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Structure of the Reelfoot-Rough Creek rift system, Fluorspar area fault complex, and Hicks Dome, southern Illinois and western Kentucky; new constraints from regional seismic reflection data

Professional Paper 1538-Q
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https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1538Q

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Abstract

In the winter of 1811-12, three of the largest historic earthquakes in the United States occurred near New Madrid, Mo. Seismicity continues to the present day throughout a tightly clustered pattern of epicenters centered on the bootheel of Missouri, including parts of northeastern Arkansas, northwestern Tennessee, western Kentucky, and southern Illinois. In 1990, the New Madrid seismic zone/Central United States became the first seismically active region east of the Rocky Mountains to be designated a priority research area within the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). This Professional Paper is a collection of papers, some published separately, presenting results of the newly intensified research program in this area. Major components of this research program include tectonic framework studies, seismicity and deformation monitoring and modeling, improved seismic hazard and risk assessments, and cooperative hazard mitigation studies.

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Potter, C., Goldhaber, M., Heigold, P., Drahovzal, J.A., 1995, Structure of the Reelfoot-Rough Creek rift system, Fluorspar area fault complex, and Hicks Dome, southern Illinois and western Kentucky; new constraints from regional seismic reflection data: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1538, p. Q1-Q19; 1 plate in pocket *Missing pages 16 and 17*, https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1538Q.

ISSN: 2330-7102 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Structure of the Reelfoot-Rough Creek rift system, Fluorspar area fault complex, and Hicks Dome, southern Illinois and western Kentucky; new constraints from regional seismic reflection data
Series title Professional Paper
Series number 1538
Chapter Q
DOI 10.3133/pp1538Q
Year Published 1995
Language ENGLISH
Publisher Geological Survey (U.S.)
Contributing office(s) U.S. Geological Survey
Description p. Q1-Q19; 1 plate in pocket *Missing pages 16 and 17*
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