Post-Mazama (7 KA) faulting beneath Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon

Citation
Sm. Colman et al., Post-Mazama (7 KA) faulting beneath Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, B SEIS S AM, 90(1), 2000, pp. 243-247
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
ISSN journal
00371106 → ACNP
Volume
90
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
243 - 247
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-1106(200002)90:1<243:P(KFBU>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
High-resolution seismic-reflection profiles (3.5 kHz) show that a distincti ve, widespread reflection occurs in the sediments beneath Upper Klamath Lak e, Oregon. Goring reveals that this reflection is formed by Mazama tephra ( MT), about 7 ka in age. The MT horizon is faulted in many places and locall y displaced by as much as 3.1 m. Differential displacement of multiple hori zons indicates recurrent fault movement, perhaps three episodes since depos ition of the Mazama, The pattern of faulting indicates northeast-southwest extension beneath the lake basin.