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Probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment for the Makran region with focus on maximum magnitude assumption [PDF]

open access: yesNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2016
Despite having been rather seismically quiescent for the last decades, the Makran subduction zone is capable of hosting destructive earthquakes and tsunami.
A. Hoechner, A. Y. Babeyko, N. Zamora
doaj   +1 more source

Sourcing carnelian beads from the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kish, Iraq, 2450–2200 BCE: Stylistic, technological and geochemical approaches

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 68, Issue S1, Page S22-S37, April 2026.
Abstract Trade between Mesopotamia and the Indus Civilization is studied through the analysis of Early Dynastic III Period (2600–2350 BCE) carnelian beads from the site of Kish, Iraq. Morphological and technological features of the beads are compared with beads from the Indus region.
J. Mark Kenoyer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Holocene Sedimentary Record and Coastal Evolution in the Makran Subduction Zone (Iran)

open access: yesQuaternary, 2019
The western Makran coast displays evidence of surface uplift since at least the Late Pleistocene, but it remains uncertain whether this displacement is accommodated by creep on the subduction interface, or in a series of large earthquakes.
Raphaël Normand   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Planning analysis, planning approaches and design of the new city of Tis In line with the regional development of Makran Coast [PDF]

open access: yesتحقیقات کاربردی علوم جغرافیایی, 2022
The establishment of new cities and settlements and the development of economic and industrial activities on the shores of Makran, is inevitable, and since the creation and development of new cities has been one of the policies in land management in ...
Badil Sancholi   +2 more
doaj  

Local Runup Amplification By Resonant Wave Interactions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Until now the analysis of long wave runup on a plane beach has been focused on finding its maximum value, failing to capture the existence of resonant regimes.
Denys Dutykh   +4 more
core   +4 more sources

Pure‐istan: Gender and Genocide in Pakistan

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ongoing genocidal violence against the Baloch nation. It highlights how the Pakistani state has weaponized Islamic doctrine to construct a vision of a homogenized, “purer, more Islamic state” that excludes and others those deemed incompatible with its vision of purity. This logic of purification is deeply gendered.
Bramsh Khan
wiley   +1 more source

Release of mineral-bound water prior to subduction tied to shallow seismogenic slip off Sumatra [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Plate-boundary fault rupture during the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman subduction earthquake extended closer to the trench than expected, increasing earthquake and tsunami size.
Abby R. Kenigsberg   +35 more
core   +5 more sources

On the Role of Sea Surface Temperature in the 16 April 2024 Rainstorm Over the United Arab Emirates

open access: yesGeophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 3, 16 February 2026.
Abstract This study examines how anomalously high sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the Arabian Sea and surrounding gulfs contributed to the record‐breaking rainfall (250 mm day−1 ${\text{day}}^{-1}$) over the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 16 April 2024, with the greatest impacts in Dubai, Al‐Ain, and Abu Dhabi.
Basit Khan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Internal and External Influences on the University Teachers in Semester System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
There are so many influences a faculty member has to undergo at the higher education level in universities in semester system. We wanted to comb the universities for the internal and external influences on the university teachers and their consequences ...
Sarwar, Sadia
core  

Cenozoic Evolution of the North‐Eastern Mediterranean Basins

open access: yesTectonics, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract The Eastern Mediterranean lies at the junction of the African, Arabian, and Eurasian plates, a region shaped by a long and complex tectonic history. While the Levant Basin in the southern sector has been extensively studied for hydrocarbon exploration, the northern domain offshore Cyprus, Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon remains less understood.
Nicolò Bertone   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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