New papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics (Feb 2019)

New year, new science! These are the latest papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics. Enjoy reading!

• Hodge, M., Biggs, J., Fagereng, Å., Elliott, A., Mdala, H., & Mphepo, F. (2019). A semi-automated algorithm to quantify scarp morphology (SPARTA): application to normal faults in southern Malawi. Solid Earth, 10(1), 27-57.
• Funning, G. J., & Garcia, A. (2018). A systematic study of earthquake detectability using Sentinel-1 Interferometric Wide-Swath data. Geophysical Journal International, 216(1), 332-349.
• Woronko, B., Belzyt, S., Bujak, Ł., & Pisarska-Jamroży, M. Glaciotectonically deformed glaciofluvial sediments with ruptured pebbles (the Koczery study site, E Poland). Bull GeolSoc Finland.
• Kaneda, H., & Chiba, T. (2019). Stereopaired Morphometric Protection Index Red Relief Image Maps (Stereo MPI‐RRIMs): Effective Visualization of High‐Resolution Digital Elevation Models for Interpreting and Mapping Small Tectonic Geomorphic Features. BSSA.
• Sare, R., Hilley, G. E., & DeLong, S. B. Regional scale detection of fault scarps and other tectonic landforms: Examples from Northern California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
• Hetzel, R., Hampel, A., Gebbeken, P., Xu, Q., & Gold, R. D. (2019). A constant slip rate for the western Qilian Shan frontal thrust during the last 200 ka consistent with GPS-derived and geological shortening rates. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 509, 100-113.
• Van Daele, M., Araya-Cornejo, C., Pille, T., Vanneste, K., Moernaut, J., Schmidt, S., … & Cisternas, M. (2019). Distinguishing intraplate from megathrust earthquakes using lacustrine turbidites. Geology.
• Cai, Y., Pei, J., Wang, H., Sheng, M., & Si, J. (2019). Paleo-earthquakes revealed by rock magnetic evidence from the Anxian-Guanxian Fault, Sichuan Province, China. Tectonophysics.
• Guo, P., Han, Z., Mao, Z., Xie, Z., Dong, S., Gao, F., & Gai, H. (2019). Paleoearthquakes and rupture behavior of the Lenglongling fault: Implications for seismic hazards of the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
• Ma, Z., Peng, T., Feng, Z., Li, M., Li, X., Guo, B., … & Song, C. (2019). Asymmetrical river valleys and their tectonic significance in the Maxianshan area, NE Tibetan Plateau. Geomorphology.
• Ludwig, L. G., Akciz, S. O., Arrowsmith, J. R., & Salisbury, J. B. (2019). Reproducibility of San Andreas fault slip rate measurements at Wallace Creek in the Carrizo Plain, CA. Earth and Space Science.
• Shvarev, S. V., Nikonov, A. A., Rodkin, M. V., & Poleshchuk, A. V. The active tectonics of the Vuoksi Fault Zone in the Karelian Isthmus: parameters of paleo-earthquakes estimated from bedrock and soft-sediment deformation features. Bull GeolSoc Finland.
• Brozzetti, F., Boncio, P., Cirillo, D., Ferrarini, F., de Nardis, R., Testa, A., … & Lavecchia, G. High resolution field mapping and analysis of the August–October 2016 coseismic surface faulting (Central Italy Earthquakes): slip distribution, parameterization and comparison with global earthquakes. Tectonics.
• Sassa, S., & Takagawa, T. (2018). Liquefied gravity flow-induced tsunami: first evidence and comparison from the 2018 Indonesia Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami disasters. Landslides, 1-6.
• Heidarzadeh, M., Muhari, A., & Wijanarto, A. B. (2018). Insights on the Source of the 28 September 2018 Sulawesi Tsunami, Indonesia Based on Spectral Analyses and Numerical Simulations. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 1-19.
• Baroň, I., Plan, L., Sokol, L., Grasemann, B., Melichar, R., Mitrovic, I., & Stemberk, J. (2019). Present-day kinematic behaviour of active faults in the Eastern Alps. Tectonophysics.
• Trottier, A. P., Lajeunesse, P., Normandeau, A., & Gagnon-Poiré, A. (2018). Deglacial and postglacial paleoseismological archives in mass-movement deposits of lakes of south-central Québec. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.
• Falkenroth, M., Schneider, B., & Hoffmann, G. (2019). Beachrock as sea-level indicator – A case study at the coastline of Oman (Indian Ocean). Quat Sci Rev.
• Dumont, S., Klinger, Y., Socquet, A., Escartín, J., Grandin, R., Jacques, E., … & Doubre, C. (2018). Rifting Processes at a Continent‐Ocean Transition Rift Revealed by Fault Analysis: Example of Dabbahu‐Manda‐Hararo Rift (Ethiopia). Tectonics.
• Tertulliani, A., Cecić, I., Meurers, R., Sović I., Kaiser, D., Grünthal, G., … & Camelbeeck, T. (2018). The 6 May 1976 Friuli earthquake: re-evaluating and consolidating transnational macroseismic data. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata, 59(4).
• Yakupoğlu, N., Uçarkuş, G., Eriş, K. K., Henry, P., & Çağatay, M. N. (2019). Sedimentological and geochemical evidence for seismoturbidite generation in the Kumburgaz Basin, Sea of Marmara: Implications for earthquake recurrence along the Central High Segment of the North Anatolian Fault. Sedimentary Geology, 380, 31-44.
• Dal Zilio, L., van Dinther, Y., Gerya, T., & Avouac, J. P. (2019). Bimodal seismicity in the Himalaya controlled by fault friction and geometry. Nature communications, 10(1), 48.
• Rowe, C. D., Lamothe, K., Rempe, M., Andrews, M., Mitchell, T. M., Di Toro, G., White, J. C., & Aretusini, S. (2019). Earthquake lubrication and healing explained by amorphous nanosilica. Nature Communications.
  
