During the last three weeks I have been to Kazakhstan for paleoseismological field work and to summarize this journey: It was amazing! The trip was part of the Earthquakes without Frontiers project (EwF). This research project is funded by NERC and ESRC and aims on increasing the knowledge on earthquake hazards in Central Asia. The field work was lead by Richard Walker and scientists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and the UK had a close look at fault scarps in the easternmost parts of the country. Our aim was to determine the slip rates of some of the longest and most prominent thrust and strike-slip faults in the area. more
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Christoph Gruetzner
Paleoseismological field work in Kazakhstan
2014-08-13 | in Earthquake, Field work -
Central European trenching goes on!
2014-08-02 | in Earthquake | 4 responsesThis summer and fall will be trenching time, our Belgian, Dutch and Austrian colleagues are opening paleoseismological trenches. The DEM/image of the last post by Christoph shows already some morphological relevant faults in the Aachen area (recognized by the rectangular open-pit lignite mines) that are striking NW-SE. more
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SRTM data/GlobalMapper
New book: Intraplate Earthquakes
2014-07-28 | in Earthquake, PaperIntraplate earthquakes are those that occur far away from plate boundaries in what is often also referred to as slowly deforming regions or stable continental regions (SCR). Seismicity there is comparably low and earthquake recurrence intervals can easily exceed thousands of years for individual faults. However, intraplate quakes do account for a significant number of earthquake fatalities and killed more people than those that happened at plate boundaries during the last 100 years (England & Jackson , 2011). A new book has been published a few days ago, dedicated to summarizing our knowledge of these seismic events. more
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Christoph GrütznerCC BY 3.0
More papers on paleoseismology and active tectonics out now
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Gösta Hoffmann
Paleoseismicity.org relaunched
2014-07-11 | in paleoseismicity.org | one responseDear friends of paleoseismicity.org,
we have relaunched our website a few days ago and I am very, very happy! Martin did a great job and basically built everything from scratch. The old website had grown over the years and became more and more complicated as we added new features every now and then. So we decided it’s time for something new and – voilà. more
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Alexis O'ConnorCC BY 2.0
The paleoseismicity newsletter
2014-07-10 | in paleoseismicity.orgBeside the Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google + channels, paleoseismicity.org now also provides a newsletter service.
By subscribing to this newsletter you will find approximately every 4 weeks a condensed overview of everything what happened on the blog, what we shared on Facebook or Google +, about our favorite Tweets and everything what happens in the world of seismology and beyond.
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Delphine74CC BY SA 3.0
New book on Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting in Iran
2014-07-02 | in PaperA new book on paleoseismology, archaeoseismology and earthquakes on the Iranian Plateau has been published in the Developments in Earth Surface Processes series. Volume 17 is dedicated to Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau A Historical, Social and Physical Approach, and it is authored by Manuel Berberian. The book not only covers physical processes related to earthquakes in Iran like coseismic offsets, archaeoseismological effects, and geomorphological evidence, but its first part is all about Earthquake Hazard Warning in Oral Tradition and Literature on the Iranian Plateau. The volume comes with a foreword by Robert Yeats and Roger Bilham. Table of contents:
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Abhi SharmaCC BY 2.0
New paleoseismology papers
2014-06-15 | in PaperThe latest issue of BSSA features a good number of studies on paleoseismology and earthquake geology, and some more papers have recently been published elsewhere which will be interesting for people working on old earthquakes and tectonics.
Here’s my digest, enjoy reading! more
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Nahúm Méndez Chazarra
Nice videoblog on geology (in Spanish) – Un geólogo en apuros
2014-06-11 | in paleoseismicity.org, TeachingWhile the majority of geoscience blogs is in English, I personally have the feeling that Spanish must be the second most popular language in the geoblogosphere. Videoblogs are not so numerous, but there are some really good ones out there. Nahúm Méndez Chazarra‘s Un geólogo en apuros (A geologist in trouble) is one of them. He writes ‘normal’ blog posts, but also produces nice videos. Nahum mainly blogs about earthquakes, geology in general, the geology of the Iberian Peninsula, and geoscience education. Make sure to check out his latest piece on Folklore geológico in which he informs about the cultural perception of earthquakes in Spain. more
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5th PATA Days in Busan – registration deadline extended to 20 June
2014-06-08 | in Busan 2014, MeetingDear friends and colleagues,
The deadline for registration of the 5th PATA-days meeting is extended to June 20, and for abstract submission to the end of June.
The 5th International INQUA Meeting on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology (PATA Days) will take place in Busan, Korea from 21-27 September 2014. Already some 75 scientists from all around the world have registered for this meeting – be the next one and don’t miss the latest news on old earthquakes.See details on the official website: www.pata-days.org.
Please don’t miss the last chance to visit dynamic Korea!