High-angle faults in the basement of Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, based on analysis of a constrained gravity inversion surface
Open-File Report
99-383
By: Geoffrey A. Phelps and Edwin H. McKee
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Abstract
Using a model of the topographic subsurface derived from drill hole and gravity inversion analysis of the basement rocks in Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site (NTS), Nevada, a fault map and digital fault dataset were constructed based on offsets of the basement surface. Because these faults are, in large part, not present at the surface, they are interpreted to be inactive faults, older than the alluvial basin fill.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | High-angle faults in the basement of Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, based on analysis of a constrained gravity inversion surface |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 99-383 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr99383 |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center |
| Description | Report: 11 p.; 5 Plates: 20.00 x 25.00 inches and smaller; Readme; Metadata |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| Other Geospatial | Yucca Flat |
| Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator projection |
| Scale | 1000000 |