Open AccessAncient Faults Amplify Intraplate Earthquakes
Author(s) -
Terri Cook
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo114003
Subject(s) - intraplate earthquake , seismology , geology , tectonics
A comparison of deformation rates from Canada’s Saint Lawrence Valley offers compelling evidence that strain in the region is concentrated along ancient structures from previous tectonic cycles.