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

Here we go with a brand new list of papers that deal with past and recent large earthquakes, with tsunamis, and with active tectonics studies. A huge fraction of studies is on (Central) Asia this time. Enjoy reading & stay safe!

• Nelson, A. R., DuRoss, C. B., Witter, R. C., Kelsey, H. M., Engelhart, S. E., Mahan, S. A., Gray, H. J., Hawkes, A. D., Horton, B. P., & Padgett, J. S. (2021). A maximum rupture model for the central and southern Cascadia subduction zone—reassessing ages for coastal evidence of megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis. Quaternary Science Reviews, 261, 106922
• Bemis, S. P., Scharer, K., & Dolan, J. F. (2021). The San Andreas Fault Paleoseismic Record at Elizabeth Lake: Why are There Fewer Surface‐Rupturing Earthquakes on the Mojave Section?. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
• Schellbach, K. (2021). Erdbeben in der Geschichtsschreibung des Früh- und Hochmittelalters. In: Historical Catastrophe Studies / Historische Katastrophenforschung, De Gruyter.
• Neely, J. S., & Stein, S. (2021). Why do continental normal fault earthquakes have smaller maximum magnitudes?. Tectonophysics, 228854.
• Heidarzadeh, M., & Gusman, A. R. (2021). Source modeling and spectral analysis of the Crete tsunami of 2nd May 2020 along the Hellenic Subduction Zone, offshore Greece. Earth, Planets and Space, 73(1), 1-16.
• Yamada, M., Fujino, S., Chiba, T., Chagué, C., & Takeda, D. (2021). Recurrence of intraplate earthquakes inferred from tsunami deposits during the past 7300 years in Beppu Bay, southwest Japan. Quaternary Science Reviews, 259, 106901.
• Riquelme, S., & Fuentes, M. (2020). Tsunami Efficiency Due to Very Slow Earthquakes. Seismological Research Letters.
• Yamanaka, Y., & Tanioka, Y. (2021). Study on the 1906 Colombia‐Ecuador megathrust earthquake based on tsunami waveforms observed at tide gauges: release variation of accumulated slip‐deficits in the source area. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2020JB021375.
• Mahoney, L., Stanaway, R., McLaren, S., Hill, K., & Bergman, E. (2021). The 2018 Mw 7.5 Highlands Earthquake in Papua New Guinea: Implications for Structural Style in an Active Fold and Thrust Belt. Tectonics, e2020TC006667.
• Tape, C., Sykes, L., & Lomax, A. (2021). The 1900 M w 7.6–8.0 Earthquake Offshore of Kodiak Island, Alaska. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 111(2), 1080-1109.
• Chong, J. H., & Huang, M. H. (2021). Refining the 2018 M w 7.5 Papua New Guinea Earthquake Fault‐Slip Model Using Subpixel Offset. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 111(2), 1032-1042.
• Gaidzik, K., & Więsek, M. (2021). Seismo-lineaments and potentially seismogenic faults in the overriding plate of the Nazca-South American subduction zone (S Peru). Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 103303.
• Korzhenkov, A. M., Deev, E. V., Turova, I. V., Abdieva, S. V., Ivanov, S. S., Liu, J., … & Usmanova, M. T. (2021). Active tectonics and paleoseismicity of the eastern Issyk-Kul basin (Kyrgyzstan, Tien Shan). Russian Geology and Geophysics, 62(3), 263-277.
• Liu, Q., Li, Y., Zhang, H., Huang, F., Zhao, X., Lei, J., … & Zhang, P. (2021). Effects of erosion and deposition on constraining vertical slip rates of thrust faults: A case study of the Minle-Damaying Fault in the north Qilian Shan, NE Tibetan Plateau. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 205.
• Jing, L. I. U., Zhaode, Y. U. A. N., Yueren, X. U., Yanxiu, S. H. A. O., Peng, W. A. N. G., Jing, X. U., … & Longfei, H. A. N. (2021). Paleoseismic investigation of the recurrence behavior of large earthquakes on active faults. Earth Science Frontiers, 28(2), 211 (in Chinese).
