Intraplate earthquakes / edited by Pradeep Talwani.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Talwani, Pradeep, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plate tectonics.

Seismology.

Earthquake prediction.

Geology, Structural.

Physical Description:

xi, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black & white, color), maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Summary:

"Intraplate earthquakes occur away from the well-known tectonic plate boundaries at locations around the world. These locations are particularly difficult to predict, and they can cause huge damage and loss of life: devastating earthquakes have levelled Bhuj in India (2001), Tangshan in China (1976), Charleston in the United States (1886), and Basel in Switzerland (1356). The Bhuj earthquake (featured in this book) was the largest intraplate earthquake for three decades and the rich dataset collected has provided unique insight into these events"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Introduction / Pradeep Talwani

2. Intraplate earthquakes in Australia / Dan Clark, Andrew McPherson, and Trevor Allen

3. Intraplate seismicity in Brazil / 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

4. Earthquakes and geological structures of the St. Lawrence Rift System / Maurice Lamontagne and Giorgio Ranalli

5. Intraplate earthquakes in North China / Mian Liu, Hui Wang, Jiyang Ye, and Cheng Jia

6. Seismogenesis of earthquakes occurring in the ancient rift basin of Kachchh, western India / Bal Krishna Rastogi, Prantik Mandal, and Sanjib Kumar Biswas

7. The New Madrid seismic zone of the central United States / Roy Van Arsdale

8. The impact of earthquake activity in Western Europe from the historical and architectural heritage records / Thierry Camelbeeck, Pierre Alexandre, Alain Sabbe, Elisabeth Knuts, David Garcia Moreno, and Thomas Lecocq

9. Intraplate earthquakes induced by reactivation of buried ancient rift system along the eastern margin of the Japan Sea / Aitaro Kato

10. Deep controls on intraplate basin inversion / Søren B. Nielsen, Randell Stephenson, and Christian Schiffer

11. Unified model for intraplate earthquakes / Pradeep Talwani

12. Intraplate seismic hazard : evidence for distributed strain and implications for seismic hazard / Susan E. Hough

13. Conclusions / Pradeep Talwani.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107040380

1107040388

OCLC:

866253286