Active Tectonics and Seismic Hazards of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Offshore AreasPaul Mann |
Contents
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Neotectonics and subsidence of the northern Puerto RicoVirgin Islands margin | 31 |
Studies of Instrumental and Historical Seismicity | 61 |
Microseismic activity reveals two stress regimes in southwestern Puerto Rico | 81 |
Historical earthquakes of the Puerto RicoVirgin Islands region 19151963 | 103 |
Identification of Late Quaternary Faults in Puerto Rico and Shallow Coastal Areas | 115 |
Geologic evidence for the prolongation of active normal faults of the Mona rift into | 161 |
Contents | 173 |
First documentation of an onshore | 215 |
Studies of Seismic Sources Ground Amplification and Paleoliquefaction | 223 |
Liquefaction susceptibility zonation map of San Juan Puerto Rico | 249 |
Liquefaction induced by historic and prehistoric earthquakes in western Puerto Rico | 263 |
Earthquakeinduced liquefaction potential in western Puerto Rico using GIS technology | 277 |
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Common terms and phrases
active America Special Paper Añasco Anegada Passage Bahama basin bathymetry Bowin fault Bunce carbonate platform Caribbean plate Cerro Goden fault deformation deposits depth Dolan earthquakes eastern Eocene Figure focal mechanisms forearc Geological Society Geophysical Research Gestel Goden fault zone Grindlay ground motion ground-motion Hispaniola Holocene Jansma Lajas Valley Larue liquefaction magnitude Main Ridge Mann margin Mayagüez McCann microplate Miocene mm/yr Mona Passage Mona rift Muertos trough normal faults North America plate northeastern Caribbean oblique offshore onland plate boundary zone plate motion Pliocene Ponce profiles Puerto Rico fault Puerto Rico trench Puerto Rico Virgin Puerto Rico–Virgin Islands Punta Quaternary region Rico fault zone Rico Virgin Islands rocks scarp seafloor sediments seismic hazard Seismological Septentrional fault serpentinite sidescan sonar slip rates Society of America southern Puerto Rico subduction zone tectonic U.S. Geological Survey velocities western Puerto Rico
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