New papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics (Mar 2020)

The latest paper round-up comes with interesting studies on the Mediterranean and on tsunamis (and tsunamis in the Mediterranean…), as well as cool stuff from Australia, New Zealand, the US, and Asia. Enjoy reading!

• Viscolani, A., Grützner, C., Diercks, M., Reicherter, K., & Ustaszewski, K. (2020). Late Quaternary Tectonic Activity of the Udine-Buttrio Thrust, Friulian Plain, NE Italy. Geosciences 10(2), 84, doi:10.3390/geosciences10020084.
• King, T. R. (2019). Geologic expressions of faulting and earthquake strong ground motions in intraplate bedrock terrains (Doctoral dissertation, Uni Melbourne).
• Romano, F., Cirella, A., Avallone, A., Piatanesi, A., Briole, P., Ganas, A., … & Selvaggi, G. (2020). The 2018 Mw 6.8 Zakynthos (Ionian Sea, Greece) Earthquake: Seismic Source and Local Tsunami Characterization. GJI.
• Ingleby, T., Wright, T. J., Hooper, A., Craig, T. J., & Elliott, J. R. (2020). Constraints on the geometry and frictional properties of the Main Himalayan Thrust using co‐, post‐and interseismic deformation in Nepal. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2019JB019201.
• Li, Y., Tian, Y., Yu, C., Su, Z., Jiang, W., Li, Z., … & Li, B. (2020). Present-day interseismic deformation characteristics of the Beng Co-Dongqiao conjugate fault system in central Tibet: implications from InSAR observations. Geophysical Journal International.
• Reber, J. E., Cooke, M. L., & Dooley, T. P. (2020). What model material to use? A Review on rock analogs for structural geology and tectonics. Earth-Science Reviews, 103107.
• Obrist‐Farner, J., Eckert, A., Locmelis, M., Crowley, J. L., Mota‐Vidaure, B., Lodolo, E., … & Duarte, E. (2020). The role of the Polochic Fault as part of the North American and Caribbean Plate boundary: Insights from the infill of the Lake Izabal Basin. Basin Research.
• Wang, K. & Bürgmann, R. (2020). Co‐ and Early Postseismic Deformation Due to the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence Constrained by Sentinel‐1 and COSMO‐SkyMed SAR Data. SRL.
• Wang, J. (2020). Conservation and Utilization of Historical Seismograms from Early Stage (A.D. 1904–1948), Mainland China. SRL.
• Wells, R. E., Blakely, R. J., & Bemis, S. (2020). Northward migration of the Oregon forearc on the Gales Creek fault. Geosphere.
• Yang, H., Yang, X., Cunningham, D., Hu, Z., Huang, X., Huang, W., … & Zhang, L. (2020). A regionally evolving transpressional duplex along the northern margin of the Altyn Tagh Fault: new kinematic and timing constraints from the Sanweishan and Nanjieshan, China. Tectonics.
• Saint Fleur, N., Klinger, Y., & Feuillet, N. (2020). Detailed map, displacement, paleoseismology, and segmentation of the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault in Haiti. Tectonophysics, 228368.
• Li, S., Fukuda, J., & Oncken, O. (2020). Geodetic evidence of time‐dependent viscoelastic interseismic deformation driven by megathrust locking in the southwest Japan subduction zone. GRL.
• Bahrami, S., Capolongo, D., & Mofrad, M. R. (2020). Morphometry of drainage basins and stream networks as an indicator of active fold growth (Gorm anticline, Fars Province, Iran). Geomorphology, 107086.
• Alizadeh, A., Moghadam, H. H., & Seraj, M. (2020). DEM-derived geomorphic indices for assessment of tectonic activity at the Dara anticlinal oil structure within the Zagros fold-thrust belt, southwestern Iran. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 13(4), 1-13.
• Manighetti, I., Perrin, C., Gaudemer, Y., Dominguez, S., Stewart, N., Malavieille, J., & Garambois, S. (2020). Repeated giant earthquakes on the Wairarapa fault, new Zealand, revealed by Lidar-based paleoseismology. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-11.
