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Identification and interpretation of tectonic features from erts-1 imagery (Document No: 19730009597)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 1973 |
| Description | The author has identified the following significant results. Many criteria of active or recent fault movements are observable in the imagery. It was observed that where earthquake epicenter clusters occur, evidence of recent fault movements is generally observed. The opposite was not necessarily true as there are areas where evidence of recent faulting is observed, often along major known faults which are peculiarly devoid of significant seismicity. A tentative conclusion is that the seismicity pattern alone can often be a misleading criteria for potential earthquake hazards. The feasibility of recognizing geomorphic criteria of recent fault movement from ERTS-1 imagery suggests that ERTS imagery should be used to map potentially active faults and utilize this data to develop better criteria for the identification of areas prone to future earthquakes. An apparent correlation was observed between the distribution of mercury deposits in the California Coast Range Province and transverse fault zones trending west-northwest oblique to the trend of the San Andreas system. The significance of this correlation and the full extent of its implication on mercury exploration is under study. |
| File Size | 110229 |
| Page Count | 3 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19730009597 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8nd0qq5j |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1973-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Earth Resources Program California Imagery Tectonics Mineral Deposits Geological Faults Structural Properties Geology Seismology Earthquakes Colorado Photointerpretation Mexico Mercury Metal Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
