Liquefaction evidence for one or more strong Holocene earthquakes in the Wabash Valley of southern Indiana and Illinois, with a preliminary estimate of magnitude
By: by S.F. Obermeier ... [et al.].
Contributors: Obermeier, Stephen F.
Series: U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ;; 1536
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 27
Subjects: Dikes (Geology) -- Indiana -- Vincennes Region.; Soil liquefaction -- Indiana -- Vincennes Region.; Earthquakes -- Indiana -- Vincennes Region.; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Holocene.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-27).
"A 175-km span of liquefication features centered near Vincennes, Ind., is interpreted to have been caused by one or more large earthquakes that occurred between 1,500 and 7,500 years ago."