Online
Reassessing
New Madrid (pdf)
Discussion
of the scientific concensus on how and why major earthquakes occur in the
New Madrid seismic zone, based on a workshop of experts held in 2000.
Data
for Quaternary faults, liquefaction and tectonic features in the
Central and Eastern United States (pdf)
USGS
Open File Report containing a comprehensive compilation of published geological
information on Quaternary faults, folds, and earthquake-induced liquefaction
features from the Rocky Mountain Front eastward to the Atlantic.
This is part of a national effort to develop an internally consistent database
on the locations, ages, and activity rates of major earthquake-related
features throughout the United States.
Mississippi Embayment
Reference Model
Compilation of published literature (i.e. references with summaries)
and descriptions of work in progress (as of 1999) related to characterizing
features of the Mississippi embayment that might affect earthquake ground
motions.
Earthquake
Ground Motions in the Central United States
Description
of a study comparing earthquake ground motion observed in the floodplain
of the Mississippi River and on the adjacent bluffs.
Technical
Papers
Publications
by USGS scientists and their partners
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