Age estimates of coastal terraces in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and their tectonic implications

Sand Sheets on a Beach-Ridge Plain in Thailand: Identification and Dating of Tsunami Deposits in a Far-Field Tropical Setting

“…Paleoseismological records can be derived from ages and heights of uplifted terraces (e.g. Aung et al 2008;Rajendran et al, 2008) and ages and level of vertical movement recorded in coral microatolls (e.g. Sieh et al, 2008;Meltzner et al, 2010) above or near the active subduction zone.…”

Investigating subduction earthquake geology along the southern Hikurangi margin using palaeoenvironmental histories of intertidal inlets

“…Globally, almost all palaeoseismic records of subduction earthquakes have been obtained from the coastal zone (e.g. Atwater 1987;Darienzo et al 1994;HemphillÁHaley 1995;Nelson et al 1996Nelson et al , 2006Zachariasen et al 1999;Sawai et al 2002;Nanayama et al 2003;Cisternas et al 2005;Melnick et al 2006;Rajendran et al 2008). Within the coastal zone, sea level can be used as a benchmark against which uplift and subsidence of the upper plate due to subduction earthquake deformation can be measured.…”

Forearc uplift rates deduced from sediment cores of two coastal lakes in south-central Chile

“…Lajoie, 1986;Hsu, 1992;Chen and Liu, 2000;Antonioli et al, 2006;Rajendran et al, 2008). The analysis and measurement of vertical deformation can provide insight to fundamental tectonic mechanisms and associated crustal responses (e.g.…”

“…The most conventional approach for calculating surface uplift rates at tectonically active margins is the analysis and dating of deformed marine terraces that emerged from the ocean and are nowadays situated above sea level (e.g. Burbank and Anderson, 2001;Keller and Pinter, 2002;Antonioli et al, 2006;Rajendran et al, 2008). These relict shorelines bear evidence of both past sea-level highstands during interglacial/interstadial periods and of subsequent tectonic uplift.…”