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].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Obermeier, Stephen F., author.

Contributor:

Geological Survey (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; 1536.

U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; 1536

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dikes (Geology)--Indiana.

Dikes (Geology).

Dikes (Geology)--Wabash River Valley.

Soil liquefaction--Indiana.

Soil liquefaction.

Soil liquefaction--Wabash River Valley.

Earthquakes--Indiana.

Earthquakes.

Earthquakes--Wabash River Valley.

Geology, Stratigraphic--Holocene.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Holocene Geologic Period.

United States--Wabash River Valley.

Indiana.

Indiana--Vincennes Region.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

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

Distribution:

Washington : United States Government Printing Office

Place of Publication:

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

Notes:

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

Also available online in PDF format from the U.S. Geological Survey Warehouse (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/).

"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."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 26-27).

Other Format:

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

OCLC:

896811316