Lithospheric deformation on Earth is localized under both brittle and ductile deformation conditions. As high-temperature ductile rheologies are fundamentally strain-rate hardening, the formation of localized ductile shear zones must involve a structural or ...

<p>Landslide is a rapid movement of rocks, soils and vegetations down the slope under the influence of gravity. Landslides are by far the most common natural disaster and pervasive natural problems in the Himalayan region of Darjeeling. Every year, people ...

<p>A GPS-derived velocity field from a dense geodetic network established in the broader area of Athens is presented, whereas local variations of strain rates across a major inactive tectonic boundary separating metamorphic and non-metamorphic geotectonic ...

In this study the east and west rupture directions of the 1943 and 1944 earthquakes on the North AnatolianFault (NAF) are hypothesized to represent, respectively, long term preferred propagation directions on the corresponding sections of the NAF. To test ...

This report presents an overview of the geology, hydrology, and climate of the lower Helmand Basin, a large, closed, arid basin in southern Afghanistan. The basin is drained by the Helmand River, the only perennial desert stream between the Indus and Tigris-Euphrates ...

This paper summarises the geological features of the Larderello-Travale and Monte Amiata areas, where the world&rsquo;s most ancient exploited geothermal fields are located. In both geothermal areas, three regional tectonostratigraphic elements are distinguished, ...

This paper describes the most important geochemical and petrological characteristics of the Plio-Quaternary volcanism in Italy, with the aims of (i) clarifying the first-order processes of magma genesis and evolution and (ii) providing constraints for models ...

In this paper is provided new structural, sedimentary and geomorphological evidence from the Ecemis Fault Zone, which when combined with published stratigraphic and palaeomagnetic work, will be used to develop of new tectonic model in the regional context ...

This paper focuses on the Quaternary faulting and earthquake geology along one of these displacement-transfer normal faults, the Deep Springs fault, to assess its kinematic role in the evolution of the eastern California shear zone.