Archived report (descriptions no longer maintained)
Southern Sangre de Cristo fault, Cañon section (Class A) No. 2017e
Last Review Date: 2015-06-23
Compiled in cooperation with the New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
| County(s) and State(s) |
TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO |
| Physiographic province(s) |
SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS |
| Reliability of location |
Good Compiled at 1:250,000 scale. |
| Length (km) | This section is 14 km of a total fault length of 96 km. |
| Average strike | N29°E (for section) |
| Sense of movement | Normal |
| Dip | 60° W |
| Historic earthquake | |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | latest Quaternary (<15 ka) |
| Slip-rate category | Less than 0.2 mm/yr |
| References |
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