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Despite its subdued expression and isolated location within the Great Plains of southeastern Colorado, the 80-km-long Cheraw fault may be one of the most active faults in North America east of the Southern Rocky Mountains. We present geomorphic analyses, geochronology, and paleoseismic trenching data to 1) document the rupture history of the ~45-km-long southwestern section of the Cheraw fault over the past ~19 ka, and 2) evaluate slip-rate changes for the entire fault over the past ~200 ka. Results from new trenches excavated at the Old Ranch site show evidence of four surface-rupture events since ~19 ka, each with an average vertical displacement of 0.75 m. An additional event is likely only slightly older than...
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The following report summarizes the dating results from sedimentary deposits exposed by soil pits in Panamint Valley, CA. Within this report, we detail the methodology used by the USGS Luminescence Geochronology Laboratory to obtain ages including sample preparation methods, luminescence measurement, equivalent dose determination, and dating-related calculations.
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Deep Springs Valley (DSV) is a hydrologically isolated valley between the White (north and west) and Inyo (south and east) Mountains that is commonly excluded from regional paleohydrologic and paleoclimate studies. Previous studies showed that uplift of Deep Springs ridge (informal name) by the Deep Springs fault defeated streams crossing DSV and hydrologically isolating the valley sometime after eruption of the Bishop Tuff. Here we present tephrochronology, clast counts, paleontology, and infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) data that reaffirms interruption of the Plio-Pleistocene hydrology and formation of DSV during the Pleistocene. Fossil gastropod, ostracodes, and charophytes along with IRSL dating document...
    map background search result map search result map Data Release for Luminescence: Mid to Late Quaternary Geomorphic and Paleoseismic Event History, Cheraw Fault, Colorado Data Release for Luminescence: Late Holocene rupture history of the Ash Hill Fault, Eastern California Shear Zone, and the potential for seismogenic strain transfer between nearby faults Data Release for Luminescence: Plio-Pleistocene Hydrology and Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 4 Deep Springs Lake, Western Great Basin, Inyo County, California Data Release for Luminescence: Mid to Late Quaternary Geomorphic and Paleoseismic Event History, Cheraw Fault, Colorado