Timing of late Quaternary faulting in the 1954 Dixie Valley earthquake area, central Nevada

Research Article| July 01, 1990 Timing of late Quaternary faulting in the 1954 Dixie Valley earthquake area, central Nevada John W. Bell; John W. Bell 1Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Terry Katzer Terry Katzer 2Las Vegas Valley Water District, Las Vegas, Nevada 89153 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information John W. Bell 1Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557 Terry Katzer 2Las Vegas Valley Water District, Las Vegas, Nevada 89153 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1990) 18 (7): 622–625. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1990)018<0622:TOLQFI>2.3.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation John W. Bell, Terry Katzer; Timing of late Quaternary faulting in the 1954 Dixie Valley earthquake area, central Nevada. Geology 1990;; 18 (7): 622–625. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1990)018<0622:TOLQFI>2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract The 1954 Dixie Valley earthquake (M 6.9) in central Nevada produced about 3 m of total vertical displacement distributed across two principal fault zones along the east flank of the Stillwater Range. Most of the 1954 displacement was along the range-front fault with minor amounts on the piedmont fault zone, in contrast to an earlier Holocene displacement that was restricted to the piedmont fault. Detailed chronostratigraphic, exploratory drilling, and trenching studies indicate that faulting events have migrated back and forth between the range-front and piedmont fault zones in the late Quaternary. Prior to the 1954 earthquake, the range-front fault last ruptured in the late Pleistocene, during a large-magnitude event here called the IXL event. The northern half of the piedmont fault zone last ruptured between 1.5 and 6.8 ka during a large-magnitude event here called the Bend event. On the basis of 6 m total slip since the deposition of shoreline gravels at ∼12 ka, the estimated Holocene vertical-slip rate is 0.5 mm/yr for the Dixie Valley rupture zone. Overlapping and migratory patterns of late Quaternary faulting indicate that the Dixie Valley zone does not fit a simple segmentation model. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.