An update on paleoseismology literature

Here are my latest updates on papers and books that deal with paleoseismology, active tectonics, tsunamis and similar topics. There is a good portion of lake/turbidite paleoseismology with some beautiful seismites. We also have some more general tectonics/review papers, and an interesting attempt to establish a global fault database. Plus, there is an intense ongoing discussion about Kashmir and news from Napa. Enjoy!

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• Avşar, U., Hubert-Ferrari, A., De Batist, M., Schmidt, S., & Fagel, N. (2015). Sedimentary records of past earthquakes in Boraboy Lake during the last ca 600 years (North Anatolian Fault, Turkey). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
• Bernhardt, A., Melnick, D., Hebbeln, D., Lückge, A., & Strecker, M. R. (2015). Turbidite paleoseismology along the active continental margin of Chile–Feasible or not?. Quaternary Science Reviews, 120, 71-92.
• Calignano, E., Sokoutis, D., Willingshofer, E., Gueydan, F., & Cloetingh, S. (2015). Asymmetric vs. symmetric deep lithospheric architecture of intra-plate continental orogens. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 424, 38-50.
• Lin, A., Hu, J., & Gong, W. (2015). Active normal faulting and the seismogenic fault of the 1739 M∼ 8.0 Pingluo earthquake in the intracontinental Yinchuan Graben, China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.
• Caputo, R., Sboras, S., Pavlides, S., & Chatzipetros, A. (2015). Comparison between single-event effects and cumulative effects for the purpose of seismic hazard assessment. A review from Greece. Earth-Science Reviews. (note: Be careful, this is a monster paper!)
• Hilbert-Wolf, H. L., & Roberts, E. M. (2015). Giant Seismites and Megablock Uplift in the East African Rift: Evidence for Late Pleistocene Large Magnitude Earthquakes. PloS one, 10(6). (Mega-Seismites,very beautiful!)
• Christophersen, A., Litchfield, N., Berryman, K., Thomas, R., Basili, R., Wallace, L., … & Yeats, R. Development of the Global Earthquake Model’s neotectonic fault database. Natural Hazards, 1-25. (Will this be the first step towards areal global fault database…?)
• Melgar, D., Geng, J., Crowell, B. W., Haase, J. S., Bock, Y., Hammond, W. C., & Allen, R. M. (2015). Seismogeodesy of the 2014 Mw6. 1 napa earthquake, California: Rapid response and modeling of fast rupture on a dipping strike‐slip fault. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
• There’s some really intense & interesting discussion going on about the Kashmir basin, here’s the latest take: Alam, A., Ahmad, S., Bhat, M. S., & Ahmad, B. (2015). Response to the commentary by Shah, AA (2015) and further evidence supporting the dextral strike-slip pull-apart evolution of the Kashmir basin along the central Kashmir fault (CKF). Geomorphology.
• Rowe, C. D., & Griffith, W. A. (2015). Do Faults Preserve a Record of Seismic Slip: A second opinion. Journal of Structural Geology. (A very interesting paper for the hardrock paleoseismologists)
• Ezquerro, L., Moretti, M., Liesa, C. L., Luzón, A., & Simón, J. L. (2015). Seismites from a well core of palustrine deposits as a tool for reconstructing the palaeoseismic history of a fault. Tectonophysics.

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