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Summary
From the SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT, ONONDAGA COUNTY, NEW YORK
Authors: Donald H. Cadwell, Ph.D. and Gary N. Nottis

ABSTRACT

Seismic shear-wave data collection is expanding the database for
the projection statewide of seismic hazards and is obtaining detailed
infromation about the varied surficial ... materials across New York
State. Onondaga County was selected for study because of the types of
surficial materials depostitd within the County during retreat of the
Wisconsinan Ice Sheet, 13,000-10,000 years ago, and because of the
large urban population in the greater Syracuse region. Lacustrine
sands, silts, and clays were deposited in Glacial Lake Oneida, a 400
square-mile lake that developed at the edge of the glacier front,
during the waning stages of Woodfordian deglaciation. For example,
the glacier retreated from the southern part of Onondaga County, near
Tully and Otisco Uplands, and continued past Syracuse and the
Green Lakes State Park into the Mohawk Lowlands to the north. Glacial
Lake Oneida included most of the lowland and swamp regions within
10-20 miles of the present 250 square-mile Oneida Lake. Specific site
locations for intrepretation of seismic data were chosen based on the
type of surficial material and the projected susceptibility to
liquefaction, landslide, and seismic shear-wave attenuation.

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Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: This is the online location of the above paper and the accompanying data.

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 44.0

S: 42.0

E: -75.0

W: -78.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Donald H. Cadwell, Gary N. Nottis Dataset Title: Seismic Hazard Assessment, Onondaga County, New York Dataset Release Date: 1997 Dataset Release Place: WWW Dataset Publisher: New York State Museum Data Presentation Form: tables, text Online Resource: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/information/general/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1990-01-01 Stop Date: 1998-01-01

Paleo Temporal Coverage

Chrono Unit: PHANEROZOIC  >  CENOZOIC  >  QUATERNARY  >  PLEISTOCENE

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > NEW YORK

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > LANDSLIDES LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL CLASSIFICATION PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > GLACIATION PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS > BEDROCK LITHOLOGY SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS > IGNEOUS ROCKS SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS > METAMORPHIC ROCKS SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS > SEDIMENTARY ROCKS SOLID EARTH > SEISMOLOGY > SEISMIC BODY WAVES SOLID EARTH > SEISMOLOGY > SEISMIC PROFILE SOLID EARTH > SEISMOLOGY > SEISMIC SURFACE WAVES

ISO Topic Category

INLAND WATERS GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE OCEANS

Platform

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Instrument

GEOPHONES SEISMOGRAPHS

Access Constraints
NONE

Use Constraints
Data should be properly cited if used.

Ancillary Keywords

CLAYS EARTHQUAKE FEMA FLUVIAL GEOLOGY GIS GLACIAL DEPOSITS HAZARD LACUSTRINE LAKE ONEIDA LIQUEFACTION MAGNITUDE NEW YORK ONONDAGA COUNTY P-WAVE PRIMARY WAVE S-WAVE SANDS SEISGUN SEISMIC SHOTS SEMO SHEAR WAVE SILTS STRATIGRAPHY SYRACUSE WISCONSINAN GLACIER WISCONSINAN ICE SHEET WOODFORDIAN

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

NYSM

Data Center

New York State Museum, Education Department, New York Data Center URL: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov Dataset ID: Seismic Hazard Assessment, Onondaga County, New York Data Center Personnel Name: DONALD H. CADWELL, PH.D. Email: dcadwell at mail.nysed.gov Contact Address: Cultural Education Center Empire State Plaza City: Albany Province or State: NY Postal Code: 12230 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: ELECTRONIC Distribution Format: html Fees: None

Personnel

GENE R. MAJOR Role: DIF AUTHOR Email: gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov

Publications/References
Selected references are available with the data set.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2000-02-28 Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-10-01

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