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Jessica Thompson Jobe (at BoR) has a new publication out in Tectonics, which presents evidence for late Quaternary faulting along Crowley's Ridge in the western part of the New Madrid Seismic Zone. As part of that publication, Jessie also presents a fault network, which we might consider adopting for the entire region. The fault network is a synthesis of previous work, as well as Jessie's new mapping and analysis. Citation info follows:

Journal article - Thompson Jobe, J. A., Gold, R. D., Briggs, R. W., Williams, R. A., Stephenson, W. J., Delano, J. E., et al ( 2020). Evidence for late Quaternary deformation along Crowleys Ridge, New Madrid seismic zone. Tectonics, 39, e2019TC005746. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019TC005746

Science Base (fault network) - Thompson Jobe, J.A., Gold, R.D., Briggs, R.W., Williams, R.A., Stephenson, W.J., Delano, J.E., Shah, A.K., and Minsley, B.J., 2020, Digital datasets documenting subsurface data locations, topographic metrics, fault scarp mapping, and revised fault network for Crowley’s Ridge, New Madrid Seismic Zone: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9TFRP5D.

Edited by Powers, Peter M.