This article summarizes recent advances in our knowledge of the past 1000 years of
earthquakes in the Himalaya using geodetic, historical and seismological data, and …

Geodesy, the oldest science, has become an important discipline in the geosciences, in
large part by enhancing Global Positioning System (GPS) capabilities over the last 35 years …

On 6 February 2023, two large earthquakes (moment magnitude 7.8 and 7.6) shocked a vast
area of southeastern Türkiye and northern Syria, leading to heavy casualties and economic …

SUMMARY The East Anatolian Fault (EAF) is a 700-km-long left-lateral transform fault
located between the Anatolian and Arabian plates. The proximity of the Euler Pole to the …

We have updated the active fault map of Turkey and built its database within GIS
environment. In the study, four distinct active fault types, classified according to …

Abstract The 5 September 2022 Mw 6.7 Luding earthquake occurred on the Moxi segment of
the highly active **anshuihe fault in eastern Tibet. Here, we constrain the coseismic slip by …

This essential reference for graduate students and researchers provides a unified treatment
of earthquakes and faulting as two aspects of brittle tectonics at different timescales. The …

An earthquake alters the shear and normal stress on surrounding faults. New evidence
strengthens the hypothesis that such small, sudden stress changes cause large changes in …

Turkey forms one of the most actively deforming regions in the world and has a long history
of devastating earthquakes. The belter understanding of its neotectonic features and active …

Many aspects of earthquake mechanics remain an enigma as we enter the closing years of
the twentieth century. One potential bright spot is the realization that simple calculations of …