[CEUS-earthquake-hazards] Call for Abstracts: Munich GSA-GV Session on Intraplate Earthquakes

[Seth Stein]

We invite abstracts for talks and posters for the Theme Session on
active tectonics and (paleo)seismology to be held at the GSA-GV meeting
“Fragile Earth” in Munich, Germany (4-7 September, 2011). The complete
title with a description of the session is included below.

Please note that the deadline for abstract submission is the 25th of May.

The  web address for the meeting including links for
registration and abstract submission is
http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2011munich/

Kurt Decker (University Vienna, Austria; kurt.decker at univie.ac.at
<mailto:kurt.decker at univie.ac.at>)

Seth Stein (Northwestern University, USA; seth at earth.northwestern.edu
<mailto:seth at earth.northwestern.edu>)

GSA-GV Theme Session T3 B.

*“The challenge of understanding continental intraplate earthquakes”*

Assessments of active tectonic processes and seismic hazard in
intraplate regions are challenging due to the slow deformation rates and
low seismicity. Average fault-slip rates, which are below or just at the
resolution of surface strain measured by GPS networks, the sparse record
of significant earthquakes, and the epistemic uncertainties of
historical and paleoseismic earthquake observations make it difficult to
identify active faults, build tectonic models and assess seismic
hazards. It increasingly appears that fault activity varies in space and
time in ways not yet understood. Such problems are particularly striking
for regions such as Central Europe. This session seeks contributions
discussing aspects of these topics. We particularly like to encourage
submissions from a wide range of disciplines including, but not limited
to: geodesy, seismology, historical seismology, paleoseismology,
tectonic geomorphology, neotectonics, geophysics, geomechanics and
structural geology.