and education and to maintain biological diversity on National Forest System lands. Seven research natural areas occur on Sawtooth National Forest: Basin Gulch, Mount Harrison, Pole Canyon, Pole Creek Exclosure, Redfish Lake Moraine, Sawtooth Valley Peatlands, and Trapper Creek (Figure 1). These natural areas were established in the late 1980s and mid 1990s to provide representation of a diverse -
Grand Teton National Park Geologic Resource Evaluation Scoping Report
Grand Teton National Park Geologic Resource Evaluation Scoping Report Sid Covington and Melanie V. Ransmeier Geologic Resources Division Denver, Colorado August 22, 2005 Table of Contents Executive Summary........................................................................................................ ii Introduction..................................................................................................................... 1 Geologic Setting.............................................................................................................. 2 Geologic History............................................................................................................. 4 Significant Geologic Resource Management Issues....................................................... 7 Earthquake Hazard Assessment and Planning............................................................ 7 Fluvial Geomorphology.............................................................................................. 8 Glacial and Peri-glacial Monitoring............................................................................ 9 Cave and Karst Resources ........................................................................................ 10 Hydrothermal Features.............................................................................................. 10 Wetlands ................................................................................................................... 11 Oil and Gas Development........................................................................................ -
Earthquakes in Wyoming
111˚ Additional information on earthquakes, earthquake preparedness, 110˚ 104˚ Introduction 109˚ 108˚ 107˚ 106˚ 105˚ 45˚ 45˚ and earthquake response can be obtained from: Yellowstone Earthquakes are common in Wyoming. National WYOMING STATE Park Historically, earthquakes have occurred in Sheridan Wyoming State Geological Survey Crook GEOLOGICAL SURVEY every county in Wyoming over the past 120 P.O. Box 3008 Park Bighorn �� ���� years, with some causing significant damage. Laramie, WY 82071-3008 �� �� Lance Cook, State Geologist �� � Campbell Phone: (307) 766-2286 � Figure 1 shows the generalized distribution of Johnson 44˚ 44˚ historical earthquakes in Wyoming. Washakie Fax: (307) 766-2605 � � � Teton Weston � ���� � Email: [email protected] � �� The first recorded earthquake in the ������ �� Hot Springs [email protected] state occurred in the area now known as Agency Web: http://wsgsweb.uwyo.edu EARTHQUAKES IN Yellowstone National Park on July 20, 1871. Earthquake Web: http://www.wrds.uwyo.edu During the early geologic investigations of WYOMING Yellowstone, Ferdinand V. Hayden of the U.S. Fremont Natrona Niobrara 43˚ Converse 43˚ Wyoming Emergency Management Agency Geological Survey reported that “on the night 5500 Bishop Blvd. of the 20th of July, we experienced several se- Sublette Cheyenne, WY 82009-3320 vere shocks of an earthquake, and these were Phone: (307) 777-4900 felt by two other parties, fifteen or twenty-five Fax: (307) 635-6017 miles distant, on different sides of the lake.” Email: [email protected] Platte Goshen Yellowstone National Park is now known as 42˚ 42˚ Agency Web: http://132.133.10.9 one of the more seismically active areas in Lincoln FEMA Web: http://www.fema.gov the United States.