Ground deformation in New Madrid seismic zone great earthquakes:past and future.

Roy Van ArsdaleDepartment of Earth Sciences

University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

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(from Tuttle et al., 2002).

(from Stewart and Knox, 1993).

From Tuttle et al., 2002

Folding/faultingoccurred ~400 AD

4 = 1550 +40 BP

3 = 1610 +60 BP

2 = 2130 +50 BP

1 = 4000 +60 BP

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