High resolution seismic-reflection imaging of shallow deformation beneath the northeast margin of the Manila high at Big Lake, Arkansas
Engineering Geology
By: J. K. Odum, W. J. Stephenson, R. A. Williams, D. M. Worley, Margaret J. Guccione, and R. B. Van Arsdale
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Abstract
The Manila high, an elliptical area 19 km long (N-S) by 6 km wide (E-W) located west-southwest of Big Lake. Arkansas, has less than 3 m of topographic relief. Geomorphic, stratigraphic and chronology data indicate that Big Lake formed during at least two periods of Holocene uplift and subsequent damming of the south-flowing Little River. Age data of an organic mat located at the base of an upper lacustrine deposit indicates an abrupt, possibly tectonic, formation of the present Big Lake between AD 1640 and 1950. We acquired 7 km of high-resolution seismic-reflection data across the northeastern margin of the Manila high to examine its near-surface bedrock structure and possible association with underlying structures such as the Blytheville arch. Sense of displacement and character of imaged faults support interpretations for either a northwest trending, 1.5 km-wide, block of uplifted strata or a series of parallel northeast-trending faults that bound horst and graben structures. We interpret deformation of the Manila high to result from faulting generated by the reactivation of right-lateral strike-slip fault motion along this portion of the Blytheville arch. The most recent uplift of the Manila high may have occurred during the December 16, 1811, New Madrid earthquake. Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
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Odum, J.K., Stephenson, W.J., Williams, R.A., Worley, D.M., Guccione, M.J., and Van Arsdale, R., 2001, High resolution seismic-reflection imaging of shallow deformation beneath the northeast margin of the Manila high at Big Lake, Arkansas: Engineering Geology, v. 62, no. 1-3, p. 91-103, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0013-7952(01)00055-2.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | High resolution seismic-reflection imaging of shallow deformation beneath the northeast margin of the Manila high at Big Lake, Arkansas |
| Series title | Engineering Geology |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0013-7952(01)00055-2 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1-3 |
| Year Published | 2001 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Engineering Geology |
| First page | 91 |
| Last page | 103 |