Integrated remote sensing and geophysical study of the Hockley fault in Harris and Montgomery Counties, Texas.

Active faults in Houston area are an ongoing problem, and this continues to cause damage to the local roads and infrastructures. Within the last 3 years, residents in the Woodlands area have reported increasing property damage from faulting caused by the Hockley Fault System. Rapid slip rates and the potential damages portray the need of further study. The objective of this study is to gain greater insights into the Hockley Fault and to increase the available information of active faults. The objectives were achieved in part through acquisition of new 2-D shallow seismic and gravity data in the vicinity of the main fault scarp. This second part of the study focused on the use of three generations of LiDAR data for mapping the terminal segment of the Hockley Fault and for calculating the rate of fault displacement as well as utilizing GPS data to further test the fault activity.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Geology

Grantor

University of Houston

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Han, Xu 1988-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Khan, Shuhab D.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Stewart, Robert R.
• Engelkemeir, Richard

• Hockley fault

Statement dc:rights

• The author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10657/1290

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uh-ir.tdl.org:10657/1290