New papers on paleoseismology, active tectonics, and archaeoseismology (Sep 2026)

It’s already September, time is flying – at least for me. This is the latest list of papers that deal with paleoseismology and active tectonics. If you published a study that would fit in here, please get in touch. And if you would like to write about your paleoseismology research or present ongoing project, please also don’t hesitate to drop me a mail. 

• Grützner, C., Petersen, G., Serpelloni, E., Metzger, S., Moernaut, J., Ustaszewski, K., Szczygieł, J., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Jozi Najafabadi, A., Kumar, A., Piccolo, A., Vičič, B., Cesca, S., Hintersberger, E., Hofman, L. J., Kummerow, J., Prince, E., Reicherter, K., Schuler, S., Rajh, G., & Thielmann, M. (2026). Active tectonics of the eastern and southern Alps – Crustal response to deep processes? A review. Tectonics, 45, e2025TC009267.
• Marshall, N., Guliyev, I., Yetirmishli, G., Muradov, R., Kazimova, S., Kazimov, I., Pierce, I., Rhodes, E., Walker, R., Javanshir, R., Johnson, B., & De Pascale, G. (2026). Paleoseismic evidence for surface rupturing earthquakes on the West Caspian Fault (Azerbaijan): an active right lateral strike slip fault zone in an over-pressured sedimentary basin. Seismica, 5(2).
• Aguilera‐Cortés, R., Martinod, J., Vassallo, R., Sue, C., & Astrade, L. (2026). Paleoseismic evidence of recent co‐seismic ruptures in western Tierra del Fuego, Chile. Tectonics, 45(8), e2025TC009126.
• Rupar, L., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Zajc, M. & Gosar, A. (2026). Pseudo 3-D GPR and 2-D ERT Study to Reveal Subtle Tectonic Deformations of a Strike-Slip Raša Fault (Dinaric Fault System, W Slovenia) in Fluvial and Karstic Environments. Remote Sensing 18(15), 2561.
• Soria-Caballero, D. C., Gómez-Vasconcelos, M. G., Avellán, D. R., Ávila-García, J., Aray-Castellano, J., & Israde-Alcántara, I. (2026). Paleoseismic Eevidence of recurrent surface ruptures along the Araró–Simirao Fault, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 106219.
• Luo, Q., Hu, X., Li, Y., & Li, C. (2026). Paleoseismic Records of the North Liuleng Shan Fault: Implications for Intraplate Seismic Hazard in the Northern Shanxi Graben, China. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
• Hatem, A. E., Briggs, R. W., Pollitz, F. F., Reitman, N. G., & Tan, M. M. (2026). How to Determine an Earthquake Rate Budget? A Comparison of Geodetic, Geologic, and Seismologic Moment Rates. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
• Huang, X., Chen, L., Ma, L., You, S., Cai, Y., Li, A., … & Song, W. (2026). Holocene Faulting on the Zuogong Segment of the Nujiang Fault Zone, Southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Geosciences, 16(8), 303.
• Salomon, G., Finley, T., Nissen, E., Leonard, L., & Harrichhausen, N. (2026). Probable surface ruptures along the San Juan fault in the recently-deglaciated northern Cascadia forearc. Seismica, 2(4).
• Rimando, R. E., Llamas, D. C. E., & Marfito, B. J. (2026). Locally Assembled, Cost-Effective Creepmeters for Monitoring Aseismic Creep Displacement Along the West Valley Fault (Philippines). GeoHazards, 7(3), 96.
• Marchandon, M., Hollingsworth, J., Maubant, L., Socquet, A., Pathier, E., Radiguet, M., & Gabriel, A. A. (2025). Subsurface Lithologic Controls on Off-Fault Deformation and Multi-Fault Slip During the 2016 Mw 6.5 Norcia Earthquake Revealed by Satellite Geodesy. JGR SolidEarth 131(8), e2025JB032653.
• Purkis, S., Rendall, B., Howes, B., & Chakraborty, M. (2026). A tectonically loaded margin: brittle slopes and two millennia of seismically triggered failure in the Gulf of Aqaba. In: Weislogel, A. & Tomlinson, M. (Eds.): SEPM Miscellaneous Publication 26 – Defining the Critical Role and Impact of Sedimentology in a Sustainable Future.
• Eski, S., & Duman, A. (2026). Rupture transfer into a sediment-filled strike-slip basin: pre-seismic InSAR and surface-deformation evidence from the Amik Basin, Türkiye. Tectonophysics, 231358.
• Di Naccio, D., Zaccagnino, D., & Carafa, M. M. C. (2026). Bayesian Estimation of Paleoearthquake Magnitudes in the Central Apennines. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
• Tsutsumi, H., Wang, Y., Aung, T., & Min, S. (2026). Recurrence interval of surface-rupturing earthquakes on the Pyu segment of the Sagaing fault, Myanmar, revealed by a paleoseismic investigation. Earth, Planets and Space, 78(1), 192.
• McCreary, M. E., Moore, J. R., Jensen, E. K., Gischig, V. S., Staley, D. M., & Collins, B. D. (2026). Numerical Modelling of Late Pleistocene to Holocene Earthquake‐Induced Progressive Rock Slope Damage in the Paraglacial Serpentine Valley, Prince William Sound, Alaska. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 51(9), e70399.
• Korzhenkov, A. M., Mirzaakhmedov, D. K., Anarbaev, A. A., Saidov, M. M., Vakarchuk, R. N., Korzhenkova, L. A., … & Vakarchuk, L. A. (2026). Macroseismic and Archaeoseismological Survey of Ancient Paykend in the Bukhara Oasis. Izvestiya-Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 62(7), 102-117.
• Lee, C. H., Seong, Y. B., Weber, J., Yu, B. Y., Holder, B., & Kim, S. (2026). First Application of Fragile Geologic Features for Paleoseismic Constraints in South Korea. The Professional Geographer, 1-19.
• Ou, Q., Elliott, J. R., Maghsoudi, Y., Rollins, C., Lazecky, M., & Wright, T. J. (2026). Extension of Tian Shan along a nascent shear zone. Nature Communications.

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