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Publications tagged with [surface ruptures]

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PALEOSEISMOLOGY OF THE 2010 MW 7.1 DARFIELD (CANTERBURY) EARTHQUAKE SOURCE, GREENDALE FAULT, NEW ZEALAND (2014)

<p>The previously unknown Greendale Fault ruptured in the September 2010 moment magnitude (Mw) 7.1 Darfield Earthquake. Surface rupture fracture patterns and displacements along the fault were measured with high precision using real time kinematic (RTK) GPS, ...

Filed under: Earthquake Engineering - Earthquake Investigation

Reference: Tectonophysics 637 (2014) 178–190

PALAEOSEISMOLOGY OF THE NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT NEAR THE MARMARASEA: IMPLICATIONS FOR FAULT SEGMENTATION AND SEISMIC HAZARD (2009)

Rockwell T. K. , Ragona D. et al.

<p>We conducted palaeoseismic studies along the North Anatolian fault both east and west of the Marmara Sea to evaluate its recent surface rupture history in relation to the well-documentedhistorical record of earthquakes in the region, and to assess the hazard ...

Filed under: Earthquake Engineering - Seismology & Earthquakes

Reference: "Palaeoseismology: Historical and Prehistorical Records of Earthquake Ground Effects for Seismic Hazard Assessment. The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 316"