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Earthquakes at North-Atlantic Passive Margins: Neotectonics and Postglacial Rebound

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Authors:
  1. Søren Gregersen

    1. Geodetic Institute, Charlottenlund, Denmark

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  2. Peter W. Basham

    1. Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 266)

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations

    1. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations

      • Søren Gregersen, Peter W. Basham
      Pages 1-6

  4. Postglacial Rebound and Faulting

    1. Glacial Isostasy in Laurentia and Fennoscandia: New Results for the Anomalous Gravitational Field

      • W. R. Peltier
      Pages 91-103

    2. Postglacial Uplift in Western New England: Geologic Evidence for Delayed Rebound

      • Carl Koteff, Frederick D. Larsen
      Pages 105-123

    3. The Secular Change of Gravity and the Geoid in Fennoscandia

      • L. E. Sjöberg
      Pages 125-139

    4. Extraordinary Deglaciation Reverse Faulting in Northern Fennoscandia

      • Robert Muir Wood
      Pages 141-173

    5. Geological Investigations of Late and Post Glacial Earthquake Activity in Scotland

      • Colin A. Davenport, Philip S. Ringrose, Amfried Becker, Paul Hancock, Clark Fenton
      Pages 175-194

    6. Neotectonic Activity in Coastal Maine: United States of America

      • Walter A. Anderson, Joseph T. Kelley, Harold W. Borns Jr., Daniel F. Belknap
      Pages 195-212

  5. Crustal Stresses: Observation and Theory

    1. Stress Measurements and Modelling of Crustal Rock Mechanics in Fennoscandia

      • Ove Stephansson
      Pages 213-229

    2. Passive Margin Earthquakes, Stresses and Rheology

      • Seth Stein, Sierd Cloetingh, Norman H. Sleep, Rinus Wortel
      Pages 231-259

    3. Focal Mechanisms and Crustal Stresses in the Baltic Shield

      • Ragnar S. Slunga
      Pages 261-276

    4. Stress Orientations in the North Sea and Fennoscandia, a Comparison to the Central European Stress Field

      • B. Clauß, G. Marquart, K. Fuchs
      Pages 277-287

    5. Crustal Stresses in Eastern Canada

      • John Adams
      Pages 289-297

  6. Earthquakes and Their Causes

    1. The Seismicity of ‘Stable Continental Interiors’

      • Arch C. Johnston
      Pages 299-327

    2. Intraplate Earthquakes in Iceland

      • Páll Einarsson
      Pages 329-344
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For many years, the two subjects of (1) postglacial rebound and its potential for generating earthquakes and (2) the seismicity of passive continental ml!rgins have been of interest and concern to earth scientists on both sides of the North Atlantic. New data and theoretical interpretations have given rise to vigorous discussions on how much the two phenomena inter-relate and whether a significant controlling factor on seismicity in northeastern North America and Scandinavia is the crustal uplift that has been occurring since the latest ice age. The lack of a good understanding of these phenomena presented a particular problem for engineering seismologists attempting to prepare accurate seismic hazard estimates for facili­ ties both on land (e. g. , nuclear power stations and radioactive waste repositories) and offshore (e. g. , petroleum production facili­ ties) . The NATO Advanced Research Workshop programme provided an opportuni ty to bring together a group of relevant geophysicists, geologists and geodesists from both sides of the North Atlantic, and a workshop on "Causes and Effects of Earthquakes at Passive Margins and in Areas of Postglacial Rebound on both Sides of the North Atlantic" was held in Vordingborg, Denmark, 9-13 May 1988. The sup­ port of the NATO Science Committee is gratefully acknowledged.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Geodetic Institute, Charlottenlund, Denmark

    Søren Gregersen

  • Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

    Peter W. Basham

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Earthquakes at North-Atlantic Passive Margins: Neotectonics and Postglacial Rebound

  • Authors: Søren Gregersen, Peter W. Basham

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2311-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0150-9Published: 31 March 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7538-1Published: 21 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2311-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 716

  • Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Structural Geology

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