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 References on the Lower St. Lawrence-Quebec North Shore Seismic Zone

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This page contains some references on the Lower St. Lawrence Seismic Zone. It includes papers on the local seismological, geological, and geophysical characteristics. When available, abstracts of papers are included. Your additions to this list are welcome. Maurice Lamontagne
  • Adams, J., and P.W. Basham, 1989. The seismicity and seismotectonics of Canada East of the Cordillera, Geoscience Canada, 16, 3-16.

  • Adams, J., and Basham, P. W., 1991. The seismicity and seismotectonics of eastern Canada. in The geology of North America, Decade Map vol. 1, Neotectonics of North America, edited by B. Slemmons et al., pp. 261-275, Boulder, Colo.

  • Adams, J., Sharp, J. and M.C. Stagg. 1988. New focal mechanisms for southeastern Canadian earthquakes, Geological Survey of Canada Open File Report 1992, 109p.

  • Adams, J., Basham, P. W., and S. Halchuk. 1995. Northeastern North American earthquake potential - new challenges for seismic hazard mapping. Current Research 1995-D; Geological Survey of Canada, p. 91-99.

  • Adams, J., Vonk, A., Pittman, D., and H. Vatcher, 1989. New focal mechanisms for southeastern Canadian earthquakes - Volume II, Geological Survey of Canada Open File Report 1995, 97 p.

  • Assameur, D.M and J.C. Mareschal, 1995. Stress induced by topography and crustal density heterogeneities: implication for the seismicity of southeastern Canada. Tectonophysics, 241, 179-192.

  • Basham, P. W., Weichert, D.H., Anglin, F.M., and M.J. Berry, 1982. New probabilistic strong ground motion maps of Canada: a compilation of earthquake source zones, methods and results. Publications of the Earth Physics Branch, Open File 82-33, 202p. (Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada).

  • Goodacre, A.K., and H.S. Hasegawa, 1980. Gravitationally induced stresses at structural boundaries, Can. J. of Earth Sciences, 17, 1286-1291.

  • Hasegawa, H.S., 1986. Seismotectonics in eastern Canada: an overview with emphasis on the Charlevoix and Miramichi region, Earthquake Notes, 57, 83-94.

  • Hasegawa, H.S., Adams, J., and K. Yamazaki, 1985. Upper crustal stresses and vertical stress migration in eastern Canada, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 3637-3648.

  • Jaupart, C., Mareschal, J.C., and L. Guillou-Frottier, 1998. Heat flow and thickness of the lithosphere in the Canadian Shield, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 15,263-15,286.

  • Kumarapeli, P.S. 1978. The St. Lawrence paleo-rift system: a comparative study. I.B. Remberg and E.-R. Neumann (eds.), Tectonics and geophysics of continental rifts, 367-384.

  • Kumarapeli, P.S., 1987. Seismic zones, ancient fault systems and post-glacial faulting in Eastern Canada: Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1617, 51 p.

  • Mareschal, J.-C., 1991. Downward continuation of heat flow density data and thermal regime in eastern Canada, Tectonophysics, 194, 356-364.

  • Pinet, C., Jaupart, P., Mareschal, J.-C., Gariepy, C., Bienfait, C. and R. Lapointe, 1991. Heat flow and structure of the lithosphere in the eastern Canadian Shield. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 19,941-19,963.

  • Wheeler, R.L., 1995. Earthquakes and the cratonward limit of Iapetan faulting in eastern North America, Geology, 23, 105-108.

  • Wheeler, R.L., 1996. Earthquakes and the southeastern boundary of the intact Iapetan margin in Eastern North America, Seism. Res. Letters, 67, 77-83.

  • Wu, P. 1998. Intra-plate earthquakes and postglacial rebound in Eastern Canada and Northern Europe, in Dynamics of the Ice Age Earth: a modern perpective, Enfield Publishing, 603-628.

  • Wu, P. and H.S. Hasegawa, 1996. Induced stresses and fault potential in eastern Canada due to a realistic load: a preliminary analysis, Geophys. J. Int., 127, 215-229.

  • Zoback, M.D. and M.L. Zoback, 1991. Tectonic stress field of North America and relative plate motions. In Slemmons, D.B., Engdahl, E.R., Zoback, M.D., and Rockwell, eds., Neotectonics of North America, Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, Decade Map Volume 1.

  • Zoback, M.L., 1992a. First- and second-order patterns of stress in the lithosphere: the world stress map project, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 11,703-11,728.

  • Zoback, M.L., 1992b. Stress field constraints on intraplate seismicity in eastern North America, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 11,761-11,782.

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