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Scope	New Madrid Fault also called NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE, deep-seated fracture in the Earth's crust trending southwest-northeast through Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky, U.S. Lying in the central area of the North American Plate, the rift is about 45 miles (70 km) wide and 190 miles (300 km) long. The deep fracture is overlaid by thick layers of rock, which in turn are overlaid by deep, unstable alluvial material relating to the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio rivers. On Dec. 16, 1811, and Jan. 23 and Feb. 7, 1812, a series of three earthquakes--the largest in recorded American history--occurred near the frontier town of New Madrid, Mo. (epicentre 36.6 N 89.6 W), each measuring greater than magnitude 8.0. (Milder aftershocks occurred daily for more than a year.) "New Madrid Fault" Encyclopćdia Britannica Online. <http://www.eb.com:180/bol/topic?eu=56872&sctn=1>
Selected General Print Sources	Bagnall, Norma H. On Shaky Ground: The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812. Call No.: QE535.2.U6 B34 1996 Dating of Liquefaction Features in the New Madrid Seismic Zone / prepared by M.P. Tuttle ... [et al.] ; University of Maryland. Call No.: TA710.3.A8 D2 2000 Johnston, Arch C. The Rift, the River, and the Earthquake : the Story of the New Madrid Fault Zone. [Interlibrary Loan] Living in Earthquake Country. In the Footsteps of Tecumseh --the New Madrid Fault Zone, Past and Present.[videorecording] - Available at Memphis & Shelby County Public Library. Lomnitz, Cinna. Fundamentals of Earthquake Prediction / Cinna Lomnitz. Call No. : QE538.8 .L66 1994 Penick, James L. The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812 . Call No: QE 535.2 .U6 P46 Sieh, Kerry E. The Earth in Turmoil: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Their Impact on Humankind. Call No.: QE535.2.U6 S585 1999 Stearns, Richard Gordon. Earthquake Hazards in Tennessee /; by Richard G. Stearns and Robert A. Miller. Call No. : QE535.2.U6 S74 Investigations of the New Madrid, Missouri, Earthquake Region / edited by F.A. McKeown and L.C. Pakiser. Call No.: QE535.2.U6 I58 1983
Subject Headings	Faults (Geology)--Tennessee Reelfoot Lake (Tenn.)--History. Earthquakes -- Missouri Earthquakes -- Tennessee Faults (Geology) Geology, Structural -- Missouri -- New Madrid Region. Earthquakes -- Mississippi River Valley. Seismology -- Missouri -- New Madrid Region. Geology, Structural
Selected Electronic Books	Earthquake Fears, Predictions, And Preparations In Mid-America by Farley, John E. Published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1998.The Economic Consequences Of A Catastrophic Earthquake Published by National Academy Press, 1992.
Selected Journals	Project Muse - Search JSTOR - Search Earth is available from 02/01/1997 to 08/01/1998 in Expanded Academic ASAP, General Reference Center Gold and ProQuest Research Library. Earth Island Journal is available as follows: [from 01/01/1994 to present in ProQuest Research Library] [from 03/22/1997 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP and General Reference Center Gold] Earth Journal is available from 01/01/1990 to 01/01/1994 in ProQuest Research Library. Earth Science is available from 01/01/1988 to 10/01/1990 in ProQuest Research Library. Journal of Geology is available from 01/01/1997 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP and General Reference Center Gold. Science is available as follows: [from 01/01/1988 to present in ProQuest Research Library] [from 01/06/1984 to 1 year ago in Expanded Academic ASAP] [from 01/07/1983 to 1 year ago in General Reference Center Gold] Science News is available as follows: [from 01/02/1988 to present in ProQuest Research Library] [from 01/19/1985 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP and General Reference Center Gold] [from 08/01/1999 to present in Wilson Select Plus] Southeastern Geology [print, Burrow]
Indexes & Databases	Access Science: Online Encyclopedia of Science and Technology America: History and Life ArticleFirst ECO - OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online Database--OCLC Expanded Academic ASAP, 1980- Facts .com FindArticles.com GeoArchive [DIALOG Search / See Info. Desk] GEOBASE [DIALOG Search / See Info. Desk] GeoRef [DIALOG Search / See Info. Desk] InfoTrac OneFile Lexis-Nexis National Newspaper Index, Last 3 years- NewsBank ProQuest Direct WilsonSelectPlus WorldCat
Selected Internet Resources	The Mississippi Valley : whole lotta shakin' goin' on / USGS USGS National Earthquake Information Center Saint Louis University Earthquake Center Mid-American Earthquake Center / UIUC Center for Earthquake Research and Information / U of Memphis The Council of the National Seismic System (CNSS) composite catalog IMSA Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics / Illinois Science & Mathematics Academy New Madrid Seimic Zone / CUSEC New Madrid Earthquake Catalog Search New Madrid Earthquake of 1811 - 1812 New Madrid Fault Links / Yahoo About the New Madrid Fault / SE Missouri State New Madrid Seismic Zone: Evaluating The Hazard In Mid America /IMSA New Madrid Fault Zone / UArkansas Little Rock Earthquake Intensity Database Significant Earthquake Database Worldwide Earthquake Locator Earthquake Data / NGDC

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