It has been suggested that there may have been Quaternary displacement
along the Criner Hills Fault in South-Central Oklahoma. The Criner
Hills Fault is generally on-trend with the active Meers Fault, which
has led some to suggest that the Criner Hills Fault may also be active.
A GIS database has been created that combines aerial photographs,
satellite imagery, published geologic maps, and digital elevation
models of the area around the surface trace of the Criner Hills Fault.
Subsurface data from ~150 hydrocarbon exploration and production wells
were used with the surface data to construct a 3D structural model
of the study area, assisted by the structural modeling application
LithoTect. The Kirby Fault is interpreted to be a major reverse fault
that controls the topography and structure of the Criner Hills. The
Criner Hills Fault is interpreted to be an inactive, secondary structure
related to the Kirby Fault.