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Record Nr.

UNINA9910709726903321

Autore

Obermeier Stephen F.

Titolo

Liquefaction evidence for one or more strong Holocene earthquakes in the Wabash Valley of southern Indiana and Illinois, with a preliminary estimate of magnitude / / by S.F. Obermeier [and six others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 1993

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 27 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 1536

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed October 16, 2014).

"A 175-km span of liquefication features centered near Vincennes, Ind., is interpreted to have been caused by one or more large earthquakes that occurred between 1,500 and 7,500 years ago."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 26-27).