Possible relationship between seismicity and warm intrusive bodies in the Charleston, South Carolina, and New Madrid, Missouri, areas
By: by Lucy McCartan and Mark E. Gettings ; prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Contributors: Gettings, M. E.; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Series: U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ;; 1953
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.; For sale by the Open File Reports Section, U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]; Denver, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Earthquakes -- South Carolina -- Charleston Region.; Earthquakes -- Missouri -- New Madrid Region.; Intrusions (Geology) -- South Carolina -- Charleston Region.; Intrusions (Geology) -- Missouri -- New Madrid Region.
Description: Positive magnetic, gravity, and thermal anomalies in the Charleston and New Madrid areas may Tertiary midcrustal plutons; regional compressive stress concentrated around the plutons may release as earthquakes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 16-18).