Recent progress in the analysis of seismic waves enables us to determine where, and sometimes how, the base of the mantle deforms.
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A Seismogenic Shear Zone Diagonal to the Main Himalayan Thrusts
Scientists document active seismic shear along a major lineament of Sikkim Himalaya diagonal to the Main Himalayan Thrusts.
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The El Kherba landslide in Algeria, reactivated by the 7 August 2020 Mila earthquake
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. There is an interesting article (Bourenane and Mezouar 2024) in the Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment about the El Kherba landslide in Algeria, which was reactivated by the 7 August […]
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Caldera Collapse as a Natural Example of Rock Friction
Recurrent slips on the caldera wall of the Kīlauea Volcano are a natural experiment not only to understand the mechanics of caldera formation but also to gain more insights into fault friction.
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¿El secreto para imitar fallas naturales? Plexiglás y teflón
Investigadores encontraron una manera eficaz para producir un comportamiento de fallas natural en el laboratorio.
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Ancient Crustal Weaknesses Contribute to Modern Earthquakes in West Africa
Researchers dive into the mechanisms and stresses that trigger earthquakes along the passive margin and interior of the continent.
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Repeated Coseismic Uplift Above the Patton Bay Splay Fault, Alaska
Stratigraphic and diatom analyses suggest ruptures of the Patton Bay splay fault occurred together with half of the documented great Alaskan megathrust earthquakes during the past 4,200 years.
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Tsunami Sands Help Scientists Assess Cascadia Earthquake Models
With evidence from new sediment cores, researchers tested the performance of various models of the 1700 CE megathrust earthquake.
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The destruction of the Bronze Age settlement of Lajia in China
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Yesterday, I posted about a new paper (Shi et al. 2024) that describes the liquefaction landslide damage caused to villages in Gansu Province, triggered by the 18 December 2023 Ms=6.2 Jishishan earthquake. The paper is […]
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The Jishishan earthquake ripple hazard
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. A very interesting paper (Shi et al. 2024) has just been published, open access, in the journal Scientific Reports, describing an “earthquake ripple hazard”, a terminology that I have not come across […]