2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
Red Rock Hills fault Montana
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 40/50/60
Dip direction W
Sense of slip normal
Rupture top (km) 0
Rupture bottom (km) 15
Rake (degrees) -90
Length (km) 11
MODEL VALUES
Probability of activity 1
Minimum magnitude n/a
Maximum magnitude 6.27
b-value n/a
Assigned Dip Fault-Parallel Slip Rate Width Annual Rate a-value Branch Weight
40 0.26 23.3 6.96e-04 n/a 0.2
50 0.22 19.6 4.90e-04 n/a 0.6
60 0.20 17.3 3.83e-04 n/a 0.2
Comments
Assigned preferred vertical slip rate based on 3-4 m of offset of late Pleistocene fan thought to be 12-35 ka (Ostenaa and Wood, 1990 #318). Dip of fault changed to 50? based on redefined regional default value (Lund, 2006).
Selected References
Ostenaa, D., and Wood, C., 1990, Seismotectonic study for Clark Canyon Dam, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Montana: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Seismotectonic Report 90-4, 78 p., 1 pl.