New papers on paleoseismology, active tectonics, and archaeoseismology (Mar 2025)

This week’s list of papers has some interesting work on soft-sediment deformation and quite a number of studies from the Mediterranean region. But you’ll also find something interesting if you’re more into earthquakes in the Americas, South Korea and Central and Eastern Asia. Enjoy reading!

• Lombardo, U., Becerra-Valdivia, L., Butiseacă, G. A., Ramsey, C. B., Ibañez-Insa, J., Veit, H., & Mayle, F. (2025). Landscape evolution of the Bolivian Amazon controlled by uplift events dated 13,000, 10,000 and 6000 cal yr BP. Quaternary Science Reviews, 352, 109197.
• Bello, S., Galli, P., Perna, M. G., Peronace, E., Messina, P., Rosatelli, G., … & Brozzetti, F. (2025). Paleo‐earthquake fingerprints and along‐strike slip variation of the silent Mt. Morrone normal fault (Central Italy): A structural‐geochemical approach. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 26(2), e2024GC011868.
• Yu, Z., Chen, B., Song, P., Zhao, Q., Wang, Y., & Wang, W. (2025). Late Quaternary left-slip rate of the Dangjiang segment along the Ganzi-Yushu-Xianshuihe Fault Zone in the central Tibetan Plateau and the tectonic implications. Journal of Structural Geology, 105359.
• Mescua, J. F., Barrionuevo, M., Giambiagi, L., Suriano, J., del Llano, M. B., Cattaneo, D., … & Ruiz, M. (2025). The Infiernillo fault, Malargüe fold and thrust belt (Andes of Mendoza), is a Miocene reverse fault: implications for the tectonic history of the region. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 105399.
• Gonzalez, G., Astudillo-Sotomayor, L., Del Rio, I., Sawakuchi, A. O., & Amidon, W. (2025). Tracing the relationship between the upper plate earthquake cycle and megathrust slip, the Atacama fault system in Northern Chile. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 2914.
• Huang, Y., Xu, C., He, X., Cheng, J., Xu, X., & Tian, Y. (2025). Landslides induced by the 2023 Jishishan Ms6. 2 earthquake (NW China): spatial distribution characteristics and implication for the seismogenic fault. npj Natural Hazards, 2(1), 14.
• Gürboğa, Ş. (2025). Active tectonics and kinematic architecture of intraplate strike-slip fault: Savrun fault zone, SE Türkiye. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 106509.
• Winhausen, L., Czepl, A., Kettermann, M., von Hagke, C., & Urai, J. L. (2025). The influence of columnar joints and joint pattern on near-surface normal faulting: An analog modeling approach. Journal of Structural Geology, 105354.
• Świątek, S., Lewińska, K., Pisarska-Jamroży, M., & Günter, C. (2025). An application of quartz grain analyses in earthquake-induced (palaeo) liquefaction studies. Journal of Structural Geology, 105357.
• Świątek, S., & Pisarska-Jamroży, M. (2025). Seismogenic liquefaction with M ~ 3.5 in fine-grained sediments: An experimental approach. Sedimentary Geology, 106833.
• Volatili, T., Gironelli, V., Luzi, L., Galli, P., Carafa, M. M. C., & Tondi, E. (2025). Elusive seismogenic sources of historical earthquakes: insights from the Mw 6.8, 1706 Maiella earthquake (central Italy). Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 1-18.
• Mavroulis, S., Sarantopoulou, A., & Lekkas, E. (2025). Earthquake-Triggered Landslides in Greece from Antiquity to the Present: Temporal, Spatial and Statistical GIS-Based Analysis. Land, 14(2), 307.
• Hurtado, C., & Gallen, S. F. (2025). Exploring the impact of deglaciation on fault slip in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado, USA. Geology.
• Adam, R. N., Scott, C., Arrowsmith, J. R., Reano, D., Madugo, C., Koehler, R. D., … & Leuchter, E. (2025). A systematic approach to mapping tectonic faults and documenting supporting geomorphology. Geosphere.
