This report presents the results of the Utah Quaternary Fault
Parameters Working Group (hereafter referred to as the Working Group)
review and evaluation of Utah’s Quaternary fault paleoseismic-trenching
data. The purpose of the review was to (1) critically evaluate the
accuracy and completeness of the paleoseismictrenching data,
particularly regarding earthquake timing and displacement, (2) where the
data permit, assign consensus, preferred recurrence-interval (RI) and
vertical slip-rate (VSR) estimates with appropriate confidence limits to
the faults/fault sections under review, and (3) identify critical gaps
in the paleoseismic data and recommend where and what kinds of
additional paleoseismic studies should be performed to ensure that
Utah’s earthquake hazard is adequately documented and understood. It is
important to note that, with the exception of the Great Salt Lake fault
zone, the Working Group’s review was limited to faults/fault sections
having paleoseismic-trenching data. Most Quaternary faults/fault
sections in Utah have not been trenched, but many have RI and VSR
estimates based on tectonic geomorphology or other non-trench-derived
studies. Black and others compiled the RI and VSR data for Utah’s
Quaternary faults, both those with and without trenches.