New papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics (Dec 2019)

Shopping is stressful, reading new papers is exciting. Why not lean back in your favourite comfy chair, enjoy a hot tea and see what’s new in paleoseismology and related fields? These are the latest papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics.

• Hoffmann, G., Grützner, C., Schneider, B., Preusser, F., & Reicherter, K. (2019). Holocene tsunamigenic earthquakes in the western Makran Subduction Zone. Marine Geology. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2019.106068.
• Jara-Muñoz, J., Melnick, D., Pedoja, K., & Strecker, M. R. (2019). TerraceM-2: A Matlab® interface for mapping and modelling marine and lacustrine terraces. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7, 255.
• Chen, K., Milliner, C., & Avouac, J. P. (2019). The Weitin fault, Papua New Guinea, ruptured twice by Mw 8.0 and Mw 7.7 earthquakes in 2000 and 2019. Geophysical Research Letters.
• Pan, Y., Chen, R., Yi, S., Wang, W., Ding, H., Shen, W., & Chen, L. (2019). Contemporary Mountain‐building of the Tianshan and its relevance to geodynamics constrained by integrating GPS and GRACE measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
• Yu, X., Guo, Z., Chen, Y., Du, W., Wang, Z., & Bian, Q. (2020). River system reformed by the Eastern Kunlun Fault: Implications from geomorphological features in the Eastern Kunlun Mountains, Northern Tibetan Plateau. Geomorphology, 350, 106876.
• Mokhtari, M., Amjadi, A. A., Mahshadnia, L., & Rafizadeh, M. (2019). A review of the seismotectonics of the Makran Subduction Zone as a baseline for Tsunami Hazard Assessments. Geoscience Letters, 6(1), 1-9.
• DuRoss, C. B., Bunds, M. P., Gold, R. D., Briggs, R. W., Reitman, N. G., Personius, S. F., & Toké, N. A. (2019). Variable normal-fault rupture behavior, northern Lost River fault zone, Idaho, USA. Geosphere.
• Jin, K., Lee, J., Lee, K. S., Kyung, J. B., & Kim, Y. S. Earthquake damage and related factors associated with the 2016 M L= 5.8 Gyeongju earthquake, southeast Korea. Geosciences Journal, 1-17.
• Howe, J., Jewell, P., & Bruhn, R. Late Pleistocene Record of Off‐Fault Deformation and Vertical Slip Rates from the Wasatch Fault Zone, Utah: Implications for Fault Segmentation from Lake Bonneville ShorelinesLate Pleistocene Record of Off‐Fault Deformation and Vertical Slip Rates from the Wasatch Fault Zone, Utah. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
• Segall, P., & Heimisson, E. R. On the Integrated Surface Uplift for Dip‐Slip Faults. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
• Charreau, J., Sartégou, A., Saint‐Carlier, D., Lavé, J., Blard, P. H., Dominguez, S., … & Rao, G. (2019). Late Miocene to Quaternary slip history across the Qiulitag anticline in the southern Tianshan piedmont. Terra Nova.
• Alshembari, R., Parolai, S., Boxberger, T., Sandron, D., Pilz, M., & Sylacheva, N. (2019). Seasonality in Site Response: An Example from Two Historical Earthquakes in Kazakhstan. Seismological Research Letters.
• Barroso, P. G. S. Fuentes históricas y geológicas de los terremotos antiguos en la península Ibérica. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 32, 2.
• Serva, L., Livio, F. A., & Gürpinar, A. (2019). Surface Faulting and Ground Deformation: Considerations on Their Lower Detectable Limit and on FDHA for Nuclear Installations. Earthquake Spectra, 35(4), 1821-1843.
• Shi, W., Dong, S., & Hu, J. (2019). Neotectonics around the Ordos Block, North China: A review and new insights. Earth-Science Reviews, 102969.
• Burgette, R. J., Hanson, A. M., Scharer, K. M., Rittenour, T. M., & McPhillips, D. (2019). Late Quaternary slip rate of the Central Sierra Madre fault, southern California: Implications for slip partitioning and earthquake hazard. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 115907.
