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Pisgah-Bullion fault zone, Pisgah section (Class A) No. 122a
Last Review Date: 2003-09-01
Compiled in cooperation with the California Geological Survey
| County(s) and State(s) |
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA |
| Physiographic province(s) |
BASIN AND RANGE |
| Reliability of location |
Good Compiled at 1:62,500 scale. |
| Length (km) | This section is 32 km of a total fault length of 97 km. |
| Average strike | N24°W |
| Sense of movement | Right lateral |
| Dip Direction | V |
| Historic earthquake | |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | latest Quaternary (<15 ka) |
| Slip-rate category | Between 0.2 and 1.0 mm/yr |
| References |
Bacheller, J., III, 1978, Quaternary geology of the Mojave Desert-eastern Transverse Ranges boundary in the vicinity of Twentynine Palms, California: Los Angeles, University of California, unpublished M.S. thesis, 157 p., scale 1:24,000. Bortugno, E.J., 1986, Map showing recency of faulting, San Bernardino quadrangle, California: California Division of Mines and Geology Regional Geologic Map Series San Bernardino quadrangle, Map 3A, sheet 5, scale 1:250,000. Bull, W.B., 1978, Tectonic geomorphology of the Mojave Desert: Technical report to U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program, Reston, Virginia, under Contract 14-08-001-G-394, 176 p. Dibblee, T.W., Jr., 1966, Geologic map of the Lavic quadrangle San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-472, 5 p. pamphlet, 1 sheet, scale 1:62,500. Dibblee, T.W., Jr., 1967, Geologic map of the Deadman Lake quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-488, scale 1:62,500. Dibblee, T.W., Jr., 1968, Geologic map of the Twentynine Palms quadrangle, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-561, 1 sheet, scale 1:62,500. Dibblee, T.W., Jr., and Bassett, A.M., 1966, Geologic map of the Cady Mountains quadrangle San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-467, 5 p. pamphlet, 1 sheet, scale 1:62,500. Dokka, R.K., 1983, Displacements on late Cenozoic strike-slip faults of the central Mojave Desert, California: Geology, v. 1, p. 305-308. Dokka, R.K., and Travis, C.J., 1990, Late Cenozoic strike-slip faulting in the Mojave Desert, California: Tectonics, v. 9, p. 311-340. Hart, E.W., 1987, Pisgah, Bullion and related faults, San Bernardino County, California: California Division of Mines and Geology Fault Evaluation Report FER-188, April 17, 1987, 14 p. Hart, E.W., 1987, Pisgah, Bullion and related faults, San Bernardino County, California, Supplement No.1:California Division of Mines and Geology Fault Evaluation Report FER-188, supp. 1, August 5, 1987, 4 p. Jenkins, O.P., 1938, Geologic map of California: California Division of Mines, scale 1:500,000. Jennings, C.W., 1994, Fault activity map of California and adjacent areas, with locations of recent volcanic eruptions: California Division of Mines and Geology Geologic Data Map 6, 92 p., 2 pls., scale 1:750,000. Kupfer, D.H., and Bassett, A.M., 1962, Geologic reconnaissance map of part of the southeastern Mojave desert, California: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Field Studies Map MF-205, scale 1:125,000. Lindvall, S., Rockwell, T., and Rubin, C., 2000, Collaborative paleoseismic studies along the 1999 Hector Mine earthquake surface rupture and adjacent faults: Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Report, 6 p. Morton, D.M., Miller, F.K., and Smith, C.C., 1980, Photoreconnaissance maps showing young-looking fault features in the southern Mojave Desert, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1051, 7sheets, scale 1:24,000 and 1:62,500. Petersen, M.D., and Wesnousky, S.G., 1994, Fault slip rates and earthquake histories for active faults in southern California: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 84, no. 5, p. 1,608-1,649. Petersen, M.D., Bryant, W.A., Cramer, C.H., Cao, T., Reichle, M.S., Frankel, A.D., Lienkaemper, J.J., McCrory, P.A., and Schwartz, D.P., 1996, Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for the State of California: California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 96-08 (also U.S. Geological Open-File Report 96-706), 33 p. Treiman, J.A., Kendrick, K.J., Bryant, W.A., Rockwell, T.K., and McGill, S.F., 2002, Primary surface rupture associated with the Mw 7.1 16 October 1999 Hector Mine earthquake, San Bernardino County, California: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 92, p. 1,171-1,191. Wesnousky, S.G., 1986, Earthquakes, Quaternary faults, and seismic hazards in California: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 91, no. B12, p. 12,587-12,631. |