Besides the two special issues on tsunamis and paleoearthquakes that I’ve already blogged about, some more interesting papers on paleoseismology have recently been published. They deal with paleoseismology of the North Anatolian Fault, with tectonic geomorphology of S Spain, and with the ESI scale applied on a quake in Kashmir. more
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New paleoseismology papers
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The Iberfault 2014 meeting – 2nd Iberian meeting on Active Faults and Paleoseismology, 22-24 October, Lorca, Spain
2014-01-22 | in MeetingAfter the 1st Iberfault meeting in 2010, the 2nd meeting will take place in Lorca, Spain from 22-24 October, 2014. Any research on active tectonics and paleoseismology in Iberia is welcome, a special focus will be set on the QUAFI database. The conference will be organized by José Martinez Díaz (UCM), Eulàlia Masana (UB) and Miguel A. Rodríguez (IGME). Lorca became famous in 2011 when a shallow MW5.1 earthquake killed 9 people and caused severe damages in the city (there is an ongoing discussion whether or not groundwater lowering for irrigation during the last decades has caused, triggered, or influenced the quake).
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Special Issue “Geology and Archaeology of Earthquakes” in Cuaternario y Geomorfología
2014-01-21 | in PaperA special issue on “Geology and Archaeology of Earthquakes” has currently been published in Cuaternario y Geomorfología (Quaternary and Geomoprhology, ISSN: 0214-1744), which is the official journal of the Spanish Quaternary Union (AEQUA) and the Spanish Geomorphological Society (SEG): Vol 27, No 3-4 (2013) – Geología y Arqueología de Terremotos. The issue includes an introduction and ten research papers on earthquake geology and archaeoseismology of the Iberian Peninsula. Most papers are in English, few in Spanish. more
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New Special Issue on Paleotsunamis in Annals of Geomorphology
2014-01-19 | in Paper, UncategorizedAnnals of Geomorphology has now published a new volume on Paleotsunamis in its Supplementary Issues. Issue 57 (4) is all about Reconstructing and modeling palaeotsunami events by multi-proxy geoscientific analyses. The volume is an outcome of the 2011 Corinth conference and edited by Andreas Vött, Klaus Reicherter and Ioannis Papanikolaou. I especially like it not only because I’ve organized the conference, but also because I am familiar with some of the study sites. Finally, I am co-author of the last paper. more
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Jobs, jobs, jobs! Some interesting job offers for earthquake/tectonics people
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Why it’s a bad idea to build on an alluvial fan
2013-12-30 | in CenterfaultDuring December, Greece has suffered from heavy rains and severe flooding. The following video shows a church near the town of Schinos (Skinos), which has been seriously affected by flooding and sedimentation. Many geology students and many paleoseismologists will find the church looking familiar, and I will explain why: more
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Paleoseismology sessions at SSA 2014
2013-12-27 | in MeetingThe Annual Meeting of the SSA 2014 will be held in Anchorage from 30 April – 2 May. Of course this will be all about earthquake science, but make sure to check out these sessions with special relevance for paleoseismology: more
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Happy holidays!
2013-12-23 | in paleoseismicity.orgIt’s time for a blogging break. I wish you happy holidays, and an exciting new year 2014. May you find twice as many beautiful outcrops as you expected! more
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Where on GoogleEarth? WoGE#414
2013-12-16 | in Where on Google Earth? | 5 responsesIt’s more than a year that I haven’t solved a WoGE (Where on GoogleEarth?), but I came across Ron’s latest quiz and found it quite fast to my own surprise. He had a very unusual location – a seamount off the island of Oahu that turned out to be no volcano but part of a giant landslide instead. Beautiful spot, great story.
Now I have the honour of hosting WoGE #414, and here it is: more
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Paleoseismicity t-shirts for sale!
2013-12-11 | in paleoseismicity.orgGood news for every paleoseismologist who still needs a Christmas present: You can buy a nice black paleoseismicity.org t-shirt! Or two. Or three. Well, they might not arrive on time when you live outside the EU… However, we have black shirts with our logo in three different colors – white, blue, and orange. Available sizes are M, L, and XL (no size S left, sorry, but the M is rather small). If you are interested, drop a mail to gruetzner@gr-geo.com and ask for prices and shipping costs. I will ship them as soon as possible! more