• Carminati, E., Bignami, C., Doglioni, C., & Smeraglia, L. (2019). Lithological control on multiple surface ruptures during the 2016-2017 Amatrice-Norcia seismic sequence. Journal of Geodynamics, 101676.
• Coudurier-Curveur, A., Tapponnier, P., Okal, E., Van der Woerd, J., Kali, E., Choudhury, S., … & Karakaş, Ç. (2019). A composite rupture model for the great 1950 Assam earthquake across the cusp of the East Himalayan Syntaxis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 115928.
• Valentini, A., DuRoss, C., Field, E. H., Gold, R. D., Briggs, R. W., Visini, F., & Pace, B. (2019). Relaxing Segmentation on the Wasatch Fault Zone: Impact on Seismic Hazard. BSSA.
• Zellman, M. S., DuRoss, C. B., Thackray, G. D., Personius, S. F., Reitman, N. G., Mahan, S. A. & Brossy, C. C. (2019). Holocene Rupture History of the Central Teton Fault at Leigh Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. BSSA.
• Li, Z., An, C., & Liu, H. (2020). Evaluation of different earthquake scaling relations on the generation of tsunamis and hazard assessment. Ocean Engineering, 195, 106716.
• Di Giacomo, D., & Dewey, J. W. (2019). The (Mythical) M 8.2 Off Coast of Peru Earthquake of 12 December 1908. SRL.
• Van Daele, M., Haeussler, P. J., Witter, R., Praet, N., & De Batist, M. (2019). The Sedimentary Record of the 2018 Anchorage Earthquake in Eklutna Lake, Alaska: Calibrating the Lacustrine Seismograph. SRL.
• Cheng, J., Rong, Y., Magistrale, H., Chen, G., & Xu, X. (2019). Earthquake Rupture Scaling Relations for Mainland China. SRL.
• Galli, P., Galderisi, A., Marinelli, R., Messina, P., Peronace, E., & Polpetta, F. (2019). A reappraisal of the 1599 earthquake in Cascia (Italian Central Apennines): Hypothesis on the seismogenic source. Tectonophysics, 228287.
• Avar, B. B., & Hudyma, N. W. (2019). Earthquake Surface Rupture: A Brief Survey on Interdisciplinary Research and Practice from Geology to Geotechnical Engineering. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 1-23.
• Binnie, S. A., Reicherter, K. R., Victor, P., Gonzalez, G., Binnie, A., Niemann, K., … & Dunai, T. J. (2019). The origins and implications of paleochannels in hyperarid, tectonically active regions: The northern Atacama Desert, Chile. Global and Planetary Change, 103083.
• Thomson, E. M., Lee, R. L., & Bradley, B. A. (2019). Ground motion simulations of Hope fault earthquakes. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 52(4), 152-171.
• Porreca, M., Fabbrizzi, A., Azzaro, S., Pucci, S., Del Rio, L., Pierantoni, P. P., … & Barchi, M. R. (2019). 3D geological reconstruction of the M. Vettore seismogenic fault system (Central Apennines, Italy): Cross-cutting relationship with the M. Sibillini thrust. Journal of Structural Geology, 103938.
• McCalpin, J. P., Gutierrez, F., Bruhn, R. L., Guerrero, J., Pavlis, T. L., & Lucha, P. (2020). Tectonic geomorphology and late Quaternary deformation on the Ragged Mountain fault, Yakutat microplate, south coastal Alaska. Geomorphology, 351, 106875.
• Araya, M. C., & Biggs, J. (2019). Deformation associated with sliver transport in Costa Rica: seismic and geodetic observations of the July 2016 Bijagua earthquake sequence. Geophysical Journal International, 220(1), 585-597.
• DuRoss, C. B., Gold, R. D., Briggs, R. W., Delano, J. E., Ostenaa, D. A., Zellman, M. S., … & Mahan, S. A. (2019). Holocene earthquake history and slip rate of the southern Teton fault, Wyoming, USA. Geological Society of America Bulletin.
• Larsen, D. J., Crump, S. E., Abbott, M. B., Harbert, W., Blumm, A., Wattrus, N. J., & Hebberger, J. J. (2019). Paleoseismic evidence for climatic and magmatic controls on the Teton fault, WY. Geophysical Research Letters.

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