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Logs and data from trenches across the Berryessa Fault at the Jerd Creek site, northeastern Napa County, California, 2011-2012

February 28, 2014

The primary purpose of this report is to provide drafted field logs of exploratory trenches excavated across the Berryessa Fault section of the northern Green Valley Fault (Lienkaemper, 2012; Lienkaemper and others, 2013) in 2011 and 2012 that show evidence for at least one surface-rupturing earthquake in the past few centuries. The site location and site detail are shown on sheet 1. The trench logs are shown on sheets 1, 2, 3 and 4. We also provide radiocarbon ages used for chronological modeling of the earthquake history and a field description of a soil profile in one trench. A formal report based on these logs and data is in preparation.

Publication Year 2014
Title Logs and data from trenches across the Berryessa Fault at the Jerd Creek site, northeastern Napa County, California, 2011-2012
DOI 10.3133/ofr20141033
Authors James J. Lienkaemper, Carla M. Rosa, Ian J. Cappelle, Evan M. Wolf, Nichole E. Knepprath, Lucille A. Piety, Sarah A. Derouin, Liam M. Reidy, Joanna L. Redwine, Robert R. Sickler
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 2014-1033
Index ID ofr20141033
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Menlo ParkCalif. Office-Earthquake Science Center