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Table of Contents - Special Paper 425Continental Intraplate Earthquakes: Science, Hazard, and Policy Issuesedited by Seth Stein and Stéphane Mazzotti |
Preface | v | |
1. | Approaches to continental intraplate earthquake issues S. Stein |
1 |
2. | Geodynamic models for earthquake studies in intraplate North America S. Mazzotti |
17 |
3. | Does seismicity delineate zones where future large earthquakes are likely to occur in intraplate environments? A.L. Kafka |
35 |
4. | Limitations of the short earthquake record for seismicity and seismic hazard studies L. Swafford and S. Stein |
49 |
5. | Frequency-size distributions for intraplate earthquakes E.A. Okal and J.R. Sweet |
59 |
6. | Remotely triggered earthquakes following moderate main shocks S.E. Hough |
73 |
7. | Two-dimensional numerical modeling suggests preferred geometry of intersecting seismogenic faults A. Gangopadhyay and P. Talwani |
87 |
8. | Integrated geologic and geophysical studies of North American continental intraplate seismicity X. van Lanen and W.D. Mooney |
101 |
9. | Effects of a lithospheric weak zone on postglacial seismotectonics in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States P. Wu and S. Mazzotti |
113 |
10. | Popup field in Lake Ontario south of Toronto, Canada: Indicators of late glacial and postglacial strain R.D. Jacobi, C.F.M. Lewis, D.K. Armstrong, and S.M. Blasco |
129 |
11. | Stress evolution and seismicity in the central-eastern United States: Insights from geodynamic modeling Qingsong Li, Mian Liu, Qie Zhang, and E. Sandvol |
149 |
12. | Is the New Madrid seismic zone hotter and weaker than its surroundings? J. McKenna, S. Stein, and C.A. Stein |
167 |
13. | 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, R. Bresnahan, N. McCallister, and B. Waldron |
177 |
14. | 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, K. Vanneste, P. Alexandre, K. Verbeeck, T. Petermans, P. Rosset, M. Everaerts, R. Warnant, and M. Van Camp |
193 |
15. | Seismicity, seismotectonics, and seismic hazard in the northern Rhine area K.-G. Hinzen and S.K. Reamer |
225 |
16. | Motion of Adria and ongoing inversion of the Pannonian Basin: Seismicity, GPS velocities, and stress transfer G. Bada, G. Grenerczy, L. Tóth, F. Horváth, S. Stein, S. Cloetingh, G. Windhoffer, L. Fodor, N. Pinter, and I. Fejes |
243 |
17. | Toward a better model of earthquake hazard in Australia M. Leonard, D. Robinson, T. Allen, J. Schneider, D. Clark, T. Dhu, and D. Burbidge |
263 |
18. | The seismicity of the Antarctic plate A.M. Reading |
285 |
19. | Active tectonics and intracontinental earthquakes in China: The kinematics and geodynamics Mian Liu, Youqing Yang, Zhengkang Shen, Shimin Wang, Min Wang, and Yongge Wan |
299 |
20. | Seismic-reflection images of the crust beneath the 2001 M = 7.7 Kutch (Bhuj) epicentral region, western India D. Sarkar, K. Sain, P.R. Reddy, R.D. Catchings, and W.D. Mooney |
319 |
21. | Challenges in seismic hazard analysis for continental interiors G.M. Atkinson |
329 |
22. | 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 |
345 |
23. | 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 |
353 |
24. | Seismic hazard and risk assessment in the intraplate environment: The New Madrid seismic zone of the central United States Z. Wang |
363 |
25. | Policy development and uncertainty in earthquake risk in the New Madrid seismic zone J.H. Crandell |
375 |
26. | Disasters and maximum entropy production C. Lomnitz and H. Castaños |
387 |
Index | 397 |