| Description |
vi, 402 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm |
| Series |
Special paper ; 425 |
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Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 425
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| Contents |
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 ... [et al.] -- Stress evolution and seismicity in the central-eastern United States : insights from geodynamic modeling / Qingsong Li ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- Toward a better model of earthquake hazard in Australia / M. Leonard ... [et al.] -- Seismicity of the antarctic plate / A. M. Reading -- Active tectonics and intracontinental earthquakes in China : the kinematics and geodynamics / Mian Liu ... [et al.] -- Seismic-reflection images of the crust beneath the 2001 M = 7.7 Kutch (Bhuj) epicentral region, western India / D. Sarkar ... [et al.] -- 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Plate tectonics.
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Seismology.
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Earthquake prediction.
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Geology, Structural.
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| Author |
Stein, Seth.
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Mazzotti, Stéphane, 1972-
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| LC no. |
2007012988 |
| ISBN |
9780813724256 paperback |
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