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Text: Gösta Hoffmann with contributions by Michaela Falkenroth, Valeska Decker, Bastian Schneider and Christoph Grützner

“The beaches in Oman are pristine.” What sounds like an introductory sentence to a tourist brochure has scientific significance. Natural conditions without anthropogenic overprint are characteristic for vast stretches along the 1700 km coastline of Oman from the Strait of Hormuz in the north to the border of Yemen in the south. This situation allows geological research addressing Quaternary sea-level change on various timescales spanning from minutes to millennia. Over the last couple of years, we carried out research funded by the Omani Government and the German Research Foundation (DFG). Our findings are currently published in a series of papers (Schneider et al. 2018; Ermertz et al. 2019; Falkenroth et al. 2019, subm.; Hoffmann et al. 2020a, b) and are briefly summarised here.

Today we have a number of studies on “classic” paleoseismology, but also a fair share of tsunami and historical seismicity/archaeoseismology research. Plus, some very interesting papers on methods and concepts. Not to forget the first one in the list that presents an extremely useful surface rupture database. I may write a long blog post on this one, soon. Enjoy reading!

Today we have a lot of papers on historical events, some great classical paleoseismology studies, and seismic hazard stuff. Enjoy reading!

Press note related to the publication of the manuscript “Earthquake crisis unveils the growth of an incipient continental fault system” in Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11064-5).

An international team led by the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC, Barcelona) demonstrate the growth of a young fault in the Alboran Sea, called the Al-Idrissi Fault System, source of the magnitude (M_w) 6.4 earthquake, which affected Al-Hoceima, Melilla and the south of the Iberian Peninsula in January 2016.

The mega-hot summer seems to be finally over (at least in Germany), and most of this season’s field work is probably done. So why not catch up with the latest papers on paleoseismology and related subjects? These are the latest papers:

The Seismological Society of America has currently three interesting calls for papers.

• BSSA Call for Papers: Special Issue on the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquake Sequence: https://www.seismosoc.org/bssa-call-for-papers/
• SRL Data Mine Focus Section: 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence: https://www.seismosoc.org/publications/calls-papers/srl-call-for-papers/
• SRL Call for Papers: Historical Seismograms: Challenges and Successes in Preservation, Digitization, and (Re)Analysis: https://www.seismosoc.org/publications/srl/call-for-papers-historical-seismograms-challenges-and-successes-in-preservation-digitization-and-reanalysis/

This month’s list of papers includes a lot of work on (Central) Asia, New Zealand, and also some nice tsunami stories. Enjoy reading and – as always – please tell us in case we’ve missed something.

Today we have quite a number of interesting studies on tectonic geomorphology, high-resolution DEMs, and the Tien Shan, plus other interesting stuff on earthquakes, active tectonics, and paleoseismology. Enjoy reading!

It’s getting hot in Germany, more than 30°C are forecast for the next days. Time to read some tectonics news hot off the press – these are the latest papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics. Enjoy reading!

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New month, new papers! This time we have a lot of studies on tectonic geomorphology and landscape evolution, and new insights from Italy and New Zealand, among others. These are the latest papers, enjoy reading!

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