[CEUS-earthquake-hazards] 2017 SSA Special Session on 'Intraplate Earthquakes: Central and Eastern North America and Worldwide'

[Lillian Soto-Cordero]

Dear colleagues,

Please consider submitting an abstract to the special session
*Intraplate Earthquakes:
Central and Eastern North America and Worldwide* at the 2017 SSA Annual
Meeting to be held April 18-20 in Denver.

The *abstract submission deadline is Jan 11, 2017.  *Conference website:
http://meetings.seismosoc.org

We are looking forward to stimulating and insightful discussions about
intraplate seismicity and deformation and special contributions from our
invited presenters:  Berk Biryol, Eric Calais, Bill Holt and Rob Williams.

Looking forward to seeing you there,

Lillian, Chris, Will

Session chairs:

Lillian Soto-Cordero *lis213 at lehigh.edu <lis213 at lehigh.edu> *

Christine Powell *capowell at memphis.edu* <capowell at memphis.edu>

Will Levandowski *wlevandowski at usgs.gov* <wlevandowski at usgs.gov>



*Session description*: Low strain rates and long recurrence intervals pose
particular challenges to our understanding of the characteristics of and
mechanisms responsible for seismicity in plate interiors.  Nevertheless,
continued investigation of intraplate earthquakes is needed to mitigate the
damage they will produce to heavily populated areas and to ill-prepared
infrastructure.  This special session seeks to span the spectrum of studies
on intraplate seismicity: its spatial and/or temporal distribution, scaling
relationships, the role of crustal and/or upper mantle structures and
dynamics, and seismic hazard implications. We invite contributions from new
results derived from the use of EarthScope Transportable Array data and
from studies worldwide.
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