Proceedings volume, Basin and Range Province Seismic-Hazards Summit (MP 98-2)

By: W. R. Lund, editor

The Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC) and the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (NBMG) hosted the Basin and Range Province (BRP) Seismic-Hazards Summit in Reno, Nevada, May 13-15, 1997, to review important technical issues in characterizing seismic hazards in the BRP and consider their public-policy implications. The purpose of the summit, and of the WSSPC BRP committee, is to accurately and effectively characterize seismic hazards in the province and identify policies and means of communication that will effectively reduce the loss of life and property. This publication presents a number of papers presented at the conference.

1997 uniform building code ground-shaking criteria by R. Bachman

What emergency managers need from geoscientists by S. Weiser

Challenges of characterizing seismic hazards in the Basin and Range Province by C. R. Allen

Surface-faulting hazard and land-use planning in Utah by G. E. Christenson and B. A. Bryant

Age criteria for active faults in the Basin and Range Province by C. M. dePolo and D. B. Slemmons

Contrasts between short- and long-term records of seismicity in the Rio Grande Rift – Important implications for seismic-hazard assessments in areas of slow extension by M. N. Machette

The characteristics and quantification of near-fault ground motion, with implications for the Basin and Range Province by P. Somerville

Seismic hazards in the Basin and Range Province: Perspectives from probabilistic analysis by I. G. Wong and S. S. Olig

Potential for tectonically induced tilting and flooding by the Great Salt Lake, Utah from large earthquakes on the Wasatch Fault by W. Chang and R. B. Smith

Shallow geophysical constraints on displacement and segmentation of the Pahrump Valley fault zone, California-Nevada border by J. Louie, G. Shields, G. lchinose, M. Hasting, G. Plank, and S. Bowman

Nonlinear amplification studies of deep deposits in Reno, Nevada by R. V. Siddharthan, S. Ni, and J. G. Anderson

Magma intrusions and seismic-hazards assessment in the Basin and Range Province by R.P. Smith and S.M. Jackson and W. R. Hackett

Relation of gravitationally driven lithospheric extension to low sliprate faults and regional seismic hazards in the western United States, by J. R. Unruh, L. J. Sonder and C. H. Jones

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Published: 1998
Pages: 204 p.
Location: Beaver County, Box Elder County, Cache County, Davis County, Garfield County, Iron County, Juab County, Millard County, Morgan County, Piute County, Rich County, Salt Lake County, Sanpete County, Sevier County, Tooele County, Utah County, Washington County, Wayne County, and Weber County
Media Type: Paper Publication