ABSTRACT
The structural disposition and movement potential of the McGregor
Fault
System in Eastern New York State are reviewed from the perspective
of a
paleoseismic investigation. The McGregor Fault zone has been
located beneath
deltaic sediments west of West Glens Falls using commercial and
residential
bore hole data and microgravity surveys. A 34 m long trench was
excavated
in overburden near the western margin of the McGregor Fault zone
to a depth
of 3.2 m. Stratified fluvially deposited sediments were exposed
which showed
no evidence of earthquake induced deformation or offset. However,
the overburden
present here does not possess optimal qualities necessary to
record liquifaction
events. Also, the total thickness of the sediment and the large
width of
the fault zone relative to the trench length make encounters of
earthquake
induced offset effects unlikely at this locality.
Tice, S.J., 1993. A paleoseismic investigation of the McGregor
Fault,
east-central New York.
Unpublished MSc. thesis, State University of New York at Albany.
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pp., +ix
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