• Hu, X., Ji, X., Cao, X., Chen, J., & Pan, B. (2021). Test on the reliability of the subsurface fault geometry estimated by deformed river terraces along the Bailang River, north front of the Qilian Shan (NW China). Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 316.
• Wang, H., Zhang, Z., Ran, Y., Chen, L., Yao, Y., Liu, P., … & Deng, L. (2021). Quaternary Deposits Affect Coseismic Offset on Thrust Faults: Evidence from the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan, China, Earthquake. Seismological Research Letters.
• Huang, X., Yang, X., Yang, H., Hu, Z., & Zhang, L. (2021). Re-evaluating the Surface Rupture and Slip Distribution of the AD 1609 M7. 25 Hongyapu Earthquake along the northern margin of the Qilian Shan, NW China: Implications for Thrust Fault Rupture Segmentation. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 98.
• Li, Y., Liu, M., Hao, M., Zhu, L., Cui, D., & Wang, Q. (2021). Active crustal deformation in the Tian Shan region, central Asia. Tectonophysics, 228868.
• Cao, X., Hu, X., Pan, B., Zhao, Q., Ji, X., & Zhao, Z. (2021). Using fluvial terraces as distributed deformation offset markers: Implications for deformation kinematics of the North Qilian Shan Fault. Geomorphology, 107750.
• Civico, R., Smedile, A., Pantosti, D., Cinti, F. R., De Martini, P. M., Pucci, S., … & Şentürk, S. (2021). New trenching results along the İznik segment of the central strand of the North Anatolian Fault (Turkey): an integration with preexisting data. Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews, 1-14.
• Forti, L., Perego, A., Brandolini, F., Mariani, G. S., Zebari, M., Nicoll, K., … & Zerboni, A. (2021). Geomorphology of the northwestern Kurdistan Region of Iraq: landscapes of the Zagros Mountains drained by the Tigris and Great Zab Rivers. Journal of Maps, 1-12.
• Ruhl, C. J., Morton, E. A., Bormann, J. M., Hatch‐Ibarra, R., Ichinose, G., & Smith, K. D. (2021). Complex Fault Geometry of the 2020 Mww 6.5 Monte Cristo Range, Nevada, Earthquake Sequence. Seismological Research Letters.
• Kouskouna, V., Ganas, A., Kleanthi, M. et al. (2021). Evaluation of macroseismic intensity, strong ground motion pattern and fault model of the 19 July 2019 Mw5.1 earthquake west of Athens. J Seismol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-021-09990-3
• Igarashi, T., & Kato, A. (2021). Evolution of aseismic slip rate along plate boundary faults before and after megathrust earthquakes. Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1), 1-7.
• Vallage, A., Bollinger, L., Champenois, J., Duverger, C., Trilla, A. G., Hernandez, B., … & Vergoz, J. (2021). Multi-technology characterisation of an unusual surface rupturing intraplate earthquake: The ML 5.4 2019 Le Teil event in France. Geophysical Journal International.
• Howarth, J. D., Barth, N. C., Fitzsimons, S. J., Richards-Dinger, K., Clark, K. J., Biasi, G. P., Cochran, U. A., Langridge, R. M., Berryman, K. R., & Sutherland, R. (2021). Spatiotemporal clustering of great earthquakes on a transform fault controlled by geometry. Nat. Geosci.
• Costa, C. H., Owen, L. A., Johnson, W. J., & Kirby, E. (2021). Quaternary activity and seismogenic potential of the Sierra Chica Fault System, Pampean Ranges of Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 103328.
• Barbot, S. (2021). A Spectral Boundary‐Integral Method for Quasi‐Dynamic Ruptures of Multiple Parallel Faults. BSSA.
