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RAS Journals @rasjournals.bsky.social · 29d

Published in #GJI Geophysical Journal International: "Fault creep in the fluid-rich Kura Basin, Azerbaijan, imaged with InSAR", Johnson et al. This is Fig. 11: read the paper at academic.oup.com/gji/article/... @oxfordacademic.bsky.social @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

Perspective view showing merged topography and bathymetry for the South Caspian Basin and its surroundings, with the coastlines shown as thin black lines. Faults are mapped with solid lines for higher confidence and dashed lines for lower confidence. NE-SW trending folds in the deeper parts of the basin are shown using dashed lines with diamond decorations. Large submarine landslides visible in the bathymetry are highlighted with translucent polygons. GNSS data from Kadirov et al. (2014) shows the convergence of the Kura Basin with Eurasia taken up by the KFTB and the Caucasus. The triangular region bounded by the Alat Fault and the Sumquayit Fault is moving eastward relative to the Kura Basin, and appears to extrude into the SCB, possibly contributing the folding of offshore sediments. The South Caspian Basin (SCB) velocity vector located offshore is from Dodds et al. (2022) who used the rates of the basin-bounding faults to infer the velocity of the basin.

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Oxford Earth Sciences @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social · Sep 5

Zakeria Shnizai was featured on the BBC Science in Action podcast this week, speaking about the recent #earthquakes in #Afghanistan and the main causes of the country’s vulnerability to earthquakes

Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · Sep 1

Link to the paper published in TEKTONIKA #DOAJ @wearetektonika.bsky.social 2/2 ⚒️

tektonika.online/index.php/ho...

Detailed Active Fault Map of the Spin Ghar Fault System and Related Seismicity in Eastern Afghanistan | τeκτoniκa

tektonika.online

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Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · Sep 1

Section 👇 from Shnizai & Walker in Tektonika 2024 @wearetektonika.bsky.social shows structure of Jalalabad basin, E #Afghanistan.
It's not right across the recent #earthquake but more to the W. The earthquake may have occurred on a thrust fault equivalent to the one to the left of the section. 1/2 ⚒️

Geological cross section across the Jalalabad basin shows several thrust faults dipping to the north-west

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Richard Walker @richardthomasw.bsky.social · Aug 20

Yes, completely. We were just passing through and had a short stop

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Richard Walker @richardthomasw.bsky.social · Aug 19

We happened to visit the rupture today, on their anniversary!

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · Aug 2

2 August 1885 21:20 UT (2:20 of 3rd LT)
M6.9-7.6 earthquake destroyed Belodovskoe and Karabalta, west of Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), killing 54 people. Other Northern Tien Chan EQs in 1887, 1889 and 1911.
caiag.kg/en/projects/...
academic.oup.com/gji/article/...
nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83045...

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Eos @eos.org · Feb 27

Deep groundwater may be more common than once thought and could offer solutions to water scarcity in some parts of the world, write Claudia Bertoni @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social + colleagues from Ruden AS.

eos.org/opinions/dee...

Deep Groundwater Might Be a Sustainable Solution to the Water Crisis - Eos

Scientists are finding fresh groundwater buried deep underground, but questions remain about the scale of these resources, how they’re resupplied, and whether they can be used sustainably.

eos.org

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Oxford Sparks @oxfordsparks.bsky.social · Jun 18

🎥 "It might never happen"...Remembering forgotten #earthquakes in Central Asia

What happens when natural disasters fade from living memory? How do societies perceive #risk? @richardthomasw.bsky.social & Dr Neill Marshall‬ share their fascinating #research @ox.ac.uk

bit.ly/444sMFA
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"It might never happen..." Remembering forgotten earthquakes in Central Asia

Where in the world do earthquakes pose the greatest risk? Japan, perhaps...or California? When devastating earthquakes hit the news headlines, they implant themselves in our memory, and we create a long-lasting association between the location and the event. But what about the earthquakes that lie outside of living memory? Are the locations of these events perceived to hold the same degree of risk? In this film, Professor Richard Walker and Dr Neill Marshall from Oxford's Department of Earth Sciences share their work on the forgotten earthquakes of Central Asia, and explain the societal implications of natural disasters that have faded into the past.

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Richard Walker @richardthomasw.bsky.social · Jun 18

Very happy to share this documentary that documents some of the work of our team and our collaborators in learning more about the earthquakes of Central Asia. @jrarrowsmith.bsky.social

Oxford Sparks @oxfordsparks.bsky.social · Jun 18

🎥 "It might never happen"...Remembering forgotten #earthquakes in Central Asia

What happens when natural disasters fade from living memory? How do societies perceive #risk? @richardthomasw.bsky.social & Dr Neill Marshall‬ share their fascinating #research @ox.ac.uk

bit.ly/444sMFA
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"It might never happen..." Remembering forgotten earthquakes in Central Asia

Where in the world do earthquakes pose the greatest risk? Japan, perhaps...or California? When devastating earthquakes hit the news headlines, they implant themselves in our memory, and we create a long-lasting association between the location and the event. But what about the earthquakes that lie outside of living memory? Are the locations of these events perceived to hold the same degree of risk? In this film, Professor Richard Walker and Dr Neill Marshall from Oxford's Department of Earth Sciences share their work on the forgotten earthquakes of Central Asia, and explain the societal implications of natural disasters that have faded into the past.

bit.ly

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · May 28

SPEECHLESS BEFORE / AFTER #BLATTEN

The magnitude of destruction after the 3:24 pm collapse of Birch Glacier is immense! 😱

