Late Quaternary fault scarp at Lone Pine, California; Location of oblique slip during the great 1872 earthquake and earlier earthquakes

Lubetkin, Lester K.C.; Clark, Malcolm M.

doi:10.1130/0-8137-5401-1.151

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“…Thus "V'' of the profiles of fig. 168 will differ slightly from the vertical component of slip measured from other profiles of the same scarp in Lubetkin and Clark (1988). 21, 36, and 38 of these locations.…”

Section: Displacement Along the 1872 Surface Rupturementioning

confidence: 65%

“…Together, these data indicate that three 1872-type events created the scarp. Support for this interpretation is also gained from desert-varnish patterns on boulders in the fault scarp, by scarp morphology, and by sediments near the fault (Lubetkin and Clark, 1988).…”

Section: Displacement Along the 1872 Surface Rupturementioning

confidence: 89%

“…Detailed studies along the Owens Valley fault zone were done by Carver ( 1970) at Owens Lake, by Martel and others (1987) at Fish Springs cinder cone (fig. 2), and by Lubetkin and Clark (1988) at Lone Pine. The last two sites provide the best constraints for late Quaternary slip rates.…”

Section: Historical Records and Previous Workmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…However, in 1907 W.D. Johnson made a detailed study of the fault near Lone Pine (Hobbs, 1910;Lubetkin and Clark, 1988). Although done 35 years after the earthquake, Johnson's measurements, maps, and photographs record the style and location of the 1872 surface ruptures near Lone Pine.…”

Section: Historical Records and Previous Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Owens Valley fault zone, eastern California, and surface faulting associated with the 1872 earthquake

Beanland¹,

Clark²

1994

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Introduction 1 General 1 Purpose of study 4 Acknowledgments 4 Historical records and previous work 4 Geologic setting 5 Geology 5 History of Owens Lake and age of valley fill 6 Structural setting of Owens Valley 7 Description of the Owens Valley fault zone and the 1872 surface rupture 8 General description 8 Relation of the Owens Valley fault zone to geologic units 11 Displacement along the 1872 surface rupture 11 History of activity along the Owens Valley fault zone 19 Discussion 22 Displacement and magnitude of the 1872 Earthquake 22 Late Quaternary slip rates and recurrence intervals for the Owens Valley fault zone 23 Significance of strike-slip motion on the Owens Valley fault zone 24 References cited 26 FRONTISPIECE Oblique aerial photograph looking south-southeast down Owens Valley PLATES [In pocket] 1. Maps showing 1872 ruptures and other fault traces along the southern part of the Owens Valley fault zone 2. Maps showing 1872 ruptures and other fault traces along the central part of the Owens Valley fault zone 3. Maps showing 1872 ruptures and other fault traces along the northern part of the Owens Valley fault zone 4. Generalized geologic map of Owens Valley, showing 1872 rupture, other Quaternary faults, and shoreline features of Owens Lake, and table 3 Contents V VI Contents

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Section: Displacement Along the 1872 Surface Rupturementioning

confidence: 65%

Section: Displacement Along the 1872 Surface Rupturementioning

confidence: 89%

Section: Historical Records and Previous Workmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Historical Records and Previous Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Owens Valley fault zone, eastern California, and surface faulting associated with the 1872 earthquake

Beanland¹,

Clark²

1994

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“…Scarps commonly show several meters of vertical displacement, with most but not all scarps facing east. The Lone Pine Fault, a major western strand of the Owens Valley Fault Zone, is marked by a prominent east-facing scarp as high as 6.5 m and has undergone 10 to 18 m of late Quaternary right-lateral offset (Lubetkin andClark, 1987, 1988). Total right-lateral displacement on the Owens Valley Fault Zone is estimated as 10 to 20 km, as compared with about 2.5 km of total down-to-the-east vertical displacement (Beanland and Clark, 1994).…”

Section: Late Tertiary and Quaternary Faultingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Geologic map of the Lone Pine 15' quadrangle, Inyo County, California

Stone¹,

Dunne²,

Moore³

et al. 2000

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Active alluvium (Holocene)-Sand and fine to coarse gravel of active washes and fan surfaces. Near Sierra Nevada front, forms floors of channels (too narrow to show at map scale) incised into older deposits Eolian sand (Holocene)-Primarily plant-stabilized sand sheets that only locally are thicker than 2 m. Areas of small dunes indicated by stipple. In central Owens Valley, rests on older lake deposits (Qlo), which locally are exposed where sand has been removed by deflation Younger lake deposits (Holocene)-Sediments of late Holocene age that form the floor of Owens Lake, consisting of bar and beach gravels, sand, silt, clay, and cemented ooliths. Deposited at elevations below about 3,600 ft (1,098 m). Uppermost 1 to 2 m locally composed of salts deposited since diversion of Owens River into Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913 Rock glaciers (Holocene)-Lobate masses of poorly sorted, angular boulders and finer material derived from cirque headwalls in Sierra Nevada, and containing interstitial ice or ice cores. Crests shown by dotted line. Present in southwest corner of quadrangle Talus, regolith, and colluvium (Holocene and Pleistocene)-Broken and decomposed rock debris that has been transported primarily by gravity. Upper surfaces slope 10° to 30°. Deposits at surface presumably are of Holocene age; underlying deposits probably are as old as Pleistocene, as indicated by the presence of fossil soil horizons that are locally exposed in deeply incised channels Inactive alluvium (Holocene)-Fine to coarse gravels of inactive fan surfaces. Downslope from granitic bedrock, composed primarily of fine sand to pebble grus; downslope from sedimentary and metamorphic bedrock, composed of coarse, angular, poorly sorted gravel. Surface channels subdued or absent; dissected by channels that contain active alluvium (Qa). Overlies older lake deposits (Qlo) and younger alluvial and debris-flow gravels (Qgy) Very large boulder gravels (Holocene)-Gravels forming terraces 2 to 5 m above modern streams and alluvium and 5 to 30 m below surface of Pleistocene alluvial and debris-flow gravels (Qgy). Locally includes boulders 2 to 15 m across. Exposure ages on boulders about 2,000 to 1,200 yr. B.P. (Bierman and others, 1995) Debris-flow deposits (Holocene and Pleistocene)-Unsorted deposits composed primarily of angular clasts as much as 0.5 m in diameter and containing little matrix. Erosionally dissected to depths of 2 to 4 m. Present in northeast corner of quadrangle Older lake deposits (Holocene and Pleistocene)-Mostly light-tan silt and sand; includes some gravel deposits near paleoshorelines. Massive to well bedded. Well exposed along channel of Owens River. Some deflation basins in upper surface of unit are filled by playa deposits (not mapped). Maximum elevation about 3,760 ft (1,146 m) except west of Lone Pine Fault, where deposits have been uplifted. Could be as much as 2,500 m thick in structural depression between Owens Valley Fault Zone and Inyo-White Mountains Fault Zone. Probably includes deposits of late Tertiary age at depth Youn...

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Slip rates on the Fish Springs fault, Owens Valley, California, deduced from cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al and soil development on fan surfaces

Zehfuss

Bierman

Gillespie

et al. 2001

Geological Society of America Bulletin

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Late Quaternary fault scarp at Lone Pine, California; Location of oblique slip during the great 1872 earthquake and earlier earthquakes

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

The Owens Valley fault zone, eastern California, and surface faulting associated with the 1872 earthquake

The Owens Valley fault zone, eastern California, and surface faulting associated with the 1872 earthquake

Geologic map of the Lone Pine 15' quadrangle, Inyo County, California

Slip rates on the Fish Springs fault, Owens Valley, California, deduced from cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al and soil development on fan surfaces

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