Do you recall the Schultz Fire of 2010 that ravaged the southeast flank of San Francisco Mountain? The team at NAU’s Ecological Restoration Institute published a 44-p. report detailing the economic impact of this modest-size fire. The ecological and human impact of the fire lingers on.
At 10:01 a.m. on 27 April 2019, Duncan, Arizona and environs were rocked by an ML 3.6 earthquake. AZGS Research Geoscientist J.Y. Ben-Horin filed this preliminary report.
Rapid infilling of a 2-mile long fissure in the Tator Hills earth study area, Pinal County
Northern’ Arizona’s Washington Fault Zone (WFZ) has been reminding us of its potential for earthquake hazards over the past 3 weeks.
The Geologic Highway Map of Arizona is a treasure trove ...
The Arizona Geological Survey’s broadband seismic network (ABSN) now provides a statewide seismic monitoring network that can be used to estimate seismicity rates, the amount of ground-shaking and can provide seismic data that can be used to image subsurface processes.
The 2018 monsoon season opened an earth fissure in Apache Junction that damaged and closed Houston Avenue road.
Fresh map layout of the geology of the McDowell Mountains, with cross section, correlation chart, and two dozen images.
CBS News uses Arizona earth fissure images to contrast with large ground fracture in the East African Rift of Kenya.
AZGS geoscientists are engaged in studying the Mead Slope Fault of NW Arizona.