Document Type
Report
Publication Date
3-1988
Abstract
This report presents the results of a Bureau of Reclamation seismotectonic
evaluation for dams in the Wasatch Mountains in north-central Utah. The
major objectives of this study were to identify potential earthquake sources
in the region and to estimate MCEs (maximum credible earthquakes) for these
sources. The conclusions presented in this report are based on geologic
mapping, trenching, study of aerial photography, mapping and correlation of
Quaternary deposits, soil profile descriptions and sampling, and analysis of
historic seismicity. The Regional Study area includes an area on the eastern
margin of the Basin and Range province that extends east from the Wasatch
Front to the Uinta Mountains and from the Idaho-Wyoming border south to the
Wasatch Plateau.
Recommended Citation
U.S. Deparment of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, "Central Utah Regional Seismotectonic Study" (1988). Elusive Documents. Paper 100.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/elusive_docs/100