A National Workshop on Seismogenesis in the Eastern United States, held April 12-13, 1988, at the Illini Union of the the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

这项建议寻求支持，以召开一次关于下列问题的国家讲习班： 美国东部破坏性地震的起源 States. 会议将着重讨论几个问题， 关于构造起源的基本方面 大陆内地震的规划和协调， 陆内地震活动性的未来研究 由于板块构造并没有为地球的演化提供有用的框架， 研究板块内部的变形，克拉通内构造运动 对基础地球科学提出了重大挑战。 发生 大陆内的大地震也带来了复杂的问题 用于确定地震风险和减轻 地震危险 我们建议召开一次关于大陆内地震活动性的会议， 很及时 来自不同学科的成果和想法， 地球科学中这一重新引起兴趣的领域需要加以比较 和测试。 在基本的科学之外， 使用此字段，例如信息的用户（例如，地震 工程师），政策制定者和资助机构需要作出 意识到最新的结果和问题在这迅速上升 进化场 我们建议在4月12日组织一次会议 1988年和13日，在伊利诺伊大学伊利诺伊联盟， 厄巴纳-香槟 本次会议的主要目的是 批判性地评估我们目前对陆内 地震活动 我们计划接待来自不同领域的约40名科学家， 与美国东部地震活动研究有关的领域， 重点是地震学，固体地球物理学， 结构地质学和构造学

This proposal seeks support to convene a national workshop on the origin of destructive earthquakes in the eastern United States. The conference will emphasize the discussion on several fundamental aspects regarding the tectonic origin of intracontinental earthquakes, and on planning and coordination of future research on intracontinental seismicity. Since plate tectonics does not provide a useful framework for studying deformation in plate interiors, intracratonic tectonism presents a major challenge for basic geosciences. The occurrence of large intracontinental earthquakes also poses complex problems for applied sciences in determining seismic risk and mitigating earthaquake hazard. We submit that a conference on intracontinental seismicity is timely. Results and ideas from diverse disciplines pertinent to this field of renewed interest in geoscience need to be compared and tested. Outside of basic goescience, groups which interact with this field such as users of the information (e.g., earthquake engineers), policy makers and funding agencies need to be made aware of the latest results and the issues rising in this rapidly evolving field. We propose to organize a conference to be held on April 12 and 13, 1988 at the Illini Union of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The main purpose of this conference will be to critically assess our current knowledge on intracontinental seismicity. We plan to host about 40 scientists from diverse fields pertinent to the study of seismicity in the eartern U.S., with emphasis on earthquake seismology, solid-earth geophysics, structural geology, and tectonics.