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Book SynopsisThe first global overview of intraplate earthquakes, their mechanical models and investigative geophysical techniques, for academic researchers, professionals and engineers.
Table of ContentsList of contributors; 1. Introduction Pradeep Talwani; 2. Intraplate earthquakes in Australia Dan Clark, Andrew McPherson and T. 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 B. K. Rastogi, Prantik Mandal and S. K. 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 Sören 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; Index.