• Williams, J. N., Stirling, M. W., Barrell, D. J., Niroula, G., & Wavelet, E. (2025). Insights into temporal earthquake clustering from the Settlement Fault, southeastern Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 1-26.
• Liu, J., Jónsson, S., Li, X., Yao, W. & Klinger, Y. (2025). Extensive off-fault damage around the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake surface ruptures. Nat Commun 16, 1286.
• Xi, X., Li, C., Li, T., Wei, Z., Ma, Z., Zhang, G., Qu, C., He, H., & Shan, X. (2025). Fault geometry and rupture speed as controls on off-fault deformation in the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes. Commun Earth Environ 6, 103.
• Griffin, J. D., Wang, T., Stirling, M. W., & Gerstenberger, M. C. (2025). Forecasting recurrent large earthquakes from paleoearthquake and fault displacement data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130(2), e2024JB029671.
• Elliott, R., McCaffrey, K., Gregory, L., & Wedmore, L. (2025). Fault scarps as evidence of historical co-seismic slip-a study of postseismic scarp degradation following the 2016 Norcia earthquake. Geomorphology, 109662.
• Bai, Y., Zhi, H., Lay, T., Liu, C., Ye, L., & Cheung, K. (2025). Limited Shallow Slip in the 1938 MS 8.3 Alaska Peninsula Earthquake Rupture. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(4).
• Pizer, C., Ikehara, K., Keep, M., Kioka, A., Kodaira, S., Miura, R., Moernaut, J., Nakamura, Y., & Strasser, M. (2025). Geological evidence for repeated slip-to-the-trench style megathrust earthquakes at the Japan Trench. Geology.
• Nikolaeva, S. B., & Tolstobrov, D. S. (2025). Gravity Flows in Late Quaternary Sediments in Northwestern Russia (Kola Region) and Their Possible Relationship with Pleistocene Earthquakes. Lithology and Mineral Resources, 60(1), 43-57.
• McCalpin, J. P. (2025). Paleoseismology of the Zia Fault and Its Impact on Seismic Hazard for Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 31(1), 37-50.
• Patton, J. R., Ross, S. L., Eble, M. C., Kyriakopoulos, C., Lynett, P. J., Nicolsky, D. J., … & Wu, B. (2025). Developing a Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment Framework for Pacific Sources: USGS Powell Center Meeting Summary. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 31(1), 67-76.
• Elliott, A., & Gruetzner, C. (2025). Understanding Past Earthquakes. (Eds.) Springer, Cham.
• Lukešová, R., Fojtíková, L., Vackář, J., & Málek, J. (2025). Increased seismicity at the beginning of the twentieth century in the intraplate region of Czechia and neighboring areas in Central Europe. Environmental Earth Sciences, 84(3), 102.
• Khan, R. A. (2025). Paleoseismic analysis of clastic injection dikes within the prehistoric liquefaction fields of Kashmir Karewas. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 18(3), 1-36.
• Shvarev, S. (2024, December). Paleoearthquakes of Russian Karelia. In Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 519, No. Suppl 1, pp. S41-S58). Moscow: Pleiades Publishing.
• Ruiz, S., Ide, S., Potin, B., & Madariaga, R. (2025). Fast and Slow Subduction Earthquakes in Latin America. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 53.
• Zakharov, V. A., Korzhenkov, A. M., Larkov, A. S., Moiseev, D. A., Ovsyuchenko, A. N., & Andreeva, N. V. (2024). Christian Temple at the Foot of Kilisa-Kaya Mountain (South-Eastern Crimea): Probable Traces of Geodisasters. Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 60(7), 858-876.
• Ha, S., Kang, H. C., Lee, S., Seong, Y. B., Choi, J. H., Kim, S. J., & Son, M. (2025). Quaternary surface ruptures of the inherited mature Yangsan Fault: implications for intraplate earthquakes in southeastern Korea. Solid Earth, 16(2), 197-231.

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