Active tectonics of the Ordos Plateau, China by Middleton, T

“…<p>This thesis is concerned with the active tectonics of the Ordos Plateau in northern China, an apparently non-deforming portion of continental lithosphere that sits at the northeastern edge of the India-Eurasia collision zone. …”

The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and active tectonics of Asia by Fu, B, Walker, R, Sandiford, M

Active tectonics and palaeoseismicity of the Northern Tien Shan and Dzhungaria by Tsai, C-H

“…This thesis focuses on the active tectonics and the palaeoseismicity around the Dzhungarian Basin. …”

Active tectonics around Almaty and along the Zailisky Alatau rangefront by Grutzner, C, Walker, R, Abdrakhmatov, K, Mukambaev, A, Elliott, AJ, Elliott, JR

“…We find additional evidence for active tectonic deformation all along the Almaty rangefront, basinward in the Kazakh platform, and in the interior of the Zailisky mountain range. …”

Earthquakes and active tectonics of the South Caspian region, Central Asia by Marshall, NR

“…More regionally, understanding characteristic earthquakes and active faulting helps reveal plate tectonic motion that influences deformation and sedimentation. …”

Active tectonics and late Cenozoic strain distribution in central and eastern Iran by Walker, R, Jackson, J

“…Little is known of the late Tertiary and younger offsets and slip rates on the active fault systems, results that are important for understanding the regional tectonics. We use observations from satellite imagery to identify displaced geological and geomorphological markers which we use in conjunction with the overall morphology and orientation of the active fault systems to estimate the total cumulative right-lateral shear. …”

Extrusion tectonics and subduction in the Eastern South Caspian region since 10 Ma by Hollingsworth, J, Jackson, J, Walker, R, Nazari, H

“…Our results are summarized in a new kinematic model that signiticantly clarifies the active tectonics of this complicated region. © 2008 The Geological Society of America.…”

Extrusion tectonics and subduction in the eastern South Caspian region since 10 Ma: REPLY by Hollingsworth, J, Jackson, J, Walker, R, Nazari, H

Contrasting styles of convergence in the Arabia-Eurasia collision: Why escape tectonics does not occur in Iran by Allen, M, Blanc, E, Walker, R, Jackson, J, Talebian, M, Ghassemi, MR

“…Here we summarize how the tectonically active mountain ranges of Iran deform by combinations of thrusting and strike-slip movement oblique to the overall convergence vector across each region, without requiring net eastward movement with respect to Eurasia. …”

The tectonics of the western Ordos Plateau, Ningxia, China: slip rates on the Luoshan and East Helanshan Faults by Middleton, T, Walker, R, Rood, D, Rhodes, E, Parsons, B, Lei, Q, Elliott, J, Ren, Z, Zhou, Y

Depth segmentation of the seismogenic continental crust: The 2008 and 2009 Qaidam earthquakes by Elliot, J, Parsons, B, Jackson, J, Shan, X, Sloan, R, Walker, R

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Slip-rate on the Main Köpetdag (Kopeh Dagh) strike-slip fault, Turkmenistan, and the active tectonics of the South Caspian by Walker, R, Bezmenov, Y, Begenjev, G, Carolin, S, Dodds, N, Gruetzner, C, Jackson, J, Mirzin, R, Mousavi, Z, Rhodes, E

“…The MKDF is estimated to have ~35 km of cumulative right-lateral slip which, if these geological measurements are correct, would accumulate in only 3-5 Ma at the rate we have determined, suggesting that the present tectonic configuration started within that time period. …”

The Chaman and Paghman active faults, west of Kabul, Afghanistan: active tectonics, geomorphology, and evidence for rupture in the destructive 1505 earthquake by Shnizai, Z, Walker, R, Tsutsumi, H

“…In this paper, we describe the geologic structure and tectonic geomorphology of the northeast-striking Paghman fault and a ∼10-km-long portion of the Chaman fault using a combination of field observations and remote sensing data, and assess evidence for rupturing in the 1505 historical earthquake. …”

Rate of slip from multiple Quaternary dating methods and paleoseismic investigations along the Talas‐Fergana Fault: tectonic implications for the Tien Shan Range by Rizza, M, Abdrakhmatov, K, Walker, R, Braucher, R, Guillou, V, Carr, A, Campbell, G, Mackenzie, D, Jackson, J, Aumaître, G, Bourlès, D, Keddadouche, K

The mechanical properties of fault zones and earthquake cycle dynamics along the northern margins of the Iranian Plateau by Dodds, NW

Subjects: “…Plate tectonics…”

The 1998 March 14 Fandoqa earthquake (M-w 6.6) in Kerman province, southeast Iran: re-rupture of the 1981 Sirch earthquake fault, triggering of slip on adjacent thrusts and the active tectonics of the Gowk fault zone by Berberian, M, Jackson, J, Fielding, E, Parsons, B, Priestley, K, Qorashi, M, Talebian, M, Walker, R, Wright, T, Baker, C

“…We use observations of surface faulting, analysis of P and SH body waves, SAR interferometry and geomorphology to investigate the ruptures in these earthquakes and how they are related both to each other and to the regional active tectonics. The 1998 Fandoqa earthquake produced 23 km of surface faulting with up to 3 m right-lateral strike-slip and 1 m vertical offsets. …”

Oroclinal bending, distributed thrust and strike-slip faulting, and the accommodation of Arabia-Eurasia convergence in NE Iran since the Oligocene by Hollingsworth, J, Fattahi, M, Walker, R, Talebian, M, Bahroudi, A, Bolourchi, M, Jackson, J, Copley, A

“…A significant change in the tectonics of the eastern Alborz occurs directly south of the Central Kopeh Dagh, near 57°E. …”

Shortening accommodated by thrust and strike-slip faults in 1 the Ili Basin, northern Tien Shan by Grutzner, C, Campbell, G, Walker, R, Jackson, J, Mackenzie, D, Abdrakhmatov, K, Mukambayev, A

“…Our study illustrates the importance of combining these different data sets to understand the regional tectonics.…”

Active faulting within a megacity: the geometry and slip rate of the Pardisan thrust in central Tehran, Iran by Talebian, M, Copley, A, Fattahi, M, Ghoraishi, M, Jackson, J, Nazari, H, Sloan, R, Walker, R

“…Our study shows that the faults within the Tehran urban region have relatively rapid rates of slip, are important in the regional tectonics, and have a great impact on earthquake hazard assessment of the city and surrounding region.…”

Active shortening in the Alpine-Himalayan belt by Mackenzie, D

“…<p>In this thesis, I use a multi-disciplinary approach to investigate the accommodation of tectonic strain within the Alpine--Himalayan Belt by thick-skinned compressional faulting, to constrain seismic hazard potential and probe the earthquake cycle in regions of distributed deformation. …”