Mid-Continent Earthquakes as a Complex System

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Research Article| July 01, 2009 Mid-Continent Earthquakes as a Complex System Seth Stein; Seth Stein Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. [e-mail] Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Mian Liu; Mian Liu Department of Geological Sciences University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 65211 U.S.A. [e-mail] Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Eric Calais; Eric Calais Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana 47906 U.S.A. [e-mail] Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Qingsong Li Qingsong Li Lunar and Planetary Institute Universities Space Research Association Houston, Texas 77058 U.S.A. [e-mail] Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Seismological Research Letters (2009) 80 (4): 551–553. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.80.4.551 Article history first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Seth Stein, Mian Liu, Eric Calais, Qingsong Li; Mid-Continent Earthquakes as a Complex System. Seismological Research Letters 2009;; 80 (4): 551–553. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.80.4.551 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search Niels Bohr once observed: "How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress." This situation is happening in the long-frustrating effort to understand large earthquakes in continental interiors. The paradox arises from a series of GPS studies across the New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ). Large (magnitude >7) earthquakes felt across the Midwest occurred here in 1811 and 1812, small earthquakes occur today, and paleoseismic records show evidence of large earthquakes about 500 years apart in the past 2,000 years. We thus expected to see strain building up for a future large earthquake,... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.