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Map and data for Quaternary faults and folds in New Mexico

January 1, 1998

The "World Map of Major Active Faults" Task Group is compiling a series of digital maps for the United States and other countries in the Western Hemisphere that show the locations, ages, and activity rates of major earthquake-related features such as faults and fault-related folds; the companion database includes published information on these seismogenic features. The Western Hemisphere effort is sponsored by International Lithosphere Program (ILP) Task Group H-2, whereas the effort to compile a new map and database for the United States is funded by the Earthquake Reduction Program (ERP) through the U.S. Geological Survey. The maps and accompanying databases represent a key contribution to the new Global Seismic Hazards Assessment Program (ILP Task Group II-O) for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. This compilation, which describes evidence for surface faulting and folding in New Mexico, is the third of many similar State and regional compilations that are planned for the U.S. The compilation for West Texas is available as U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-002 (Collins and others, 1996 #993) and the compilation for Montana will be released as a Montana Bureau of Mines product (Haller and others, in press #1750).

Publication Year 1998
Title Map and data for Quaternary faults and folds in New Mexico
DOI 10.3133/ofr98521
Authors M. N. Machette, S. F. Personius, K. I. Kelson, K. M. Haller, R. L. Dart
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 98-521
Index ID ofr98521
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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