Isostasy and Maximum Earthquake Energy

Isostasy and its Meaning

The theory of isostasy supposes that, in regions which have not been disturbed recently, each vertical column of the earth's crust with a certain minimum radius and extending to a depth of about IOO km has approximately the same mass. To find the deviation from this approximation in a given region, the density must be assumed as a function of depth. Such assumptions used at present for calculat...

Isostasy, flexure, and dynamic topography

Article history: Received 12 January 2016 Received in revised form 26 May 2016 Accepted 27 May 2016 Available online 31 May 2016 A fundamental scientific question is, what controls the Earth's topography? Although the theoretical principles of isostasy, flexure, and dynamic topography arewidely discussed, the parameters needed to apply these principles are frequently not available. Isostatic fa...

Thermal Isostasy on Mars

Departamento de Geodinámica, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain, [email protected]. Centro de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain. Seminar on Planetary Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Jua...

Estimation of the Maximum Earthquake Magnitude, mmax

This paper provides a generic equation for the evaluation of the maximum earthquake magnitude mmax for a given seismogenic zone or entire region. The equation is capable of generating solutions in different forms, depending on the assumptions of the statistical distribution model and/or the available information regarding past seismicity. It includes the cases (i) when earthquake magnitudes are...

Isostasy and Flexure of the Lithosphere