BULK SEDIMENT ANALYSIS, MICROCHARCOAL EXTRACTION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM WARM SPRINGS VALLEY FAULT TRENCH, WASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA
Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings; Paul M. Miller
Year: 2019
Summary
The Warm Springs Valley Fault is a strike-slip fault in the northern Walker Lane, Washoe County, Nevada. In the autumn of 2018, a team from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) opened a trench across the Warm Springs Valley Fault. The objectives of the UNR geologists is to better understand the timing and recurrences of earthquakes related to the fault. Three sediment samples (Samples WSV_C14#11, WSV_C14#10, and WSV_C14#9) were submitted to PaleoResearch Institute by UNR to recover charcoal for AMS radiocarbon age determination, with the goal of providing a timeline of earthquakes at the fault.
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BULK SEDIMENT ANALYSIS, MICROCHARCOAL EXTRACTION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM WARM SPRINGS VALLEY FAULT TRENCH, WASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA. Linda Scott Cummings, Paul M. Miller. PRI Technical Report ,2019-027. 2019 ( tDAR id: 448535) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8448535
Keywords
Material
Dating Sample
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Macrobotanical
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Sediment
Site Name
Warm Springs Valley Fault
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WSVF
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
Spatial Coverage
min long: -120.048; min lat: 39.031 ; max long: -118.993; max lat: 42.004 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute
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