New papers on paleoseismology, tsunami, and active tectonics (Feb 2018)

These are the latest papers on paleoseismology, active tectonics, and archaeoseismology, today with a lot of contributions to active tectonics in Asia. Enjoy!

• Elliott, A. J., Oskin, M. E., Liu-zeng, J., & Shao, Y. X. (2018). Persistent rupture terminations at a restraining bend from slip rates on the eastern Altyn Tagh Fault. Tectonophysics.
• Bai, M., Chevalier, M. L., Pan, J., Replumaz, A., Leloup, P. H., Métois, M., & Li, H. (2018). Southeastward increase of the late Quaternary slip-rate of the Xianshuihe fault, eastern Tibet. Geodynamic and seismic hazard implications. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 485, 19-31.
• Little, T. A., Van Dissen, R., Kearse, J., Norton, K., Benson, A. & Wang, N. (2017). Kekerengu Fault, New Zealand: Timing and Size of Late Holocene Surface Ruptures. BSSA.
• Goto, H. (2017). Late quaternary slip rates and vectors on the Median Tectonic Line active fault zone in eastern Shikoku, southwest Japan. Quaternary International.
• Ramírez-Herrera, M. T., Corona, N., Ruiz-Angulo, A., Melgar, D., & Zavala-Hidalgo, J. (2017). The 8 September 2017 Tsunami Triggered by the Mw 8.2 Intraplate Earthquake, Chiapas, Mexico. Pure and Applied Geophysics.
• Shao, Y., Li, Z., Zhang, B., Wang, P., Yuan, D., & Wu, M. (2018). Paleoseismological study of the southern Zongwulong Shan fault, Qilian Mountains, western China. Geomorphology.
• Thiele, S. T., Grose, L., Samsu, A., Micklethwaite, S., Vollgger, S. A., & Cruden, A. R. (2017). Rapid, semi-automatic fracture and contact mapping for point clouds, images and geophysical data. Solid Earth, 8(6), 1241.
• Hall, T. R., Nixon, C. W., Keir, D., Burton, P. W., & Ayele, A. (2018). Earthquake Clustering and Energy Release of the African–Arabian Rift System. BSSA.
• Wang, H., Liang, M., Gao, S., Ran, Y., & Chen, L. (2018). Reevaluation of Coseismic Surface Ruptures Produced by the 1850 M 7.5 Xichang Earthquake on the Southeastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau and Implications for Rupture Propagation at Bends on Strike‐Slip Faults. BSSA.
• Martín-González, F. (2018). Earthquake damage orientation to infer seismic parameters in archaeological sites and historical earthquakes. Tectonophysics.
• Shyu, J. B. H., Wang, C. C., Wang, Y., Shen, C. C., Chiang, H. W., Liu, S. C., … & Tun, S. T. (2018). Upper-plate splay fault earthquakes along the Arakan subduction belt recorded by uplifted coral microatolls on northern Ramree Island, western Myanmar (Burma). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 484, 241-252.
• Hough, S. E. (2017). Do Large (Magnitude ≥8) Global Earthquakes Occur on Preferred Days of the Calendar Year or Lunar Cycle? SRL.
• Libo Han, Jia Cheng, Yanru An, Lihua Fang, Changsheng Jiang, Bo Chen, Zhongliang Wu, Jie Liu, Xiwei Xu, Ruifeng Liu, Zhixiang Yao, Changzai Wang, & Yushi Wang (2017). Preliminary Report on the 8 August 2017 Ms 7.0 Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, China, Earthquake. SRL.
• Lekkas, E., Mavroulis, S., Carydis, P., & Alexoudi, V. (2017). The 17 November 2015 Mw 6.4 Lefkas (Ionian Sea, Western Greece) Earthquake: Impact on Environment and Buildings. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 1-34.
• Varazanashvili, O., Tsereteli, N., Bonali, F. L., Arabidze, V., Russo, E., Mariotto, F. P., … & Oppizzi, P. (2018). GeoInt: the first macroseismic intensity database for the Republic of Georgia. Journal of Seismology, 1-43.
• Kettermann, M., Abe, S., Raith, A. F., de Jager, J., & Urai, J. L. (2017). The effect of salt in dilatant faults on rates and magnitudes of induced seismicity–first results building on the geological setting of the Groningen Rotliegend reservoirs. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 96(5), s87-s104.
• Evans, E. L. (2018). A Comprehensive Analysis of Geodetic Slip‐Rate Estimates and Uncertainties in California. BSSA.
• Ramírez-Herrera, M. T., Gaidzik, K., Forman, S., Kostoglodov, V., Bürgmann, R., & Johnson, C. W. (2018). Relating the long-term and short-term vertical deformation across a transect of the forearc in the central Mexican subduction zone. Geosphere.
• Choi, J. H., Klinger, Y., Ferry, M., Ritz, J. F., Kurtz, R., Rizza, M., … & Demberel, S. Geologic inheritance and earthquake rupture processes: the 1905 M≥ 8 Tsetserleg‐Bulnay strike‐slip earthquake sequence, Mongolia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
• Govin, G., Najman, Y., Copley, A., Millar, I., van der Beek, P., Huyghe, P., … & Davenport, J. (2018). Timing and mechanism of the rise of the Shillong Plateau in the Himalayan foreland. Geology.

• Piety, L. A., Redwine, J. R.,  Derouin, S. A., Prentice, C. S., Kelson, K. I., Klinger, R. E., & Mahan, S. (2018). Holocene Surface Ruptures on the Salinas Fault and Southeastern Great Southern Puerto Rico Fault Zone, South Coastal Plain of Puerto Rico. BSSA.

• Salisbury, J. B., Arrowsmith, J. R., Brown, N., Rockwell, T., Akciz, S., & Grant Ludwig, L. (2018). The Age and Origin of Small Offsets at Van Matre Ranch along the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain, California. BSSA.

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