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Table of Contents - Special Paper 425

Continental Intraplate Earthquakes: Science, Hazard, and Policy Issues

edited 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