Accession Number:

ADA113119

Title:

Active Faults and Earthquake Hazards in the FY 79 Verification Sites - Nevada-Utah Siting Region.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

FUGRO NATIONAL INC LONG BEACH CA

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1980-03-26

Pagination or Media Count:

133.0

Abstract:

Investigation in this report identifies areas in which hazardous ground rupture due to fault movement. Review is Holocene and late Quaternary faults in area of verification sites of Utah and Nevada. Most verification sites have north-south oriented faults. Author

Descriptors:

• *Faults(Geology)
• *Earthquakes
• Nevada
• Utah
• Valleys
• Air Force facilities
• Surface to surface missiles
• Surveys
• Geology
• Tectonics
• Seismic waves
• Hazards

Subject Categories:

• Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy
• Seismology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE