Earthquake cycle deformation and the Moho: Implications for the rheology of continental lithosphere

TJ Wright, JR Elliott, H Wang, I Ryder - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The last 20 years has seen a dramatic improvement in the quantity and quality of geodetic
measurements of the earthquake loading cycle. In this paper we compile and review these …

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 …

Earthquake location methods

E Karasözen, B Karasözen - GEM-International Journal on …, 2020 - Springer
Earthquake location is a well-defined inverse problem to which the mathematical
fundamentals of existing methodologies were established nearly a century ago. However, in …

Megathrust and accretionary wedge properties and behaviour in the Makran subduction zone

C Penney, F Tavakoli, A Saadat… - Geophysical Journal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We study the Makran subduction zone, along the southern coasts of Iran and Pakistan, to
gain insights into the kinematics and dynamics of accretionary prism deformation. By …

The Varzaghan–Ahar, Iran, Earthquake Doublet (Mw 6.4, 6.2): implications for the geodynamics of northwest Iran

A Ghods, E Shabanian, E Bergman… - Geophysical Journal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
On 2012 August 11, a pair of large, damaging earthquakes struck the Varzaghan–Ahar
region in northwest Iran, in a region where there was no major mapped fault or any well …

The 2013 Mw 6.2 Khaki‐Shonbe (Iran) Earthquake: Insights into seismic and aseismic shortening of the Zagros sedimentary cover

JR Elliott, EA Bergman, AC Copley… - Earth and Space …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Determining the relationship between folding and faulting in fold and thrust belts is important
for understanding the growth of geological structures, the depth extent of seismic slip, and …

Multisegment rupture in the 11 July 1889 Chilik earthquake (Mw 8.0–8.3), Kazakh Tien Shan, interpreted from remote sensing, field survey, and paleoseismic …

KE Abdrakhmatov, RT Walker… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 11 July 1889 Chilik earthquake (Mw 8.0–8.3) forms part of a remarkable
sequence of large earthquakes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the …

Morphotectonic and earthquake data analysis of interactional faults in Sabzevaran Area, SE Iran

A Rashidi, MR Abbassi, F Nilfouroushan… - Journal of Structural …, 2020 - Elsevier
We used satellite images, earthquake catalogues and field observations to study several
active fault systems and their interactions in Sabzevaran Area in SE Iran. The focus of this …

Great earthquakes in low strain rate continental interiors: An example from SE Kazakhstan

GE Campbell, RT Walker… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The Lepsy fault of the northern Tien Shan, SE Kazakhstan, extends E‐W 120 km from the
high mountains of the Dzhungarian Ala‐tau, a subrange of the northern Tien Shan, into the …

Zagros “phantom earthquakes” reassessed—The interplay of seismicity and deep salt flow in the Simply Folded Belt?

E Nissen, J Jackson, S Jahani… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Unraveling the contributions of main shock slip, aftershocks, aseismic afterslip, and
postseismic relaxation to the deformation observed in earthquake sequences heightens our …