Logs and data from trenches across and near the Green Valley Fault at the Mason Road site, Fairfield, Solano County, California, 2006-2009
May 15, 2012
The primary purpose of this report is to provide drafted field logs of exploratory trenches excavated across the Green Valley Fault in 2007 and 2009 that show evidence for four surface rupturing earthquakes in the past one thousand years. The site location and site detail are shown on sheet 1. The trench logs are shown on sheets 1, 2, and 3. We also provide radiocarbon laboratory dates used for chronological modeling of the earthquake history. Sheets 4 and 5 show additional data obtained in 2006–2009 to document data obtained in our studies of the long-term geologic slip rate on the Green Valley Fault. However, that effort ultimately did not prove feasible and no slip rate estimate resulted.
Citation Information
Publication Year | 2012 |
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Title | Logs and data from trenches across and near the Green Valley Fault at the Mason Road site, Fairfield, Solano County, California, 2006-2009 |
DOI | 10.3133/ofr20121011 |
Authors | James J. Lienkaemper, Robert R. Sickler, Shannon Mahan, Johnathan Brown, Liam M. Reidy, Mindy A. Kimball |
Publication Type | Report |
Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
Series Title | Open-File Report |
Series Number | 2012-1011 |
Index ID | ofr20121011 |
Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
USGS Organization | Earthquake Science Center; Menlo Park Science Center |