geochronology
FIELD TRIP ROADLOG FOR THE BEAR RIVER LANDSLIDE COMPLEX, Proceedings of the Symposium on Engineering Geology and Soils Engineering (1987)
The Bear River Landslide Complex occurs where the unconsolidated sediments of the Bear River Delta...
THERMOLUMINESCENCE (TL) DATING IN SEISMIC HAZARD EVALUATIONS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE BONNEVILLE BASIN, UTAH, Proceedings of the Symposium on Engineering Geology and Soils Engineering (1986)
Thermoluminescence (TL) of minerals is the release of light when grains are heated to 1500...
landslides
RIDGETOP SPLITTING, SPREADING, AND SHATTERING RELATED TO EARTHQUAKES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, USGS NEHRP Grant 1434-HQ-GR-1026, Final Technical Report (1998)
Our mapping documents that anomalous ridgetop landforms are numerous in the San Gabriel and Santa...
FIELD TRIP ROADLOG FOR THE BEAR RIVER LANDSLIDE COMPLEX, Proceedings of the Symposium on Engineering Geology and Soils Engineering (1987)
The Bear River Landslide Complex occurs where the unconsolidated sediments of the Bear River Delta...
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF 1200 LANDSLIDES IN A 900km2 AREA, MIDDLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, WYOMING, U.S.A., Proceedings of the International Conference and Field Workshop on Landslides (1987)
An inventory of approximately 1200 landslides in a 900 km2 area in the Salt River...
THE BEAR RIVER LANDSLIDE COMPLEX, PRESTON, IDAHO: GEOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES, Proceedings of the Symposium on Engineering Geology and Soils Engineering (1987)
The Bear River Landslide Complex is a series of earth movements in northern Cache Valley,...
PRELIMINARY AGE CLASSIFICATION OF LANDSLIDES FOR INVENTORY MAPPING, Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Engineering Geology and Soil Engineering (1984)
A preliminary age classification for landslides is proposed for inventory mapping, based on morphologic criteria...
Active faults
DETERMINATION OF PALEOEARTHQUAKE TIMING AND MAGNITUDES ON THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT OF THE EAST CACHE FAULT, UTAH, USGS NEHRP Grant 07HQGR0079, Final Technical Report (2012)
We investigated the late Quaternary rupture history of the southern East Cache Fault zone [ECFZ],...
REFINE SLIP RATES AND SEGMENTATION OF THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO FAULT, COLORADO’S LARGEST ACTIVE FAULT, USGS NEHRP Grant 03HQGR0076, Final Technical Report (2006)
We excavated a 25 m-long trench on the northern part of the Crestone section of...
LONG RECURRENCE RECORDS FROM THE WASATCH FAULT ZONE, UTAH, USGS NEHRP Grant 01HQGR0029, Final Technical Report (2001)
The Wasatch fault "megatrench" was excavated in September 1999 across two fault scarps totaling 18...
PALEOSEISMICITY OF QUATERNARY FAULTS NEAR ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO: The Zia Fault, USGS NEHRP Grant 99HQGR0056, Final Technical Report (2001)
This study continues USGS-funded efforts to assess the activity and earthquake hazard potential of Quaternary...
STATISTICS OF PALEOSEISMIC DATA, USGS NEHRP Grant 1434-HQ-96-GR-02752, Final Technical Report (1998)
Compiled data from numerous neotectonic-geomorphic and trench studies reveals patterns in the spatial and temporal...
Geologic Maps
Geologic Map of the Logan Quadrangle, Cache County, Utah (with James P. Evans and David C. Holmes), Utah Geological Survey Map (1996)
Surficial geologic map of the East Cache fault zone, Cache County, Utah (1989)
The 1:50,000-scale map shows surficial geologic deposits and the faults that displace them along the...
GUIDEBOOKS
Quaternary Geology and Geochronology of the Uppermost Arkansas Valley, Colorado- Glaciers, Ice Dams, Landslides, and Floods, Crestone Science Center, Guidebook No. 6 (2010)
This field trip to the uppermost Arkansas Valley of central Colorado is based mainly on...
No subject area
Use of OSL dating to establish the stratigraphic framework of Quaternary eolian sediments, Anton scarp upper trench, Northeastern Colorado High Plains, USA (with Shannon A. Mahan and David C. Noe), USGS Staff -- Published Research (2009)
This paper contains the results of the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) datingused to establish stratigraphic...