Title

Mexico Quaternary Fault Database

License

Not Specified

+ The original author did not specify a license.

Abstract

This database synthesizes information on the geometry, the sense of movement and the last displacement on known Quaternary faults in Mexico.

 

Publication Date

Jan. 21, 2022, 2:34 a.m.

Type

Vector Data

Category

Geoscientific Information

Information pertaining to earth sciences. Examples: geophysical features and processes, geology, minerals, sciences dealing with the composition, structure and origin of the earth s rocks, risks of earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, gravity information, soils, permafrost, hydrogeology, erosion.

Regions

Global

Responsible

javier

Attribution

Cid Villegas, G, L. Ferrari, C. Mendoza (2017). Mexico Quaternary Fault Database. Terra Digitalis 2017 vol 1.1(9)

More info

-

Maintenance Frequency

There Are No Plans To Update The Data

Restrictions

CC-SA 4.0

Purpose

The availability of a complete Quaternary fault database would be of great benefit in the calculation of the probabilistic seismic hazard. These surface-faulting sources have generally been excluded in the preparation of national seismic-hazard maps in Mexico, despite their obvious effect on the hazard expected for inland areas characterized by seismogenic structures capable of producing large earthquakes. The exclusion has been due primarily to a scarcity of complete and reliable active-fault information. The GIS format of the current database, however, is expected to allow a timely update of fault information as more data become available.

Language

English

Data Quality

.

Supplemental Information

No information provided

Layer WMS GetCapabilities document