Earthquakes at North-Atlantic Passive Margins: Neotectonics and Postglacial Rebound (Nato Science Series C:, Band 266) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9401075387 ISBN 13: 9789401075381

Verlag: Springer, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9401075387
• ISBN 13: 9789401075381
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 736
• Herausgeber: Gregersen Søren, Basham Peter W.
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