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

这项建议寻求支持召开一次关于美国东部破坏性地震起源的全国讲习班。会议将着重讨论有关大陆内地震构造成因的几个基本方面，以及规划和协调未来大陆内地震活动的研究。由于板块构造并没有为研究板块内部的变形提供一个有用的框架，因此克拉通内构造对基础地球科学提出了一个重大挑战。大陆内大地震的发生也给应用科学在确定地震风险和减轻地震灾害方面提出了复杂的问题。我们认为召开一次关于大陆内地震活动的会议是及时的。来自不同学科的结果和想法与地球科学领域的新兴趣相关，需要进行比较和测试。在基础科学之外，与该领域互动的群体，如信息使用者（如地震工程师）、政策制定者和资助机构需要了解这个快速发展领域的最新结果和出现的问题。我们提议于1988年4月12日至13日在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的伊利诺伊联盟举办一次会议。这次会议的主要目的是批判性地评估我们目前对大陆内地震活动的认识。我们计划接待大约40名来自不同领域的科学家，他们与美国北部的地震活动性研究有关，重点是地震地震学、固体地球物理学、构造地质学和构造学。

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.