Terrestrial cosmogenic surface exposure dating of moraines at Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada of California and slip rate estimate for the West Tahoe Fault

Geomorphology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 298 ◽  
pp. 63-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian K.D. Pierce ◽  
Steven G. Wesnousky ◽  
Lewis A. Owen
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Slip Rate ◽  
Lake Tahoe ◽  
The West ◽  
Rate Estimate ◽  
Surface Exposure Dating ◽  
Exposure Dating

Chronology of glaciations in the Sierra Nevada, California, from 10Be surface exposure dating

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 646-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dylan H. Rood ◽  
Douglas W. Burbank ◽  
Robert C. Finkel
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Surface Exposure Dating ◽  
Exposure Dating

New Constraints on Deformation, Slip Rate, and Timing of the Most Recent Earthquake on the West Tahoe-Dollar Point Fault, Lake Tahoe Basin, California

2009 ◽  
Vol 99 (2A) ◽  
pp. 499-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Brothers ◽  
G. M. Kent ◽  
N. W. Driscoll ◽  
S. B. Smith ◽  
R. Karlin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Slip Rate ◽  
Lake Tahoe ◽  
Lake Tahoe Basin ◽  
The West ◽  
Tahoe Basin

scholarly journals Long-term slip rate of the southern San Andreas Fault from10Be-26Al surface exposure dating of an offset alluvial fan

2006 ◽  
Vol 111 (B4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérôme van der Woerd ◽  
Yann Klinger ◽  
Kerry Sieh ◽  
Paul Tapponnier ◽  
Frederick J. Ryerson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
San Andreas Fault ◽  
Slip Rate ◽  
Alluvial Fan ◽  
Surface Exposure Dating ◽  
Exposure Dating ◽  
San Andreas

Accurate surface exposure dating with lichens

2018 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
William B. Bull
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Surface Rupture ◽  
Ground Shaking ◽  
Surface Exposure Dating ◽  
Exposure Dating ◽  
Crustose Lichen ◽  
The North ◽  
San Andreas ◽  
Spatial Attenuation ◽  
Lichen Growth

AbstractLichenometry accurately dates exposure times of glacial moraines and landslides when measuring the longest axis of the largest crustose lichen on many blocks, as demonstrated by numerous examples. In Sweden, the sizes ofRhizocarponsubgenusRhizocarpondescribe five pulses of glacial moraine creation in 120 yr. Six historic California earthquakes, between AD 1800 and 1906, caused many landslides that constrain lichen growth as linear with a dating accuracy of±0.5 yr. Crustose lichen sizes date earthquake-created additions to Sierra Nevada talus with an accuracy of±5 yr. The oldest lichen ages are 400 yr forLecanora sierrae, 800 yr forLecidea atrobrunnea, and 1100 yr forAcarospora chlorophanaandRhizocarponsubgenusRhizocarpon. Lichen sizes also record differing spatial attenuation of ground shaking from the magnitude (Mw) ~7.9 San Andreas earthquake of AD 1857 and the more distant, smaller San Jacinto AD 1800 earthquake, which both caused Sierra Nevada rockfalls. AD 1800 seismic shaking was relatively stronger than that of AD 1857 farther north, perhaps expressing stronger Love and Rayleigh styles of surface waves from the north-trending AD 1800 surface rupture that were particularly efficient in causing rockfalls at greater distances.

Reconstructing the Timing of Flash Floods Using 10Be Surface Exposure Dating at Leidy Creek Alluvial Fan and Valley, White Mountains, California–Nevada, USA

2015 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Fuchs ◽  
Rebecca Reverman ◽  
Lewis A. Owen ◽  
Kurt L. Frankel
Keyword(s):  
Flash Floods ◽  
Alluvial Fan ◽  
Optically Stimulated Luminescence ◽  
Alluvial Fans ◽  
White Mountains ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Surface Exposure Dating ◽  
Exposure Dating ◽  
Outburst Floods ◽  
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

AbstractLarge alluvial fans characterize the piedmonts of the White Mountains, California–Nevada, USA, with large boulders strewn across their surfaces. The boulders are interpreted as flash floods deposits with an unclear trigger for the transport process. Several triggers are possible, including glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), thunderstorms or rainfall on snow cover. From a paleoenvironmental perspective, the origin of the flash floods is of fundamental importance. The alluvial fans that flank the White Mountains at Leidy Creek display particularly impressive examples of these deposits. The boulder deposits and the source catchment at Leidy Creek were examined using 10Be terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide (TCN) surface exposure dating to help elucidate their age and origin. All boulders dated on the alluvial fans date to the Holocene. This is in accordance with the geomorphic analyses of the Leidy Creek catchment and its terraces and sediment ridges, which were also dated to the Holocene using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and 10Be surface exposure. The results suggest that the boulders on the alluvial fan were deposited by flash floods during thunderstorm events affecting the catchment of the Leidy Creek valley. Paleomonsoonal-induced mid-Holocene flash floods are the most plausible explanation for the discharges needed for these boulder aggradations, but a regional dataset is needed to confirm this explanation.

The Cedar Mountain, Nevada, earthquake of December 20, 1932*

1934 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent P. Gianella ◽  
Eugene Callaghan
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Horizontal Displacement ◽  
Vertical Displacement ◽  
Relative Movement ◽  
East Side ◽  
Owens Valley ◽  
The West ◽  
Horizontal Movement ◽  
San Andreas

Summary The Cedar Mountain, Nevada, earthquake took place at about 10h 10m 04s p.m., December 20, 1932. It was preceded by a foreshock noted locally and followed by thousands of aftershocks, which were reported as still continuing in January 1934. No lives were lost and there was very little damage. The earthquake originated in southwest central Nevada, east of Mina. A belt of rifts or faults in echelon lies in the valley between Gabbs Valley Range and Pilot Mountains on the west and Cedar Mountain and Paradise Range on the east. The length of this belt is thirty-eight miles in a northwesterly direction, and the width ranges from four to nine miles. The rifts consist of zones of fissures which commonly reveal vertical displacement and in a number of places show horizontal displacement. The length of the rifts ranges from a few hundred feet to nearly four miles, and the width may be as much as 400 feet. The actual as well as indicated horizontal displacement is represented by a relative southward movement of the east side of each rift. The echelon pattern of the rifts within the rift area indicates that the relative movement of the adjoining mountain masses is the same. The direction of relative horizontal movement corresponds to that along the east front of the Sierra Nevada at Owens Valley and on the San Andreas rift.

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