scholarly journals Tsunamigenic potential of a newly discovered active fault zone in the outer Messina Strait, Southern Italy

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 2427-2435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lili Fu ◽  
Mohammad Heidarzadeh ◽  
Deniz Cukur ◽  
Francesco L. Chiocci ◽  
Domenico Ridente ◽  
...  
Minerals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Wei Kuo ◽  
Jyh-Rou Huang ◽  
Jiann-Neng Fang ◽  
Jialiang Si ◽  
Haibing Li ◽  
...  

Graphitization of carbonaceous materials (CM) has been experimentally demonstrated as potential evidence of seismic slip within a fault gouge. The southern segment of the Longmenshan fault, a CM-rich-gouge fault, accommodated coseismic slip during the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake and potentially preserves a record of processes that occurred on the fault during the slip event. Here, we present a multi-technique characterization of CM within the active fault zone of the Longmenshan fault from the Wenchuan earthquake Fault Scientific Drilling-1. By contrast with field observations, graphite is pervasively and only distributed in the gouge zone, while heterogeneously crystallized CM are present in the surrounding breccia. The composite dataset that is presented, which includes the localized graphite layer along the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake principal slip zone, demonstrates that graphite is widely distributed within the active fault zone. The widespread occurrence of graphite, a seismic slip indicator, reveals that surface rupturing events commonly occur along the Longmenshan fault and are characteristic of this tectonically active region.


2021 ◽  
pp. 120633
Author(s):  
Alfons Berger ◽  
Daniel Egli ◽  
Christoph Glotzbach ◽  
Pierre G. Valla ◽  
Thomas Pettke ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 104269
Author(s):  
Matthew T. Dorsey ◽  
Thomas K. Rockwell ◽  
Gary H. Girty ◽  
Giles A. Ostermeijer ◽  
John Browning ◽  
...  

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry Fairley ◽  
James Heffner ◽  
Jennifer Hinds

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. M. Carpenter ◽  
C. Marone ◽  
D. M. Saffer

2008 ◽  
Vol 117 (5) ◽  
pp. 851-862
Author(s):  
Hideki KOSAKA ◽  
Kyoko KAGOHARA ◽  
Atsushi MIWA ◽  
Toshifumi IMAIZUMI ◽  
Hideki KUROSAWA ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 829 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Mariolakos ◽  
V. Nikolopoulos ◽  
I. Bantekas ◽  
N. Palyvos

At a newly discovered archaeological site at Aghios Taxiarches in Northern Euboea, two votive inscribed stelae were found in 2001 together with hellenistic pottery next to ancient wall ruins on a steep and high rocky slope. Based on the inscriptions and the geographical location of the site we propose the hypothesis that this is quite probably the spot where the oracle of “Apollo Selinountios” (mentioned by Strabo) would stand in antiquity. The wall ruins of the site are found on a very steep bedrock escarpment of an active fault zone, next to a hanging valley, a high waterfall and a cave. The geomorphological and geological environment of the site is linked directly to the regional geodynamical context of Central Greece, a region of tectonic turmoil throughout the Pleistocene and Holocene, characterised by distinct landscapes produced by the activity of active fault zones, intense seismicity, and in part, volcanism and hydrothermal activity. The geomorphological and geological similarities of the Ag. Taxiarches site with those of the oracle at Delphi, seem to provide further support to the hypothesis that the former site can well be that of an ancient oracle, given the recently established connections between the geological environment at Delphi and Apollo’s oracle there. Definitive verification of our hypothesis can only be obtained by further, detailed archaeological study, whereas geological/geomorphological, geochemical, and geochronological studies would be necessary to clarify the connection that the cave lying next to the wall remains may had with the site’s function.


Terra Nova ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arkadiy S. Karakhanian ◽  
Vladimir G. Trifonov ◽  
Ovanes G. Azizbekian ◽  
David G. Hondkarian

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