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Slip Rate and Paleoseismology of the Bolokenu‐Aqikekuduk (Dzhungarian) Right‐Lateral Strike‐Slip Fault in the Northern Tian Shan, NW China

Tectonics, 2021
The ∼1,000 km‐long Bolokenu‐Aqikekuduk fault (Dzhungarian fault, BAF) is one of the major right‐lateral strike‐slip faults that cut across the Tian Shan Range.
Zongkai Hu, Xiao-Ping Yang, Hai-Bo Yang, Wei-Liang Huang, Guodong Wu, Shu-Qing Miao, Ling Zhang   +6 more
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Chapter 1 Introduction to paleoseismology

1996
Publisher Summary This chapter provides an introduction to paleoseismology. Paleoseismology is the study of prehistoric earthquakes especially their location, timing, and size. Paleoseismology differs from the general studies of slow to rapid crystal movements during the late Cenozoic in its focus on the almost instantaneous deformation of landforms ...
James P. McCalpin, Alan R. Nelson
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A Slump in Paleoseismology

Science, 2002
GEOLOGY Large earthquakes often spur mass sediment movements, such as the submarine slumps that generate tsunamis. Correlating in time and space precisely dated slump deposits should thus provide a chronology of prehistoric seismicity in intraplate settings such as central Europe, where the historical record of earthquakes is spotty.
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Paleoseismology in coastal Chile

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 1996
The fossil shorelines of the Chilean coast reflect interseismic as well as coseismic movements. The earthquake record is further obscured by the variable pattern of coastal deformation that accompanies large earthquakes, such as the longitudinal warping associated with the 1960 Valdivia (Mw= 9.5) earthquake.
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Paleoseismology, Second Edition

Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 2012
Review by: Allen W. Hatheway McCalpin has spent the last 20 years, fortunately for our profession, expanding and enhancing the body of knowledge on paleoseismology. This book is McCalpin's revision of his first edited and authored compendium. The first edition of 1996 captured the admiration of the GSA (Burwell Award) and of the Association of ...
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Paleoseismology of the Anqiu–Juxian Fault, Tanlu Fault Zone, Reveals Evidence That It Is the Causative Fault of the 70 B.C. Anqiu Earthquake

Seismological Research Letters
The timing and surface rupture length of large earthquakes are key parameters for seismic hazard studies in the Tanlu fault zone (TLFZ). Existing studies suggest that the M 81/2 Tancheng earthquake in A.D.
Hao-Min Ji, An Li, Linlin Li, Zhan-Yu Wei, Zhikun Ren   +4 more
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Paleoseismology and Landslides

2013
Most moderate to large earthquakes trigger landslides (Fig. 1). In many environments, landslides preserved in the geologic record can be analyzed to determine the likelihood of seismic triggering. If evidence indicates that a seismic origin is likely for a landslide or group of landslides, and if the landslides can be dated, then a paleoearthquake can ...
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Introduction to Special Section: Paleoseismology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 1996
A proverb of Confucius states “Study the past if you would divine the future.” If we could learn about the past history of earthquakes on a specific fault, then we could serve society well by better forecasting the future earthquake behavior of that fault.For most of the world, the period of historical records is short: about 200 years in California ...
Robert S. Yeats, Carol S. Prentice
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Characteristic Earthquakes in the Southern Dead Sea Transform? Evidence from Paleoseismology, Historical Records, Archaeology, and Instrumental Seismicity

Bulletin of The Seismological Society of America (BSSA)
The hypothesis of repeated large “characteristic” earthquakes displaying a narrow size range, occurring more frequently on individual faults or fault segments than predicted from the Gutenberg–Richter empirical relation, has long prompted scientific ...
Matty Sharon, S. Marco, A. Agnon
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Chapter 4 Paleoseismology of Volcanic Environments

1996
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the paleoseismology of volcanic environments. It presents a criterion for the recognition of magma-induced, extensional structures to alleviate their misinterpretation in the paleoseismic record as products of single, large magnitude earthquakes.
William R. Hackett, Suzette M. Jackson, Richard P. Smith   +2 more
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