Geophysical study to image faults in central Oklahoma

Louis Steigerwald leads a group of undergraduates from the Boone Pickens School of Geology on a research project to characterize the fault that produced the magnitude 5.6 Prague

Louis Steigerwald and Jon fields collect magnetic data.
Louis Steigerwald and Jon fields collect magnetic data.
Louis Steigerwald and Ben Rogers collect magnetic data.
Louis Steigerwald and Ben Rogers collect magnetic data.

earthquake on November 5 2011. The students will use a magnetometer to image the fault at the subsurface. Louis seeks to understand whether the fault that produced the earthquake is a previously unmapped fault splay of the Wilzetta Fault. The group will continue to collect data through the end of the year and start processing the data next semester.

Published by guatu

Soy un geólogo especializado en deformación de rocas y tectónica del área de Puerto Rico y el Caribe.

Leave a Reply