Paleoseismicity of the 1981 Corinth earthquake fault: Seismic contribution to extensional strain in central Greece and implications for seismic hazard

Geologic, structural, and thermochronologic constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Sierra Mazatán core complex, Sonora, Mexico: New insights into metamorphic core complex formation

“…Thermochronologic data support slip rates of 3 -7 mm/a as typical for many Cordilleran core complexes [e.g., John and Foster, 1993;Foster and John, 1999, and references therein;Brady, 2002] although Carter et al [2004] interpreted U-Th/He data to indicate that very high slip rates ($30 mm/a) occurred during the final stage of exhumation at the Harcuvar Mountains core complex. Our results from Sierra Mazatán add to a growing database that suggests that faults at many Cordilleran core complexes slipped at rates comparable to the largest normal faults active today, including Holocene slip rates of 1.0-1.7 mm/a on the Wasatch fault, Utah [e.g., Friedrich et al, 2003] and Holocene slip rates of 2.5 -4.0 mm/a in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece [Collier et al, 1998]. Therefore, long-term slip rates for the Sierra Mazatán, as well as many other core complexes, do not appear to be significantly different from rates at the largest active normal faults.…”

Palaeoseismic data and their implication for active deformation in Greece

“…In contrast, short recurrence interval can be inferred in the south Alkyonides fault zone (Collier et al, 1998) and Eliki area (Koukouvelas et al, 2001;Pavlides et al, 2004), showing past events during historical times (<1 ka).…”

“…Secondly, Greece is the country where most of the seismic energy in the Eastern Mediterranean is released. This explains why palaeoseismological studies are rapidly increasing (Pavlides, 1996;Collier et al, 1998;Pavlides et al, 1999;Koukouvelas et al, 2001;Pantosti et al, 2004;Caputo et al, 2004).…”

Morphotectonic control on drainage network evolution in the Perachora Peninsula, Greece

“…2). Collier et al (1998) performed palaeoseismological trenching at the western end of Alepochori fault and deduced average recurrence intervals of strong earthquakes every 330 years for the last 2000 years, accompanied with vertical displacements of 0.7-2.5 m. The same rates for strong earthquakes in this area were also suggested by Vita-Finzi and , while Pirazzoli et al (1994) proposed that uplift movements have occurred in increments of 0.8 ± 0.3 m with return periods of the order of 1600 years, during the Holocene.…”