Is the New Madrid seismic zone hotter and weaker than its surroundings?

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 425, Issue , 2007, Pages 167-175

  McKenna, Jason ^a   Stein, Seth ^b   Stein, Carol A ^c  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraplate earthquakes; New Madrid earthquakes; Thermal structure of faults

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HAZARDS; HEAT TRANSFER;

INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKES; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONES; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SURROUNDING REGIONS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TRANSIENT PHENOMENON;

EARTHQUAKES;

FOSSIL; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEAT FLOW; LOWER CRUST; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; STRESS; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UPPER MANTLE;

NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE; REELFOOT RIFT; UNITED STATES;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 75749118371     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2425(12)     Document Type: Article

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