The role of space-based observation in understanding and responding to active tectonics and earthquakes

JR Elliott, RJ Walters, TJ Wright - Nature communications, 2016‏ - nature.com
The quantity and quality of satellite-geodetic measurements of tectonic deformation have
increased dramatically over the past two decades improving our ability to observe active …

Fault slip and earthquake recurrence along strike-slip faults—Contributions of high-resolution geomorphic data

O Zielke, Y Klinger, JR Arrowsmith - Tectonophysics, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Understanding earthquake (EQ) recurrence relies on information about the timing and size
of past EQ ruptures along a given fault. Knowledge of a fault's rupture history provides …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid map** of ultrafine fault zone topography with structure from motion

K Johnson, E Nissen, S Saripalli… - …, 2014‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Structure from Motion (SfM) generates high-resolution topography and coregistered
texture (color) from an unstructured set of overlap** photographs taken from varying …

The July 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence: Kinematics of slip and stressing in cross‐fault ruptures

WD Barnhart, GP Hayes… - Geophysical Research …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The July 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence produced cross‐fault
ruptures from a Mw6. 4 left‐lateral foreshock and a Mw7. 1 right‐lateral mainshock. We use …

Complex coseismic and postseismic faulting during the 2021 northern Thessaly (Greece) earthquake sequence illuminated by InSAR observations

J Yang, C Xu, Y Wen, G Xu - Geophysical Research Letters, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Three Mw> 5.5 earthquakes (Tyrnavos, Elassona and Verdikoussa earthquakes)
struck the northern Thessaly, Greece, from 3 March to 12 March 2021, filling a significant …

Surface displacement distributions for the July 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake ruptures

CB DuRoss, RD Gold, TE Dawson… - Bulletin of the …, 2020‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Surface rupture in the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence occurred along
two orthogonal cross faults and includes dominantly left‐lateral and northeast‐striking …

[HTML][HTML] Dual control of fault intersections on stop-start rupture in the 2016 Central Italy seismic sequence

RJ Walters, LC Gregory, LNJ Wedmore, TJ Craig… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Large continental earthquakes necessarily involve failure of multiple faults or segments. But
these same critically-stressed systems sometimes fail in drawn-out sequences of smaller …

Fault slip models of the 2010–2011 Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquakes from geodetic data and observations of postseismic ground deformation

J Beavan, M Motagh, EJ Fielding… - New Zealand Journal …, 2012‏ - Taylor & Francis
We present source models derived from geodetic data for the four major Canterbury
earthquakes of 2010–2011. The September 2010 Darfield earthquake was largely right …

The 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence: Environmental effects, seismic triggering thresholds and geologic legacy

MC Quigley, MW Hughes, BA Bradley, S van Ballegooy… - Tectonophysics, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Seismic shaking and tectonic deformation during strong earthquakes can trigger widespread
environmental effects. The severity and extent of a given effect relates to the characteristics …

The 2020 Mw 6.8 Elazığ (Turkey) Earthquake Reveals Rupture Behavior of the East Anatolian Fault

L Pousse‐Beltran, E Nissen… - Geophysical …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 2020 M w 6.8 Elazığ earthquake was the largest along the East Anatolian Fault
(EAF) in over a century, providing valuable insights into its rupture behavior. We use satellite …