Archived report (descriptions no longer maintained)
Sevier/Toroweap fault zone, northern Toroweap section (Class A) No. 997b
Last Review Date: 1997-04-03
Compiled in cooperation with the Utah Geological Survey and the Arizona Geological Survey
| County(s) and State(s) |
KANE COUNTY, UTAH MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA |
| Physiographic province(s) |
COLORADO PLATEAUS |
| Reliability of location |
Good Compiled at 1:250,000 scale. |
| Length (km) | This section is 81 km of a total fault length of 250 km. |
| Average strike | N17°E (for section) |
| Sense of movement | Normal |
| Dip Direction | NW; W |
| Historic earthquake | |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | late Quaternary (<130 ka) |
| Slip-rate category | Less than 0.2 mm/yr |
| References |
Anderson, L.W., and Miller, D.G., 1979, Quaternary fault map of Utah: Long Beach, California, Fugro, Inc, 35 p. pamphlet, scale 1:500,000. Anderson, R.E., and Christenson, G.E., 1989, Quaternary faults, folds, and selected volcanic features in the Cedar City 1° x 2° quadrangle, Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Miscellaneous Publication 89-6, 29 p., 1 pl., scale 1:250,000. Billingsley, G.H., Jr., and Huntoon, P.W., 1983, Geologic map of Vulcan's Throne and vicinity, western Grand Canyon, Arizona: Grand Canyon Natural History Association, 1 sheet, scale 1:48,000. Billingsley, G.H., Wenrich, K.J., and Huntoon, P.W., 1986, Breccia pipe and geologic map of the southeastern Hualapai Indian Reservation and vicinity, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-458B, 26 p., 2 pls., scale 1:48,000. Carpenter, C.H., Robinson, G.B., and Bjorklund, L.J., 1967, Ground-water conditions and geologic reconnaissance of the upper Sevier River Basin, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1836, 91 p. Cashion, W.B., 1961, Geology and fuel resources of the Orderville-Glendale area, Kane County, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Coal Investigations Map C-49, scale 1:62,500. Hamblin, W.K., 1970, Structure of the western Grand Canyon region, in Hamblin, W.K., and Best, M.G., eds., The western Grand Canyon district—Guidebook to the geology of Utah, n. 23: Salt Lake City, Utah Geological Society, p. 3-20. Hecker, S., 1993, Quaternary tectonics of Utah with emphasis on earthquake-hazard characterization: Utah Geological Survey Bulletin 127, 157 p., 6 pls., scale 1:500,000. Huntoon, P.W., 1977, Holocene faulting in the western Grand Canyon, Arizona: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 88, p. 1619-1622. Jackson, G.W., 1990, Tectonic geomorphology of the Toroweap fault western Grand Canyon, Arizona—Implications for transgression of faulting on the Colorado Plateau: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-4, 67 p., 2 pls., scale 1:24,000. Koons, D., 1948, Geology of the eastern Hualapai Reservation: Plateau, v. 20, p. 53-60. Menges, C.M., and Pearthree, P.A., 1983, Map of neotectonic (latest Pliocene-Quaternary) deformation in Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-22, 48 p., scale 1:500,000. Pearthree, P.A., 1998, Quaternary fault data and map for Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-24, 122 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:750,000. Pearthree, P.A., Menges, C.M., and Mayer, L., 1983, Distribution, recurrence, and possible tectonic implications of late Quaternary faulting in Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-20, 51 p. |