• Blanton, C. M., Rockwell, T. K., Gontz, A., & Kelly, J. T. (2020). Refining the spatial and temporal signatures of creep and co-seismic slip along the southern San Andreas Fault using very high resolution UAS imagery and SfM-derived topography, Coachella Valley, California. Geomorphology, 107064.
• Cox, R., Ardhuin, F., Dias, F., Autret, R., Beisiegel, N., Earlie, C. S., … & Schmitt, P. (2020). Systematic Review Shows That Work Done by Storm Waves Can Be Misinterpreted as Tsunami-Related Because Commonly Used Hydrodynamic Equations Are Flawed. Frontiers in Marine Science.
• Costa, P. J., & Andrade, C. (2020). Tsunami deposits: Present knowledge and future challenges. Sedimentology.
• Villani, F., Pucci, S., Azzaro, R., Civico, R., Cinti, F. R., Pizzimenti, L., … & Cantarero, M. (2020). Surface ruptures database related to the 26 December 2018, Mw 4.9 Mt. Etna earthquake, southern Italy. Scientific data, 7(1), 1-9. Zeng, Q., Yuan, G., McSaveney, M., Ma, F., Wei, R., Liao, L., & Du, H. (2020).
• Zeng, Q., Yuan, G., McSaveney, M., Ma, F., Wei, R., Liao, L., & Du, H. (2020). Timing and seismic origin of Nixu rock avalanche in southern Tibet and its implications on Nimu active fault. Engineering Geology, 105522.
• Salman, R., Lindsey, E. O., Feng, L., Bradley, K., Wei, S., Wang, T., … & Hill, E. M. (2002). Structural controls on rupture extent of recent Sumatran Fault Zone earthquakes, Indonesia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
• Dal Zilio, L., Jolivet, R., & van Dinther, Y. (2020). Segmentation of the Main Himalayan Thrust illuminated by Bayesian inference of interseismic coupling. Geophysical Research Letters, e2019GL086424.
• Galderisi, A., & Galli, P. (2020). Offset components and fault-block motion during the 2016 central Italy earthquake (Mw 6.6, Monte Vettore fault system). Journal of Structural Geology, 104014.
• Yang, S., Qiao, Y., Wu, Z., Zhang X., Qi, L., He, Z., & Liang Y. (2020). Paleoearthquake Investigation along the Chenghai Fault Zone since∼ 500 ka, Southeast Margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Acta Geologica Sinica‐English Edition.
• Sofia, G. (2020). Combining geomorphometry, feature extraction techniques and Earth-surface processes research: The way forward. Geomorphology, 107055.
• Rimando, R. E., & Rimando, J. E. (2020). Morphotectonic Kinematic Indicators along the Vigan-Aggao Fault: The Western Deformation Front of the Philippine Fault Zone in Northern Luzon, the Philippines. Geosciences, 10(2), 83; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10020083
• Maggini M., & Caputo R. (2020). Rheological behaviour in continental and oceanic subduction: inferences for the seismotectonics of the Aegean Region. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 29.
• Wedmore, L., Biggs, J., Williams, J., Fagereng, A., Dulanya, Z., Mphepo, F., & Mdala, H. (2019). Active fault scarps in southern Malawi and their implications for the distribution and evolution of strain in amagmatic continental rifts. Tectonics.
• Iovita, R., Varis, A., Namen, A., Cuthbertson, P., Taimagambetov, Z., & Miller, C. E. (2020). In search of a Paleolithic Silk Road in Kazakhstan. Quaternary International.
• De Martini, P. M., Graziani, L., Maramai, A., Orefice, S., Pantosti, D., & Smedile, A. (2020). Tsunamis in the Mediterranean Sea. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences.
• Zhongtai, H., Baoqi, M., Yanjun, H., Junxiang, Z., & Junyi, W. (2020). Surface rupture geomorphology and vertical slip rates constrained by terraces along the Wulashan piedmont fault in the Hetao Basin, China. Geomorphology, 107116.
• Barnhart, K. R., Tucker, G. E., Doty, S., Shobe, C. M., Glade, R. C., Rossi, M. W., & Hill, M. C. (2020). Inverting topography for landscape evolution model process representation: Part 3, Determining parameter ranges for select mature geomorphic transport laws and connecting changes in fluvial erodibility to changes in climate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, e2019JF005287.

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