Quaternary Fault and Fold Database for the United States

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 2004

Title: Quaternary Fault and Fold Database for the United States

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: maps, GIS, database

Series_Information:

Series_Name:

Issue_Identification:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place:

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/qfaults/

Description:

Abstract:

This website contains information on faults and associated folds in the United States that are believed to be sources of M>6 earthquakes during the Quaternary (the past 1,600,000 years). Maps of these geologic structures are linked to detailed descriptions and references. NOTE: This database is the source for faults used in the National Seismic Hazard Maps. These faults were altered and values added in order to use them in the modeling necessary to produce the maps. To see the version of the faults used in the maps, go to the fault parameters section of the Hazard Maps website. [Summary provided by the USGS.]

Purpose:

Not Available

Supplemental_Information:

Not Available

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -176.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -48.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 80.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 7.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY > COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY > EOLIAN LANDFORMS/PROCESSES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY > FLUVIAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY > GLACIAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY > KARST LANDFORMS/PROCESSES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY > TECTONIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > CONTOURS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > LANDFORMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TOPOGRAPHICAL RELIEF

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > SURFACE ROUGHNESS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > AEOLIAN LANDFORMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > FLUVIAL LANDFORMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > GLACIAL LANDFORMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > KARST LANDFORMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > TECTONIC LANDFORMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > AGE DETERMINATIONS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > BEDROCK LITHOLOGY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > IGNEOUS ROCKS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > METAMORPHIC ROCKS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > METEORITES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > MINERALS > MINERALOIDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > MINERALS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > SEDIMENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > EARTHQUAKES > EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE/INTENSITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > EARTHQUAKES > EARTHQUAKE OCCURRENCES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > EARTHQUAKES > EARTHQUAKE PREDICTIONS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > CORE PROCESSES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > FAULT MOVEMENT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > FOLDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > ISOSTATIC REBOUND

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > NEOTECTONICS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > STRAIN

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > STRESS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > LITHOSPHERIC PLATE MOTION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > PLATE BOUNDARIES

Theme_Keyword: FIELD SURVEYS

Theme_Keyword: GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Theme_Keyword: SEISMOLOGICAL STATIONS

Theme_Keyword: MAPS

Theme_Keyword: FIELD INVESTIGATION

Theme_Keyword: SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILERS

Theme_Keyword: SEISMOGRAPHS

Theme_Keyword: SEISMOMETERS

Theme_Keyword: Gis

Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information Systems

Theme_Keyword: Geologic Maps

Theme_Keyword: Geomorphic Maps

Theme_Keyword: Geomorphology

Theme_Keyword: Geology

Theme_Keyword: Faults

Theme_Keyword: Folds

Theme_Keyword: Tectonics

Theme_Keyword: Earthquakes

Theme_Keyword: Earth's Interior

Theme_Keyword: Geologic Setting

Theme_Keyword: Fault Orientation

Theme_Keyword: Fault Type

Theme_Keyword: Fault Movement

Theme_Keyword: Fault Slip Rate

Theme_Keyword: Paleoseismology

Theme_Keyword: ELEVATION

Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Place_Keyword: VERTICAL LOCATION > LAND SURFACE

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

Not Available

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: ASK USGS

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: U.S. Geological Survey

Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive

City: Reston

State_or_Province: Virginia

Postal_Code: 20192

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ask@usgs.gov

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Not Available

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Not Available

Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: DOI/USGS/GD/EHP > Earthquake Hazards Program, Geological Division, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior

Contact_Person: ASK USGS

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: U.S. Geological Survey

Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive

City: Reston

State_or_Province: Virginia

Postal_Code: 20192

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ask@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: USGS_QFAULTS

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/abst...

Access_Instructions:

Access the faults database.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://earthquakes.usgs.gov/qfaults/usmap.html

Access_Instructions:

Select Quaternary Faults and Folds by State and Region.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://gldims.cr.usgs.gov/qfault/

Access_Instructions:

Quaternary Faults and Folds map service.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/abst...

Access_Instructions:

Glossary of information on faults.

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20051103

Metadata_Review_Date: 20080530

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: TYLER B. STEVENS

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Address: Global Change Master Directory

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 614-6898

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-614-5268

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Tyler.B.Stevens@nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time