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

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Abstract

High-resolution seismic-reflection profiles (3.5 kHz) show that a distinctive, widespread reflection occurs in the sediments beneath Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. Coring reveals that this reflection is formed by Mazama tephra (MT), about 7 ka in age. The MT horizon is faulted in many places and locally displaced by as much as 3.1 m. Differential displacement of multiple horizons indicates recurrent fault movement, perhaps three episodes since deposition of the Mazama. The pattern of faulting indicates northeast-southwest extension beneath the lake basin.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Post-Mazama (7 KA) faulting beneath Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon
Series title Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
DOI 10.1785/0119990033
Volume 90
Issue 1
Year Published 2000
Language English
Publisher Seismological Society of America
Contributing office(s) Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Description 5 p.
First page 243
Last page 247
Country United States
State Oregon
Other Geospatial Upper Klamath Lake
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