New papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics (Feb 2021)

This time we have a lot of papers on the active tectonics of the Americas, especially along their west coast. Of course on the west coast you say? Sure, but the recent M5.6 in Guyana, a shallow thrust event in a seemingly aseismic area, reminded us that such quakes can basically happen everywhere and at any time – they are just rare and hard to find in the geological record. Enjoy reading!

• Balling, P., Grützner, C., Tomljenović, B., Spakman, W. & Ustaszewski, K. (2021). Post-collisional mantle delamination in the Dinarides implied from staircases of Oligo-Miocene uplifted marine terraces. Sci Rep 11, 2685.
• Sana, H., Štěpančíková, P., Szameitat, A. & Stemberk, J. (2021). Macroseismic Intensity Re‐Evaluation of the 11 June 1895 Mid‐Silesia, Poland, Earthquake. Seismological Research Letters.
• Stahl, T. A., Niemi, N. A., Delano, J., Wolfe, F., Bunds, M., & Howell, A. (2021). Diffuse tectonic deformation in the Drum Mountains fault zone, Utah, USA: testing the utility of legacy aerial photograph-derived topography. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 597.
• Yu, J., Walker, R. T., Rhodes, E. J., Zhang, P., Li, C., Wang, S., … & Hao, Y. (2021). East Tacheng (Qoqek) fault zone: Late Quaternary tectonics and slip rate of a left‐lateral strike‐slip fault zone north of the Tian Shan. Tectonics, e2020TC006377.
• Koehler, R. D., Dee, S., Elliott, A., Hatem, A., Pickering, A., Pierce, I. & Seitz, G. (2021). Field Response and Surface‐Rupture Characteristics of the 2020 M 6.5 Monte Cristo Range Earthquake, Central Walker Lane, Nevada. Seismological Research Letters.
• Meneses, A. N., Lacan, P., Zúñiga, R., Audin, L., Ortuño, M., Elguera, J. R., … & Márquez, V. (2021). First paleoseismological results in the epicentral area of the sixteenth century Ameca earthquake, Jalisco–México. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 103121.
• Malatesta, L. C., Bruhat, L., Finnegan, N. J., & Olive, J. A. L. (2018). Co‐location of the downdip end of seismic coupling and the continental shelf break. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2020JB019589.
• Avilés-Campoverde, D., Chunga, K., Ortiz-Hernández, E., Vivas-Espinoza, E., Toulkeridis, T., Morales-Delgado, A., & Delgado-Toala, D. (2021). Seismically Induced Soil Liquefaction and Geological Conditions in the City of Jama due to the M7. 8 Pedernales Earthquake in 2016, NW Ecuador. Geosciences, 11(1), 20.
• Walton, M. A., Staisch, L. M., Dura, T., Pearl, J. K., Sherrod, B., Gomberg, J., … & Wirth, E. (2021). Toward an Integrative Geological and Geophysical View of Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
• Luo, H., & Wang, K. (2021). Postseismic geodetic signature of cold forearc mantle in subduction zones. NatGeoSci.
• Meier, M. A., Ampuero, J. P., Cochran, E., & Page, M. (2020). Apparent earthquake rupture predictability. Geophysical Journal International.
• Kázmér, M., Roy, A. B., & Prizomwala, S. (2020). Archaeoseismological potential of the Indian subcontinent. Current Science (00113891), 119(11).
• Tian, Z., Freymueller, J. T., & Yang, Z. (2021). Postseismic Deformation Due To the 2012 MW 7.8 Haida Gwaii and 2013 MW 7.5 Craig Earthquakes and Its Implications for regional rheological structure. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2020JB020197.
• Hough, S. E. & Martin, S. S. (2021): Which Earthquake Accounts Matter? SRL.
• Wesnousky, S. G. (2021). Seismotectonic Snapshots: The 18 March 2020 Mw 5.7 Magna, 31 March 2020 Mw 6.5 Stanley, and 15 May 2020 Mw 6.5 Monte Cristo Intermountain West Earthquakes. SRL.
• Mikhailova, N. N., Sokolova, I. N., & Poleshko, N. N. (2020). Historical and Modern Seismicity of the Semipalatinsk Test Site. Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 56(8), 869-886.
• Korzhenkov, A. M., Gadzhiev, M. S., Ovsyuchenko, A. N., Lar’kov, A. S., & Rogozhin, E. A. (2020). Traces of Seismic Activity in Architectural Monuments in Derbent, Dagestan. Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 56(7), 633-656.
• Ramírez-Herrera, M. T., Gaidzik, K, & Forman, S. L. (2021). Spatial Variations of Tectonic Uplift – Subducting Plate Effects on the Guerrero Forearc, Mexico. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 590.
• van der Wal, J. L. N., Nottebaum V. C., Stauch G., Binnie S. A., Batkhishig O., Lehmkuhl F., & Reicherter K. (2021). Geomorphological Evidence of Active Faulting in Low Seismicity Regions—Examples From the Valley of Gobi Lakes, Southern Mongolia. Frontiers in Earth Science 8, 707.
• Goodall, H. J., Gregory, L. C., Wedmore, L. N. J., McCaffrey, K. J. W., Amey, R. M. J., Roberts, G. P., … & Hooper, A. (2021). Determining histories of slip on normal faults with bedrock scarps using cosmogenic nuclide exposure data. Tectonics.
• Nappi, R., Porfido, S., Paganini, E., Vezzoli, L., Ferrario, M. F., Gaudiosi, G., … & Michetti, A. M. (2021). The 2017, MD= 4.0, Casamicciola Earthquake: ESI-07 Scale Evaluation and Implications for the Source Model. Geosciences, 11(2), 44.
• Heinlein, S. N., Pavlis, T. L., & Bruhn, R. L. (2021). Development of surface ruptures by hanging-wall extension over a thrust ramp along the Ragged Mountain fault, Katalla, Alaska, USA: Applications of high-resolution three-dimensional terrain models. Geosphere.
• Gold, R. D., DuRoss, C. B., & Barnhart, W. D. (2021). Coseismic surface displacement in the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes: Comparison of field measurements and optical image correlation results. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, e2020GC009326.
• Harrichhausen, N., Morell, K. D., Regalla, C., Bennett, S. E. K., Leonard, L. J., Lynch, E. M. & Nissen, E. (2021). Paleoseismic Trenching Reveals Late Quaternary Kinematics of the Leech River Fault: Implications for Forearc Strain Accumulation in Northern Cascadia. BSSA.
• Taymaz, T., Ganas, A., Yolsal-Çevikbilen, S., Vera, F., Eken, T., Erman, C., … & Öcalan, T. (2021). Source Mechanism and Rupture Process of the 24 January 2020 Mw 6.7 Doğanyol–Sivrice Earthquake obtained from Seismological Waveform Analysis and Space Geodetic Observations on the East Anatolian Fault Zone (Turkey). Tectonophysics, 228745.
• Behr, W. M. & Bürgmann R. (2021). What’s down there? The structures, materials and environment of deep-seated slow slip and tremor. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.37920200218
• Gallen, S. F., & Fernández‐Blanco, D. (2021). A New Data‐driven Bayesian Inversion of Fluvial Topography Clarifies the Tectonic History of the Corinth Rift and Reveals a Channel Steepness Threshold. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, e2020JF005651.
• Roux-Mallouf, L., Ferry, M., Cattin, R., Ritz, J. F., Drukpa, D., & Pelgay, P. (2020). A 2600-year-long paleoseismic record for the Himalayan Main Frontal Thrust (western Bhutan). Solid Earth, 11(6), 2359-2375.

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