Special Paper 425: Continental Intraplate Earthquakes: Science, Hazard, and Policy Issues Volume 425 || The seismicity of the Antarctic plate

✍ Scribed by Reading, Anya M.

• Book ID: 118059085
• Publisher: Geological Society of America
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 522 KB
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0813724252
• DOI: 10.1130/2007.2425(18)

✦ Synopsis

This Volume Brings Together A Sampling Of Research Addressing Issues Of Continental Intraplate Earthquakes, Including A Core Of Papers From Special Sessions Held At The Spring 2004 Joint Assembly Of The American And Canadian Geophysical Unions In Montreal. Papers Address The Broad Related Topics Of The Science, Hazard, And Policy Issues Of Large Continental Intraplate Earthquakes In A Worldwide Context. One Group Of Papers Addresses Aspects Of The Primary Scientific Issue--where Are These Earthquakes And What Causes Them? Answering This Question Is Crucial To Determining Whether They Will Continue There Or Migrate Elsewhere. A Second Group Of Papers Addresses The Challenge Of Assessing The Hazard Posed By Intraplate Earthquakes. Although It May Be A Very Long Time Before The Scientific Issues Are Resolved, The Progress Being Made Is Helping Attempts To Estimate The Probability, Size, And Shaking Of Future Earthquakes, And The Uncertainty Of The Results. A Third Group Of Papers Explores The Question Of How Society Should Mitigate The Possible Effects Of Future Large Continental Intraplate Earthquakes. Communities Around The World Face The Challenge Of Deciding How To Address This Rare, But Real, Hazard, Given The Wide Range Of Other Societal Needs. Continental Intraplate Earthquakes Will Remain A Challenge To Seismologists, Earthquake Engineers, Policy Makers, And The Public For Years To Come, But Significant Progress Toward Understanding And Addressing This Challenge Is Now Being Made.--publisher's Website. Approaches To Continental Intraplate Earthquake Issues / S. Stein -- Geodynamic Models For Earthquake Studies In Intraplate North America / S. Mazzotti -- Does Seismicity Delineate Zones Where Future Large Earthquakes Are Likely To Occur In Intraplate Environments? / A.l. Kafka -- Limitations Of The Short Earthquake Record For Seismicity And Seismic Hazard Studies / L. Swafford And S. Stein -- Frequency-size Distributions For Intraplate Earthquakes / E.a. Okal And J.r. Sweet -- Remotely Triggered Earthquakes Following Moderate Main Shocks / S.e. Hough -- Two-dimensional Numerical Modeling Suggests Preferred Geometry Of Intersecting Seismogenic Faults / A. Gangopadhyay And P. Talwani -- Integrated Geologic And Geophysical Studies Of North American Continental Intraplate Seismicity / X. Van Lanen And W.d. Mooney -- Effects Of A Lithospheric Weak Zone On Postglacial Seismotectonics In Eastern Canada And The Northeastern United States / P. Wu And S. Mazzotti -- Popup Field In Lake Ontario South Of Toronto, Canada : Indicators Of Late Glacial And Postglacial Strain / R.d. Jacobi [and Others] -- Stress Evolution And Seismicity In The Central-eastern United States : Insights From Geodynamic Modeling / Qingsong Li [and Others] -- Is The New Madrid Seismic Zone Hotter And Weaker Than Its Surroundings? / J. Mckenna, S. Stein, And C.a. Stein -- Upland Complex Of The Central Mississippi River Valley : Its Origin, Denudation, And Possible Role In Reactivation Of The New Madrid Seismic Zone / R. Van Arsdale [and Others] -- Relevance Of Active Faulting And Seismicity Studies To Assessments Of Long-term Earthquake Activity And Maximum Magnitude In Intraplate Northwest Europe, Between The Lower Rhine Embayment And The North Sea / T. Camelbeeck [and Others] -- Seismicity, Seismotectonics, And Seismic Hazard In The Northern Rhine Area / K.-g. Hinzen And S.k. Reamer -- Motion Of Adria And Ongoing Inversion Of The Pannonian Basin : Seismicity, Gps Velocities, And Stress Transfer / G. Bada [and Others] -- Toward A Better Model Of Earthquake Hazard In Australia / M. Leonard [and Others] -- Seismicity Of The Antarctic Plate / A.m. Reading -- Active Tectonics And Intracontinental Earthquakes In China : The Kinematics And Geodynamics / Mian Liu [and Others] -- Seismic-reflection Images Of The Crust Beneath The 2001 M = 7.7 Kutch (bhuj) Epicentral Region, Western India / D. Sarkar [and Others] -- Challenges In Seismic Hazard Analysis For Continental Interiors / G.m. Atkinson -- Horizontal-to-vertical Ground Motion Relations At Short Distances For Four Hard-rock Sites In Eastern Canada And Implications For Seismic Hazard Assessment / A.l. Bent And E.j. Delahaye -- Does It Make Sense From Engineering And Economic Perspectives To Design For A 2475-year Earthquake? / G.r. Searer, S.a. Freeman, And T.f. Paret -- Seismic Hazard And Risk Assessment In The Intraplate Environment : The New Madrid Seismic Zone Of The Central United States / Z. Wang -- Policy Development And Uncertainty In Earthquake Risk In The New Madrid Seismic Zone / J.h. Crandell -- Disasters And Maximum Entropy Production / C. Lomnitz And H. Castaños. Edited By Seth Stein, Stéphane Mazzotti. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.