• Moiseev, D. A., Korzhenkov, A. M., & Ovsyuchenko, A. N. (2018). Evidences of Seismogenic Destruction of Tile Kiln at the Medieval Pottery Production Center in Arroyo of the Suatkan Spring in Bakhchisarai district, Crimea. Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 54(8), 879-897.
• Canelo, H. N., Nóbile, J. C., & Dávila, F. M. (2019). Uplift analysis on a pericratonic region: An example in the Sierras de Córdoba (29°–34° S), Argentina. Geomorphology.
• Wang, X., Xu, C., Wen, Y., Wang, S., Xu, G., Xiao, Z., & Fang, L. (2019). The 2016 Mw 6.0 Hutubi earthquake: a blind thrust event along the northern Tian Shan front. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.
• Janin, A., Rodriguez, M., Sakellariou, D., Lykousis, V., & Gorini, C. (2019). Tsunamigenic potential of a Holocene submarine landslide along the North Anatolian Fault (northern Aegean Sea, off Thasos island): insights from numerical modelling. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 19(1), 121-136.
• Rajendran, C. P. (2019). Historical Accounts of Sea Disturbances from South India and Their Bearing on the Penultimate Predecessor of the 2004 Tsunami. SRL.
• Heinicke, J., Stephan, T., Alexandrakis, C., Gaupp, R., & Buske, S. (2019). Alteration as possible cause for transition from brittle failure to aseismic slip: the case of the NW-Bohemia/Vogtland earthquake swarm region. Journal of Geodynamics.
• Chen, Y.-W., Wu, J. & Suppe, J. (2019). Southward propagation of Nazca subduction along the Andes. Nature 565, 441–447.
• Smedile, A., Molisso, F., Chagué, C., Iorio, M., De Martini, P. M., Pinzi, S., … & Pantosti, D. (2019). New coring study in Augusta Bay expands understanding of offshore tsunami deposits (Eastern Sicily, Italy). Sedimentology.
• Martínez-Garzón, P., Bohnhoff, M., Mencin, D., Kwiatek, G., Dresen, G., Hodgkinson, K., Nurlu, M., Tuba Kadirioglu, F., Feyiz Kartal, R. (2019). Slow strain release along the eastern Marmara region offshore Istanbul in conjunction with enhanced local seismic moment release. EPSL.

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