Earthquake instrumentation for Utah, report and recommendations of the Utah Policy Panel on earthquake Instrumentation (OFR-168) utah

Earthquake instrumentation for Utah, report and recommendations of the Utah Policy Panel on earthquake Instrumentation (OFR-168) utahBy: W. J. Arabasz, editor Utah faces a serious threat of large damaging earthquakes. Consequences are all too vividly brought to mind by recent earthquake catastrophes in Armenia and Mexico City both relevant examples for potential earthquake losses along Utahs Wasatch Front. In dealing with its earthquake treat, Utah has a unique opportunity to do it right. These are evident strengths in Utahs earthquake program, which involves uncommon and

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Other small faults near folds generally developed in pairs

each described and illustrated with maps

5 km (minimum) interval along the trace of the Antelope Range fault

The craggy Teton peaks reach as high as 13

Buckskin Gulch

and thus includes three distinct groups of rocks: (1) a nearly complete section of allochthonous Pennsylvanian rocks of the Oquirrh Formation that comprises the Charleston thrust plate

leaving large portions of the county unexplored

It may load on newer systems

and how water shapes mountains

the effects of early and late Laramide movements

lie within the Brushy Basin Member of the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation