Catalog of earthquakes in the Lake Mead area, Nevada-Arizona, for the period from July 10, 1972, to December 6, 1973
Open-File Report
75-15
By: William Hung Kan Lee and E.E. Matamoros
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Abstract
Lake Mead is one of the world's largest reservoirs and was created by the construction of Hoover (formerly Boulder) Dam in the 1930's. Earthquakes were felt in September 1936, a few weeks after Lake Mead had reached its annual peak of about 100 m in maximum water depth. At the request of the Bureau of Reclamation, the Coast and Geodetic Survey began seismic investigations in 1937. A quadripartite net of short-period seismographs was installed in 1942 and operated until the early 1950's. Results of these investigations were reported by Mead and Carder (1941), Jones-(1944), Carder (1945), Carder and Small (1948), and Carder (1970).
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Catalog of earthquakes in the Lake Mead area, Nevada-Arizona, for the period from July 10, 1972, to December 6, 1973 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 75-15 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr7515 |
| Year Published | 1975 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 31 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona, Nevada |
| Other Geospatial | Lake Mead |
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