GEOL 106 Lecture Notes - Radiocarbon Dating, Eastern Canada
3 Apr 2013
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Midterm thursday feb 28 7:30-9:00 conflict email tyler nash 7tjn@queensu. ca. Assessing seismic risk of an area: locate and determine nature of faults in the area, study history of earthquakes in the area. Set up seismometers gives an idea of which faults are most active, and the frequency and magnitude of quakes. Critical to collect as long a seismic record as possible. Looked at maps displaying seismic activity over 1 month, 1 year, 5 years, and 30 years and 3 major areas can be seen: western canada, Low population in arctic means less risk, which leaves western and eastern canada. We are looking at putting a nuclear reactor in kingston, so we zoom in on eastern canada. Kingston area, biggest quake is mag 2 even though there is a fair amount of activity. Determine the recurrence interval for big earthquakes in the area. How often do big quakes occur? (big = greater than mag 7)