• Herrero‐Barbero, P., Álvarez‐Gómez, J. A., Williams, C., Villamor, P., Insua‐Arévalo, J. M., Alonso‐Henar, J., & Martínez‐Díaz, J. J. (2021). Physics‐based earthquake simulations in slow‐moving faults: a case study from the Eastern Betic Shear Zone (SE Iberian Peninsula). Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2020JB021133.
• Pavlis, T. L., & Trullenque, G. (2021). Evidence for 40–41 km of dextral slip on the southern Death Valley fault: Implications for the Eastern California shear zone and extensional tectonics. Geology.
• Velázquez-Bucio, M. M., Garduño-Monroy, V. H., Benente, L., Filonzi, S., Norini, G., Michetti, A. M., & Groppelli, G. (2021). Effects of pleistocene to holocene seismicity on the landforms and fluvial-lacustrine sequences of the Ixtlahuaca paleobasin, and their possible relation with the Acambay graben: Implications for the seismic hazard assessment of central Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 103336.
• Nappi, R., Paoletti, V., D’Antonio, D., Soldovieri, F., Capozzoli, L., Ludeno, G., Porfido, S., & Michetti A. M. (2021). Joint Interpretation of Geophysical Results and Geological Observations for Detecting Buried Active Faults: The Case of the “Il Lago” Plain (Pettoranello del Molise, Italy). Remote Sensing. 13(8):1555
• Camelbeeck, T., Knuts, E., Alexandre, P., Lecocq, T., & Van Noten, K. (2021). The 23 February 1828 Belgian earthquake: a destructive moderate event typical of the seismic activity in Western Europe. Journal of Seismology, 1-23.
• Morozov, A. N., Vaganova, N. V., Dulentsova, L. G., Asming, V. E., & Evtyugina, Z. A. (2020). The 1927 earthquakes and aftershocks in the Crimea: relocation based on instrumental data. Journal of Seismology, 1-25.
• Sosa-Ramírez, R. L., Paz-Martínez, E. G., & Montalvo-Arrieta, J. C. (2021). The MW 6.2 Punta Santa Elena (Coahuila-Zacatecas) earthquake of 28 April 1841, the largest documented pre-instrumental event and its implications on seismic hazard in Northeastern Mexico. Journal of Seismology, 1-9.
• Chebotarev, A., Arzhannikova, A., & Arzhannikov, S. (2021). Long-term throw rates and landscape response to tectonic activity of the Tunka Fault (Baikal Rift) based on morphometry. Tectonophysics, 228864.
• Buttinelli, M., Petracchini, L., Maesano, F. E., D’Ambrogi, C., Scrocca, D., Marino, M., Capotorti, F., Bigi, S., Cavinato, G. P., Mariucci, M. T., Montone, P., & Di Bucci, D. (2021). The impact of structural complexity, fault segmentation, and reactivation on seismotectonics: Constraints from the upper crust of the 2016–2017 Central Italy seismic sequence area. Tectonophysics, 810, 228861
• Duo, W., Chang, H., Yin, G., Han, F., Mao, Z., Du, J., … & Wang, X. (2021). Spatial Changes in Late Quaternary Slip Rates along the Gyaring Co Fault: Implications for Strain Partitioning and Deformation Modes in Central Tibet. Tectonics, e2020TC006110.
• Jakkula, M., & Srivastava, K. (2021). Variation in Tsunami Wave-Heights Due to Coastal Topography and Impact of Rock Boulders on Inundation: A Case Study of 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Along the Pondicherry Coast. Serie Correlación Geológica, 36(1-2), 27-38.
• Bellanova, P., Frenken, M., Nishimura, Y., Schwarzbauer, J., & Reicherter, K. (2021). Tracing woody-organic tsunami deposits of the 2011 Tohoku-oki event in Misawa (Japan). Scientific Reports, 11(1), 8947-8947.
• Chen, P., Shi, W., Hu, J., Yan, B., & Lu, H. (2021). Identification of the Seismogenic Fault of the 1654 M 8.0 Tianshui Earthquake, Northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Seismological Research Letters.

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