Intraplate earthquakes /
Intraplate earthquakes /
edited by Pradeep Talwani, University of South Carolina.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- 1 online resource (xi, 338 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Introduction / Intraplate earthquakes in Australia / Intraplate seismicity in Brazil / Earthquakes and geological structures of the St. Lawrence Rift System / Intraplate earthquakes in North China / Seismogenesis of earthquakes occurring in the ancient rift basin of Kachchh, western India / The New Madrid seismic zone of the central United States / The impact of earthquake activity in Western Europe from the historical and architectural heritage records / Intraplate earthquakes induced by reactivation of buried ancient rift system along the eastern margin of the Japan Sea / Deep controls on intraplate basin inversion / Unified model for intraplate earthquakes / Intraplate seismic hazard : evidence for distributed strain and implications for seismic hazard / Conclusions / Pradeep Talwani -- Dan Clark, Andrew McPherson, and Trevor Allen -- Marcelo Assumpção, Joaquim Ferreira, Lucas Barros, Hilario Bezzera, George Sand França, José Roberto Barbosa, Eduardo Menezes, Luís Carlos Ribotta, Marlon Pirchiner, Aderson do Nascimento, and João Carlos Dourado -- Maurice Lamontagne and Giorgio Ranalli -- Mian Liu, Hui Wang, Jiyang Ye, and Cheng Jia -- Bal Krishna Rastogi, Prantik Mandal, and Sanjib Kumar Biswas -- Roy Van Arsdale -- Thierry Camelbeeck, Pierre Alexandre, Alain Sabbe, Elisabeth Knuts, David Garcia Moreno, and Thomas Lecocq -- Aitaro Kato -- Søren B. Nielsen, Randell Stephenson, and Christian Schiffer -- Pradeep Talwani -- Susan E. Hough -- Pradeep Talwani. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
Intraplate earthquakes occur away from tectonic plate boundaries: their locations are difficult to predict, risking huge damage and loss of life. The 2001 Bhuj earthquake (featured in this book) was the largest intraplate earthquake for three decades and has provided unique insight into these events. This cutting-edge book brings together research from international leading experts in the field. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of these earthquakes in a different global location, ranging from Australia, China, India and the Sea of Japan, to Western Europe, Brazil, New Madrid (Central USA), and Eastern Canada. They explore similarities and differences between regional features and the mechanical models required to explain them, as well as assessing geophysical techniques used to investigate them. Providing the first global overview of intraplate earthquakes, this is an essential book for academic researchers and professionals in seismology, tectonics, tectonophysics, geodesy, structural geology, earthquake dynamics, geophysics, and structural engineering.
9781139628921 (ebook)
Plate tectonics.
Seismology.
Earthquake prediction.
Geology, Structural.
QE511.4 / .I57 2014
551.22
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Introduction / Intraplate earthquakes in Australia / Intraplate seismicity in Brazil / Earthquakes and geological structures of the St. Lawrence Rift System / Intraplate earthquakes in North China / Seismogenesis of earthquakes occurring in the ancient rift basin of Kachchh, western India / The New Madrid seismic zone of the central United States / The impact of earthquake activity in Western Europe from the historical and architectural heritage records / Intraplate earthquakes induced by reactivation of buried ancient rift system along the eastern margin of the Japan Sea / Deep controls on intraplate basin inversion / Unified model for intraplate earthquakes / Intraplate seismic hazard : evidence for distributed strain and implications for seismic hazard / Conclusions / Pradeep Talwani -- Dan Clark, Andrew McPherson, and Trevor Allen -- Marcelo Assumpção, Joaquim Ferreira, Lucas Barros, Hilario Bezzera, George Sand França, José Roberto Barbosa, Eduardo Menezes, Luís Carlos Ribotta, Marlon Pirchiner, Aderson do Nascimento, and João Carlos Dourado -- Maurice Lamontagne and Giorgio Ranalli -- Mian Liu, Hui Wang, Jiyang Ye, and Cheng Jia -- Bal Krishna Rastogi, Prantik Mandal, and Sanjib Kumar Biswas -- Roy Van Arsdale -- Thierry Camelbeeck, Pierre Alexandre, Alain Sabbe, Elisabeth Knuts, David Garcia Moreno, and Thomas Lecocq -- Aitaro Kato -- Søren B. Nielsen, Randell Stephenson, and Christian Schiffer -- Pradeep Talwani -- Susan E. Hough -- Pradeep Talwani. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
Intraplate earthquakes occur away from tectonic plate boundaries: their locations are difficult to predict, risking huge damage and loss of life. The 2001 Bhuj earthquake (featured in this book) was the largest intraplate earthquake for three decades and has provided unique insight into these events. This cutting-edge book brings together research from international leading experts in the field. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of these earthquakes in a different global location, ranging from Australia, China, India and the Sea of Japan, to Western Europe, Brazil, New Madrid (Central USA), and Eastern Canada. They explore similarities and differences between regional features and the mechanical models required to explain them, as well as assessing geophysical techniques used to investigate them. Providing the first global overview of intraplate earthquakes, this is an essential book for academic researchers and professionals in seismology, tectonics, tectonophysics, geodesy, structural geology, earthquake dynamics, geophysics, and structural engineering.
9781139628921 (ebook)
Plate tectonics.
Seismology.
Earthquake prediction.
Geology, Structural.
QE511.4 / .I57 2014
551.22