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

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations....Pages 1-6
Fifty Million Years of ‘Passive Margin’ Deformation in North West Europe....Pages 7-36
Evolution of the Arctic — North Atlantic Rift System....Pages 37-38
Structure and Origin of the Passive Continental Margins of Eastern Canada....Pages 39-46
The Geology of the East Greenland Margin....Pages 47-65
Reactivation of Faults on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and its Implications for Earthquake Occurrence....Pages 67-90
Glacial Isostasy in Laurentia and Fennoscandia: New Results for the Anomalous Gravitational Field....Pages 91-103
Postglacial Uplift in Western New England: Geologic Evidence for Delayed Rebound....Pages 105-123
The Secular Change of Gravity and the Geoid in Fennoscandia....Pages 125-139
Extraordinary Deglaciation Reverse Faulting in Northern Fennoscandia....Pages 141-173
Geological Investigations of Late and Post Glacial Earthquake Activity in Scotland....Pages 175-194
Neotectonic Activity in Coastal Maine: United States of America....Pages 195-212
Stress Measurements and Modelling of Crustal Rock Mechanics in Fennoscandia....Pages 213-229
Passive Margin Earthquakes, Stresses and Rheology....Pages 231-259
Focal Mechanisms and Crustal Stresses in the Baltic Shield....Pages 261-276
Stress Orientations in the North Sea and Fennoscandia, a Comparison to the Central European Stress Field....Pages 277-287
Crustal Stresses in Eastern Canada....Pages 289-297
The Seismicity of ‘Stable Continental Interiors’....Pages 299-327
Intraplate Earthquakes in Iceland....Pages 329-344
The Seismicity of Greenland....Pages 345-353
Seismicity and Seismotectonics of Canada’s Eastern Margin and Craton....Pages 355-370
Seismotectonics in the Southeastern United States....Pages 371-392
Seismotectonics and Crustal Stress in Great Britain....Pages 393-411
Temporal Variations in North Sea Seismicity....Pages 413-427
The Seismicity in the Continental Margin Areas of Northern Norway....Pages 429-440
Patterns of Active Shear in Fennoscandia....Pages 441-466
Seismodynamics and Postglacial Faulting in the Baltic Shield....Pages 467-482
Spatial Correlation between Seismicity and Postglacial Rebound in Eastern Canada....Pages 483-500
Earthquake Occurrence and Seismotectonics in Norway and Surrounding Areas....Pages 501-519
Earthquakes within and Near the French Western Margins....Pages 521-531
Seismicity of the Portuguese Continental Margin....Pages 533-545
A Comparison of the Source Mechanisms of the 1975 Laurentian Channel Earthquake and the Tsunamigenic 1929 Grand Banks Event....Pages 547-562
Characteristic Features of Intraplate Earthquakes and the Models Proposed to Explain Them....Pages 563-579
The Effect of Large Ice Sheets on Earthquake Genesis....Pages 581-599
Issues Regarding Earthquake Source Characterization and Seismic Hazard Analysis within Passive Margins and Stable Continental Interiors....Pages 601-631
Seismic Hazard and Earthquake Source Parameters in the North Sea....Pages 633-664
On the Determination of Seismic Hazards in Norwegian Continental Shelf Areas....Pages 665-677
Problems with Seismic Hazard Assessment on the Eastern Canadian Continental Margin....Pages 679-686
Back Matter....Pages 687-716