New papers on paleoseismology, tsunami, and active tectonics (Apr 2017)

Today in the paper round-up (April 2017): Active Tectonics of the Makran, postseismic deformation at Bam, active faults and paleoseismology in Italy, Switzerland & Alaska, the first papers on the Kaikoura earthquake, tsunamis in Chile and the Western Mediterranean, and faults in Mexico. Enjoy reading!

• Penney, C., Tavakoli, F., Saadat, S., Nankali, H. R., Sedighi, M., Khorrami, F., Sobouti, F., Rafi, Z., Copley, A., Jackson, J., & Priestley, K. (2017). Megathrust and accretionary wedge properties and behaviour in the Makran subduction zone. Geophysical Journal International.
• Wimpenny, S., Copley, A., & Ingleby, T. (2017). Fault mechanics and post-seismic deformation at Bam, SE Iran. Geophysical Journal International.
• Rodriguez, M., Maleuvre, C., Jollivet-Castelot, M., d’Acremont, E., Rabaute, A., Lafosse, M., … & Gorini, C. (2017). Tsunamigenic submarine landslides along the Xauen–Tofiño banks in the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean Sea). Geophysical Journal International, 209(1), 266-281.
• Frigerio, C., Bonadeo, L., Zerboni, A., Livio, F., Ferrario, M. F., Fioraso, G., … & Michetti, A. M. (2017). First evidence for Late Pleistocene to Holocene earthquake surface faulting in the Eastern Monferrato Arc (Northern Italy): Geology, pedostratigraphy and structural study of the Pecetto di Valenza site. Quaternary International.
• Blumetti, A. M., Di Manna, P., Comerci, V., Guerrieri, L., & Vittori, E. (2017). Paleoseismicity of the San Demetrio ne’Vestini fault (L’Aquila Basin, Central Italy): Implications for seismic hazard. Quaternary International.
• Fabbri, S. C., Herwegh, M., Horstmeyer, H., Hilbe, M., Hübscher, C., Merz, K., Schlunegger, F., Schmelzbach, C., Weiss, B., & Anselmetti, F. S. (2017). Combining amphibious geomorphology with subsurface geophysical and geological data: A neotectonic study at the front of the Alps (Bernese Alps, Switzerland). Quaternary International.
• Kempf, P., Moernaut, J., Van Daele, M., Vandoorne, W., Pino, M., Urrutia, R., & De Batist, M. (2017). Coastal lake sediments reveal 5500 years of tsunami history in south central Chile. Quaternary Science Reviews. Quaternary Science Reviews.
• Civico, R., Sapia, V., Di Giulio, G., Villani, F., Pucci, S., Baccheschi, P., Amoroso, S., Cantore, L., Di Naccio, D., Hailemikael, S., Smedile, A., Vassallo, M., Marchetti, M. & Pantosti, D. (2017). Geometry and evolution of a fault-controlled Quaternary basin by means of TDEM and single-station ambient vibration surveys: the example of the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake area. JGR: Solid Earth, doi:10.1002/2016JB013451.
• Hollingsworth, J., Ye, L., & Avouac, J.-P. (2017). Dynamically triggered slip on a splay fault in the Mw 7.8, 2016 Kaikoura (New Zealand) earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters.
• Hamling, I. J., Hreinsdóttir, S., Clark, K., Elliott, J., Liang, C., Fielding, E., … & D’Anastasio, E. (2017). Complex multifault rupture during the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, New Zealand. Science, eaam7194.
• Fu, L., Heidarzadeh, M., Cukur, D., Chiocci, F. L., Ridente, D., Gross, F., … & Krastel, S. (2016). Tsunamigenic potential of a newly-discovered active fault zone in the outer Messina Strait, Southern Italy. Geophysical Research Letters.
• Cowie, P. A., Phillips, R. J., Roberts, G. P., McCaffrey, K., Zijerveld, L. J. J., Gregory, L. C., … & Freeman, S. P. H. T. (2017). Orogen-scale uplift drives episodic behaviour of earthquake faults. Scientific Reports.
• Trobec, A., Šmuc, A., Poglajen, S., & Vrabec, M. (2017). Submerged and buried Pleistocene river channels in the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic Sea): Geomorphic, stratigraphic and tectonic inferences. Geomorphology.
• Rodríguez-Pérez, Q., & Zúñiga, F. R. (2017). Seismicity characterization of the Maravatío-Acambay and Actopan regions, central Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences.
• Kuehl, S. A., Miller, E. J., Marshall, N. R., & Dellapenna, T. M. Recent paleoseismicity record in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. Geo-Marine Letters, 1-10.
• Villegas, G. C., Mendoza, C., & Ferrari, L. (2017). Mexico Quaternary Fault Database. Terra Digitalis, 1(1).

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