Christoph Grützner

The Tien Shan takes up about 20 mm/yr of N-S shortening as a result of the India-Eurasia convergence. Recent paleoseismological studies have shown that the shortening is accommodated by a large number of faults, whose slip rates are relatively low. Although the historical earthquake catalogues only reach back a few hundred years, we know that the Tien Shan has seen some of the strongest intracontinetal quakes world-wide with magnitudes exceeding M8. Paleoseismological studies have revealed a large number of surface-rupturing earthquakes, too. But the question is: Do all these known faults rupture in strong earthquakes? In a recent paper, my colleagues and I argue that there is at least one major fault in the Northern Tien Shan that is creeping (Mackenzie et al., 2018). more

These are the latest papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics. Enjoy!

• Mackenzie, D., Walker, R., Abdrakhmatov, K., Campbell, G., Carr, A., Gruetzner, C., … & Rizza, M. (2018). A creeping intracontinental thrust fault: Past and present slip-rates on the northern edge of the Tien Shan, Kazakhstan. Geophysical Journal International.
• Brooks, G. R. (2018). Deglacial record of palaeoearthquakes interpreted from mass transport deposits at three lakes near Rouyn‐Noranda, north‐western Quebec, Canada. Sedimentology.
• Jay, C. N., Flesch, L. M., & Bendick, R. O. (2018). Kinematics and dynamics of the Pamir, Central Asia: Quantifying the roles of continental subduction in force balance. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.

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USGS is currently advertising an interesting position for a paleoseismologist – permanent and full time.

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/507754800

Opening and closing date: 08/10/2018 to 09/10/2018 (I am not sure if that means 10 August to 10 September or 8-9 October…)

Duties:

–Perform field-based paleoseismic research to characterize the chronology of past earthquakes or slip rates on faults in the greater San Andreas fault system in northern California.

–Perform geological research to characterize crustal deformation in northern California and elsewhere. more

A couple of interesting positions are currently open for earthquake geology, tectonics, and paleoseismology people:

• PostDoc in active tectonics, structural geology, tectonic geomorphology and/or paleoseismology, GFZ Potsdam
• University Professor of Tectonics/Structural Geology, Uni Mainz
• Associate Professor in Structural Geology, Uni Oslo
• Two permanent research positions in Geodynamics at the Spanish Research Council
• Five permanent research positions for the Spanish Geological Survey (IGME) Shallow geothermics, geohazards, structural geology and tectonics, subsurface geology
• Tectonophysics TT job at CSU Fullerton
• Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Uni Brighton
• Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Geology, Uni Brighton
• Teaching Fellow in Physical Geography, Uni Hull
• PostDoc position “Tectonic and metamorphic evolution of the Mariana convergent margin with emphasis on fault- and fluid-systems in the Mariana forearc” at Uni Graz
• PhD positions on earthquakes, seismic hazard at the University of Camerino, Italy
• PhD or Post-Doc position ” interdisciplinary project to quantify and model microstructural evolution in hydrothermal crack-seal veins” at RWTH Aachen University
• Postdoctoral Geophysicist/ Seismologist, GFZ Potsdam

This time we have an impressive variety of earthquake study sites: Turkey, China, USA, Tadjik Basin, Italy, Japan, Sumatra, Himalayas, Spain, Mexico, Balkans, Mars, laboratory. Who could possibly ask for more? Plus some interesting work on fault physics. Check out the latest papers on earthquakes, active tectonics, and paleoseismicity:

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The conference “30 years after the Spitak Earthquake: Experience and Perspectives” will be held in Armenia from 3-7 December, 2018. Abstract deadline is 15 September. The first circular has just been released, download the PDF here. The abstract template in MS Word format is available here.

A lot of interesting papers have been published in the past month, including studies on recent moderate to strong earthquakes, geomorphology, fault physics, and some classic paleoseismology. These are the latest articles on paleoseismology and active tectonics – enjoy! more

Dear friends of earthquake geology and paleoseismology,

Due to recent changes in General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), we need to ask you to sign up again for the TERPRO mailing list online via
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By signing up you will become a member of TERPRO without any obligations, you’ll just receive news about the INQUA commission on Terrestrial Processes.

Please note that this is necessary even if you sent an email to Daniel Krohling earlier. If you have signed up already, everything is fine. We apologise for this inconvenience.

INQUA will very soon begin the process of calling for nominations and the election for all Commission Officers for the 2019-2023 period. In order to participate,
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Thanks for your understanding and all the best,

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Our colleague Jessica Pilarczyk will chair an Interdisciplinary Tsunami Science Session at the AGU Fall Meeting:

Dear paleoseismicity.org members,

We invite you to submit an abstract to the session, “Interdisciplinary Tsunami Science” at the Fall 2018 American Geophysical Union Meeting, to be held in Washington DC 10-14 December. The session is a continuation of the interdisciplinary tsunami sessions that have been held the past two fall meetings. We hope that you can contribute with abstracts to this session. The session description is below.

The deadline to submit an abstract is 1 August 2018, 11:59 P.M. EDT/3:59 +1 GMT.

The URL’s for the session and the abstract submission for this session are:

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/46945

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/nh/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=46945

Jessica Pilarczyk

Finn Løvholt

Kelly Stroker

Stefano Lorito

 

NH021: Interdisciplinary Tsunami Science

Session ID: 46945

Tsunamis are one of the most devastating natural disasters, with the potential for inflicting huge damage along wide stretches of coastal areas. Recent tsunami events have demonstrated that the tsunami risk has grown tremendously since the last ocean-wide tsunami of 1964, primarily due to the expansion of coastal development and the maritime communities. Tsunami science has become one of the most inter-disciplinary research areas. Social science, applied mathematics, engineering, and geology are as important to tsunami research as traditional seismology and oceanography. This session provides a broad forum for cross-disciplinary studies and invites contributions from all areas of tsunami science including: fundamental and basic research; forecast and warning procedures for current and future events; investigation of geologic records and hindcasting of past events; response, mitigation, and recovery strategies; tsunami observations; socio-economic impacts; and hazard and risk studies from tsunamis generated by earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, meteorological phenomena, and meteorite impacts.

The #PATA18 workshop will be held from 25-27 June and the Summer School will take place on 28 June. Under- and post- graduate students can now attend both these events, with special rates:

• Workshop (25-27 June): 30 Euros (attendance only)
• Summer School (28 June): 30 Euros (attendance plus two meals)
• Workshop + Summer School combo: 50 Euros.

There is also the possibility to stay at the Aristotle University camping ground at a very low price, by bringing your own tent or renting one on site. To register for these events and for more information, please contact Ass. Prof. Alexandros Chatzipetros at ac@geo.auth.gr no later than Jun 15th, 2018. more