Stuff to read – latest papers on paleoseismology, archaeoseismology, and tsunamis

What’s new in paleoseismology and active tectonics research? Here’s my latest digest of some recently published  papers. As always, please feel free to point out ones that I’ve missed.

• Jusseret, S. (2014). Earthquake Archaeology: A Future in Ruins?. Journal of Contemporary Archaeology, 1(2), 277-296.
• Papathanassiou, G., Mantovani, A., Tarabusi, G., Rapti, D., & Caputo, R. (2015). Assessment of liquefaction potential for two liquefaction prone areas considering the May 20, 2012 Emilia (Italy) earthquake. Engineering Geology.
• Havenith, H. B., Strom, A., Torgoev, I., Torgoev, A., Lamair, L., Ischuk, A., & Abdrakhmatov, K. (2015). Tien Shan Geohazards Database: Earthquakes and Landslides. Geomorphology.
• Ferrater, M., Silva, P. G., Ortuño, M., Rodríguez‐Pascua, M. Á., & Masana, E. (2015). Archaeoseismological Analysis of a Late Bronze Age Site on the Alhama de Murcia Fault, SE Spain. Geoarchaeology.
• Porfido, S., Esposito, E., Spiga, E., Sacchi, M., Molisso, F., & Mazzola, S. (2015). Impact of Ground Effects for an Appropriate Mitigation Strategy in Seismic Area: The Example of Guatemala 1976 Earthquake. In Engineering Geology for Society and Territory-Volume 2 (pp. 703-708). Springer International Publishing.
• King, D. N. (2015). Tsunami hazard, assessment and risk in Aotearoa-New Zealand: A systematic review AD 1868–2012. Earth-Science Reviews.
• Ratzov, G., Cattaneo, A., Babonneau, N., Déverchère, J., Yelles, K., Bracene, R., & Courboulex, F. (2015). Holocene turbidites record earthquake supercycles at a slow-rate plate boundary. Geology, G36170-1.
• Jolivet, R., Simons, M., Agram, P. S., Duputel, Z., & Shen, Z. K. (2015). Aseismic slip and seismogenic coupling along the central San Andreas Fault. Geophysical Research Letters.
• García-Moreno, D., Verbeeck, K., Camelbeeck, T., De Batist, M., Oggioni, F., Hurtado, O. Z., … & Vanneste, K. (2015). Fault activity in the epicentral area of the 1580 Dover Strait (Pas-de-Calais) earthquake (northwestern Europe). Geophysical Journal International, 201(2), 528-542.
• Salaree, A., & Okal, E. A. (2015). Field survey and modelling of the Caspian Sea tsunami of 1990 June 20. Geophysical Journal International, 201(2), 621-639.

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