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Catalog of earthquakes in the Lake Mead area, Nevada-Arizona, for the period from July 10, 1972, to December 6, 1973

January 1, 1975

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).

Publication Year 1975
Title Catalog of earthquakes in the Lake Mead area, Nevada-Arizona, for the period from July 10, 1972, to December 6, 1973
DOI 10.3133/ofr7515
Authors William Hung Kan Lee, E.E. Matamoros
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 75-15
Index ID ofr7515
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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