All the forest has been razed and the ice/wood/debris dammed the Lonza river 🌊

Some buildings of Blatten are buried 🏠

📷 Pomona

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · May 12

Watch the ground break and move during the magnitude 7.7 #Myanmar #earthquake. This footage shows the incredible power of the earthquake that devastated parts of Myanmar and #Thailand. My thoughts are with the people impacted by this event. 💔

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · May 10

10 May 1997 7:58 UT
Mw7.3 Zirkuh earthquake along Abiz Fault, east of Qaen, South Khorasan, NE Iran, destroyed 10,000 houses, killing 1567 people in Iran and 5 in Afghanistan. The seismic sequence begun in 1968.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
doi.org/10.1111/j.13...
nyshistoricnewspapers.org

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · May 1

1 May 1929 15:38 UT
Mw7.2 earthquake and aftershocks, in the Kopet Dag, at Iran-Turkmenistan border, destroyed villages and caused 3800 deaths, most in Iran. The Quchan 1871-95 EQs were in the same fault zone.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
jstor.org/stable/74468...
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · Apr 25

25 April 1966 23:23 UT (5:23 of 26th LT)
Mw5.2 earthquake destroyed Tashkent, Uzbekistan, killing 15 to 200 people and leaving 300,000 homeless - very shallow and near urban center.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Ta...
e-newspaperarchives.ch

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Oxford Earth Sciences @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social · Mar 25

We are excited to be a part of a new multidisciplinary research initiative for sustainable natural resources. The Oxford EARTH programme aims to address the challenges in natural resources underpinning the net zero energy transition 🌎

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David Pyle @davidmpyle.bsky.social · Mar 11

A short introduction to the Miocene paleogeography of #Almeria and the #Alboran sea by Hannah Fry ‘Geology is cool man..’

youtube.com/shorts/jt9Wv...

The Mediterranean Sea wasn't always a sea

YouTube video by Hannah Fry

youtube.com

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Richard Walker @richardthomasw.bsky.social · Mar 7

Our blog has been a bit quiet over these winter months, but I have added a new article describing our recent trip to Morocco, working with scientists from Mohammed V University in Rabat to understand more about earthquake sources around the Atlas mountains.

quakesincentralasia.org/research-upd...

Earthquakes in North Africa: a reconnaissance of active faulting along the margins of the Atlas mountains of Morocco – Earthquakes in Central Asia

quakesincentralasia.org

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Richard Walker @richardthomasw.bsky.social · Feb 28

The team is now fully assembled for the Atlas mountains fieldtrip! Looking forward to seeing some faults tomorrow

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Richard Walker @richardthomasw.bsky.social · Feb 28

These deep water sources are likely to be increasingly important, but we know so little of their global distribution due to lack of data and study. Repurposed industrial data may hold the key!

Eos @eos.org · Feb 27

Deep groundwater may be more common than once thought and could offer solutions to water scarcity in some parts of the world, write Claudia Bertoni @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social + colleagues from Ruden AS.

eos.org/opinions/dee...

Deep Groundwater Might Be a Sustainable Solution to the Water Crisis - Eos

Scientists are finding fresh groundwater buried deep underground, but questions remain about the scale of these resources, how they’re resupplied, and whether they can be used sustainably.

eos.org

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Richard Walker @richardthomasw.bsky.social · Feb 19

Many thanks for the link @dpmanchee.bsky.social

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Dominic Manchee @dpmanchee.bsky.social · Feb 19

A new study highlights the rising risks of sliding slopes in High Mountain Asia nsidc.org/news-analyse...

Supplementing the research paper, the researchers released a new dataset, the 'High Mountain Asia Daily 5km Landslide HazaAccrd Indicator'.

@davepetley.bsky.social @richardthomasw.bsky.social

Rising risks of sliding slopes in High Mountain Asia

A new study has predicted an increase in landslide hazards in High Mountain Asia. The study authors linked higher emissions of greenhouse gases to the potential for higher risks from landslides.

nsidc.org

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Richard Walker @richardthomasw.bsky.social · Feb 13

We wrote a recent paper on the potential source of this earthquake, based upon paleoseismic trenching - see agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Surface Rupturing Earthquakes of the Greater Caucasus Frontal Thrusts, Azerbaijan

Two paleoseismic trenches near Goychay and Agsu, Azerbaijan provide evidence of at least three surface rupturing events Events occurred 334–118 BC, AD 1713–1895, and AD 1872–2003. The latter two ...

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Yann Klinger @yklinger.bsky.social · Jan 11

Beautiful 3D view of the surface rupture from the last event in Southern Tibet

1.95.66.59/t/3b94a72379...

西藏定日6.8级地震地表破裂带

1.95.66.59

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José R. Ribeiro @joserodribeiro.bsky.social · Dec 16

16 December 1902 5:07 UT
M6.4 earthquake, near Andijan, Uzbekistan, near border with Kyrgyzstan, destroyed entire villages, killing 4722 people. Destructive aftershocks for two days.
ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/h...
caiag.kg/en/projects/...
nyshistoricnewspapers.org
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/

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Richard Walker @richardthomasw.bsky.social · Dec 13

The 'Get it in 10' podcast series is aimed at high school students, featuring scientists talking about their work.

I recorded one on continental collisions, which you can find here, thanks Harri for the invite! @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social @uk-comet.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/0L0j...

S2E4 The collision boundary

Get it in 10 · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Richard Walker @richardthomasw.bsky.social · Dec 12

My first post on here. A view of folded basin sediments viewed across the waters of the Toktogul reservoir, #Kyrgyzstan. I am going to start putting on news, field photos, updates relating to #earthquake research with a central Asia focus.

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