Expression of active tectonics in erosional landscapes

E Kirby, KX Whipple - Journal of structural geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Understanding the manner and degree to which topography in active mountain ranges
reflects deformation of the Earth's surface remains a first order goal of tectonic …

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 …

Uniform California earthquake rupture forecast, version 3 (UCERF3)—The time‐independent model

EH Field, RJ Arrowsmith, GP Biasi… - Bulletin of the …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The 2014 Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities (WGCEP14)
present the time‐independent component of the Uniform California Earthquake Rupture …

Slip partitioning and crustal deformation patterns in the Tianshan orogenic belt derived from GPS measurements and their tectonic implications

C Wu, P Zhang, Z Zhang, W Zheng, B Xu, W Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The conventional view of crustal deformation in the reactivated Tianshan orogenic belt is
strong north–south (NS) compression accommodated by a series of east–west (E–W) …

Spatiotemporal clustering of great earthquakes on a transform fault controlled by geometry

JD Howarth, NC Barth, SJ Fitzsimons… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Minor changes in geometry along the length of mature strike-slip faults may act as
conditional barriers to earthquake rupture, terminating some and allowing others to pass …

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 …

Steps and gaps in ground ruptures: Empirical bounds on rupture propagation

GP Biasi, SG Wesnousky - Bulletin of the Seismological …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We analyze a set of 76 mapped surface ruptures for relationships between geometrical
discontinuities in fault traces and earthquake rupture extent. The combined set includes 46 …

Coseismic surface ruptures, slip distribution, and 3D seismogenic fault for the 2021 Mw 7.3 Maduo earthquake, central Tibetan Plateau, and its tectonic implications

J Ren, X Xu, G Zhang, Q Wang, Z Zhang, H Gai… - Tectonophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2021 Mw 7.3 Maduo earthquake, which hit the high mountain area of the
internal Bayan Har Block in the central Tibetan Plateau, generated a~ 154 km-long, nearly …

Magnitude of the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake reestimated using seismological and geomorphological methods

Q Ou, G Kulikova, J Yu, A Elliott… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Reported magnitudes ranging between 7.8 and 8.7 highlight a confusion about the true size
of the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, the largest earthquake recorded in the northeast Tibetan …

High‐resolution topography‐derived offsets along the 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake rupture trace, San Andreas fault

O Zielke, JR Arrowsmith… - Bulletin of the …, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The great Fort Tejon earthquake of 1857, with an∼ 350‐km‐long surface rupture,
was the most recent major earthquake along the south‐central San Andreas fault (SAF) …