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active tectonics

Description: The study of ongoing or geologically recent crustal deformation and faulting and their effects on landscapes and geological hazards.
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Active Tectonics of the Mediterranean Region
1972 · D. McKenzie · Geophysical Journal International · 2,863
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Soils and Geomorphology
1984 · Peter W. Birkeland · 1,852
Active tectonics of the Alpine--Himalayan belt: the Aegean Sea and surrounding regions
1978 · D. McKenzie · Geophysical Journal International · 1,396
The hellenic arc and trench system: A key to the neotectonic evolution of the eastern mediterranean area
1979 · Xavier Le Pichon, Jacques Angelier · Tectonophysics · 1,316
Active tectonics of the Alpine--Himalayan Belt between western Turkey and Pakistan
1984 · J. Jackson, D. McKenzie · Geophysical Journal International · 1,210
Expression of active tectonics in erosional landscapes
2012 · Eric Kirby, Kelin X. Whipple · Journal of Structural Geology · 1,190
Active faulting and tectonics in China
1977 · Paul Tapponnier, Peter Molnar · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1,179
Neotectonics of Turkey – a synthesis
2001 · E Bozkurt · Geodinamica Acta · 1,158
Active tectonics of the north and central Aegean Sea
1991 · Tuncay Taymaz, James Jackson, et al. · Geophysical Journal International · 1,037
Links between erosion, runoff variability and seismicity in the Taiwan orogen
2003 · Simon J. Dadson, Niels Hovius, et al. · Nature · 968
Shortening of continental lithosphere: the neotectonics of Eastern Anatolia — a young collision zone
1986 · J.F. Dewey, M.R. Hempton, et al. · Geological Society London Special Publications · 950
Active faulting and cenozoic tectonics of the Tien Shan, Mongolia, and Baykal Regions
1979 · Paul Tapponnier, Peter Molnar · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 876
Coseismic reverse- and oblique-slip surface faulting generated by the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, China
2009 · Xiwei Xu, Xueze Wen, et al. · Geology · 834
Active tectonics of Tibet
1978 · Peter Molnar, Paul Tapponnier · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 796
Active Tectonics Earthquakes, Uplift, and Landscape
1997 · D. J. Green · Environmental and Engineering Geoscience · 735
Neotectonics of the Sumatran fault, Indonesia
2000 · Kerry Sieh, Danny Natawidjaja · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 726
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The tectonic evolution of Asia
1996 · An Yin, T. Mark Harrison · 716
Faulting associated with historical and recent earthquakes in the Eastern Mediterranean region
1998 · Ambraseys, Jackson · Geophysical Journal International · 703
Active tectonics: earthquakes, uplift, and landscape
1996 · Choice Reviews Online · 701
Active tectonics of the Adriatic Region
1987 · H. Anderson, J. Jackson · Geophysical Journal International · 688
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Westward propagation of the North Anatolian fault into the northern Aegean: Timing and kinematics
1999 · Rolando Armijo, Bertrand Meyer, et al. · Geology · 663
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Tectonic Geomorphology North and South of the Garlock Fault, California
2020 · William B. Bull, Leslie D. McFadden · Routledge eBooks · 648
Structural geology of rocks and regions
1984 · George H. Davis · 648
River profiles along the Himalayan arc as indicators of active tectonics
1983 · L Seeber, V Gornitz · Tectonophysics · 614
Uplift of the Longmen Shan and Tibetan plateau, and the 2008 Wenchuan (M = 7.9) earthquake
2009 · Judith Hubbard, John H. Shaw · Nature · 607
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