William Ashley Posted September 8, 2011 Report Posted September 8, 2011 (edited) So does the melting sea ice create isostatic uplift that is causing all these earthquakes? Take for instance http://www.skepticalscience.com/Greenland-rising-faster-as-ice-loss-accelerates.html Does this present a non coastal danger to the melting icecaps? You know something like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-glacial_rebound see 2.8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-glacial_rebound#State_of_stress_and_intraplate_earthquakes According to the Mohr-Coulomb Theory of rock failure, large glacial loads generally suppress earthquakes, but rapid deglaciation promotes earthquakes. http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674arctic_sea_ice_near_record_lows_national_snow_and_ice_data_center/ http://www.onearth.org/blog/say-goodbye-to-arctic-sea-ice-and-the-polar-bears-that-need-it rising sea levels may the second thing to worry about for people inland or upland... but earthquakes will effect anyone along faults including Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. Here are the major plates... http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://portraithouse.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/map_plate_tectonics_world.gif&imgrefurl=http://portraithouse.net/tag/marikina-valley-fault-line/&h=540&w=859&sz=26&tbnid=7qd41z3eOeeTSM:&tbnh=85&tbnw=135&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dworld%2Bfaultline%2Bmap%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=world+faultline+map&docid=k7HFXa5w0Hop5M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qBJoTsmKN-yn0AHbzLTYCw&ved=0CEEQ9QEwBQ&dur=739 North America http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://bestsyndication.net/images_com2/2010/01January/012210/20100122_united_states_fault_line_maps_earthquakes_seizmic_activity.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bestsyndication.com/%3Fq%3D20100122_united_states_fault_line_maps_earthquakes_seizmic_activity_east_coast_midwest.htm&h=199&w=246&sz=11&tbnid=_1OQZkAMwqjskM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=111&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dnorth%2Bamerica%2Bfault%2Bline%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=north+america+fault+line&docid=zx_if5wW2atp3M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HxNoTrbgF6GD0QGO3KXqCw&ved=0CCIQ9QEwAQ&dur=795 canada http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/archives/4thedition/environment/land/027_28 Also the secondary fallout http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtrsWVdepT0 Edited September 8, 2011 by William Ashley Quote I was here.
Saipan Posted September 8, 2011 Report Posted September 8, 2011 All that happen many times before. And will happen many times again. Quote
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