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Rhea, Susan, 1997, Seismotectonic maps in the vicinity of the lower Wabash Valley, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky - Digital Spatial Database: Seismic reflection lines: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-0681, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver,CO.Online Links:
This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal Degrees.
The horizontal datum used is Unknown.
The ellipsoid used is Clarke 1866.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378206.4.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/294.98.
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Barnes Crk | |
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E-W Tie Li | |
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Grayville | |
H05 | |
H06 | |
H07 | |
H08 | |
H09 | |
Hamilton C | |
IH | |
KJ | |
Muhlenburg | |
New Harmon | |
P-2 | |
Pope Co., | |
RS1 | |
RS2 | |
RS3 | |
Union Co., | |
Webster Co | relection line |
Value | Definition |
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Bertagne and Leissing 91 | |
Heigold and Oltz 91 | |
Heigold&Kolata 93 | |
Rene and Stanonis 95 | |
Rudman 60, 63 | |
Rudman 63 | |
Sexton et al. 86 | |
Sexton, 1995 | |
Sexton, 1995 | year and author |
Sharon Diehl
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The data was generated to help in understanding the seismotectonic hazards in the vicinity of the lower Wabash Valley. This data complements similar data collected in the vicinity of New Madrid, MO (US Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-0574, available via ftp at <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/ofr-95-0574/>)
Bear, G.W., Rupp, J.A., and Rudman, A.J., 1997, Seismic interpretation of the deep structure of the Wabash Valley fault system: Seismological Research Letters v. 68, no. 4, Seis. Soc. America.
Bertagne, A.J., and Leising, T.C., 1991, Interpretation of seismic data from the Rough Creek graben of western Kentucky and southern Illinois, in Leighton, M.W., Kolata, D.r., Oltz, D.F., and Eidel, J.J., eds., Interior cratonic basins: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 51, AAPG.
Heigold, P.C. and Kolata, D.R., 1993, Proterozoic crustal boundary in the southern part of the Illinois Basin: Tectonophysics v. 217, Elsevier Press.
Heigold, P.C., and Oltz, D.F., 1991, Seismic expression of the stratigraphic succession: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 51, AAPG.
Leighton, M.W., Kolata, D.R., Oltz, D.F., and Eidel, J.J., 1991, Interior cratonic basins: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 51, AAPG.
Potter, C.J., Goldhaber, M.B., Heigold, P.C.,, 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 relfection data: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1538, chapter Q, U.S. Geological Survey.
Shedlock, K.M., and Johnston, A.C., 1995, Investigations of the New Madrid seismic zone: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1538, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado.
Rene, R.M., and Stanonis, F.L., 1995, Reflection seismic profiling of the Wabash Valley fault system in the Illinois Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1538, chapter O, U.S. Geological Survey.
Shedlock, K.M., and Johnston, A.C., 1995, Investigations of the New Madrid seismic zone: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1538, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado.
Rudman, A.J., 1963, A study of seismic reflections from the surface of the basement complex in Indiana: Indiana University Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Sexton, J.L., Braille, L.W., Hinze, W.J., and, 1986, Seismic reflection profiling studies of a buried Precambrian rift beneath the Wabash Valley fault zone: Geophysics v. 51.
Sexton, J.L., 1995, Written communication.
Sexton, J.L., 1996, Written communication.
Wheeler, R.L., Diehl, S.F., Rhea, Susan, Sarge, 1997, Map showing selected wells and geophysical survey and modeling lines in the vicinity of the lower Wabash Valley, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2583-C, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO.
The attribute accuracy is described, where present, with each attribute defined in the Entity and Attribute Section.
Chain-node topology present.
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- Access_Constraints: none
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USGS Open-File Report 97-0681
This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Any use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the USGS.
Data format: | Each coverage contains isoseismal data for one event (two for i187609) in format ARCE (version 7.0.3) |
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Network links: |
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/ofr-97-0681//e00_files/reflec.e00> |
ARC/INFO version 7.0.3 or later or ArcView 3.0 or later
303-273-8639 (voice)
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rhea@usgs.gov