Current Events in Active Tectonics at EPS
 

EPS 290
CCN  19192

Wednesday 2:00! pm, 401 McCone 401

December 3, 2008

Leslie
Robl, J. et al., Extension during continental convergence in the Eastern Alps: The influence of orogen-scale strike-slip faults. , Geology, 36(12), 963-966. [paper .pdf]

November 19, 2008

Leslie
Charreau, J. et al., Miocene to present kinematics of fault-bend folding across the Huerguosi anticline, northern Tianshan (China), derived from structural, seismic, and magnetostratigraphic data, Geology, 36(11), 871-874. [paper .pdf]

Isabelle
Monecke et al., A 1000-year sediment record of tsunami recurrence ini northern Sumatra, Nature, vol. 455, pp. 1232-1234, 30 October 2008. [Full text online]
Jankaew et al., Medieval forewarning of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Thailand, Nature, vol. 455, pp. 1228-1231, 30 October 2008. [Full text online]

November 5, 2008

Amanda
Tomotake Ueno, Takuo Shibutani, and Kiyoshi Ito., Configuration of the Continental Moho and Philippine Sea Slab in Southwest Japan Derived from Receiver Function Analysis: Relation to Subcrustal Earthquakes , BSSA 98, October, 2008 [Full text online]

October 29, 2008

Isabelle
Benson et al., Laboratory simulation of volcanic seismicity, Science Vol. 322 no. 5889, 10 October 2008 [Full text online]

October 15, 2008

Kelly
Cakir & Akoglu., Synthetic aperture radar interferometry observations of the M = 6.0 Orta earthquake of 6 June 2000 (NW Turkey): Reactivation of a listric fault, G-Cubed Vol. 9, August 19, 2008 [Full text online]

Ingrid
Mitsui & Kirahara., Long-term slow slip events are not necessarily caused by high pore fluid pressure at the plate interface: an implication from two-dimensional model calculations, Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 174, pg.331-335, July 2008 [Full text online]

October 1, 2008

Kelly
Velasco et al., Global ubiquity of dynamic earthquake triggering, Nature Geoscience Vol. 1, June 2008 [Full text online]

Aurelie
Mignan and Giovambattista, Relationship between accelerating seismicity and quiescence, two precursors to large earthquakes, Geophysical Research Letters Vol. 35, 2008 [Full text online]

September 10, 2008

Isabelle
Parsons et al., Stress changes from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and increased seismic hazard in the Sichuan basin, Nature Vol. 454, 6 July 2008 [Full text online]

September 3, 2008

Who's first?
Taylor et al., Rupture across arc segment and plate boundaries in the 1 April 2007 Solomons earthquake, Nature-Geoscience VOL 1, April 2008 p.253-256[HTML - LINK]


     Topics of Interest:

  • Rheology 
  • Fault Mechanics 
  • Earthquake Triggering 
  • Aseismic Faulting 
  • Transient Deformation 
  • Fault Geometry 
  • Earthquake Cycle Deformation 
  • Volcano Deformation 
  • GPS 
  • InSAR

Isabelle
Science & Nature

Noah
 JGR

Leslie
 Geology & GSA Bulletin

Nicolas
EPSL & Eos

Aurelie
GRL

Kelly
G-Cubed/Nature-Geo

Amanda
BSSA