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Earthquake Tectonics

Earthquake Tectonics is a subdiscipline of regional tectonics that investigates the relationship between seismic activity and the deformation of Earth's crust to determine how tectonic processes generate and influence earthquake occurrence.

1.2K

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3.6K

Authors

863

Institutions

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2017–2026

194

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Publications

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Continuous deformation of the Tibetan Plateau from global positioning system data

Peizhen Zhang, Zheng‐Kang Shen, Min Wang et al. · Geology · 2004 · 1.6K citations

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Source mechanisms and tectonic significance of historical earthquakes along the nankai trough, Japan

Masataka Ando · Tectonophysics · 1975 · 1.1K citations

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A History of Persian Earthquakes

N. L. Falcon, N. N. Ambraseys, Charles Melville · Geographical Journal · 1983 · 1.1K citations

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Inversion of strong ground motion and teleseismic waveform data for the fault rupture history of the 1979 Imperial Valley, California, earthquake

Stephen Hartzell, Thomas H. Heaton · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 1983 · 1.1K citations

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Active Tectonics Earthquakes, Uplift, and Landscape

D. J. Green · Environmental and Engineering Geoscience · 1997 · 738 citations

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Authors

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  1. PM
    Péter Molnár

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    9 publications · 2.7K citations

    9

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  2. PG
    Paolo Galli

    Dipartimento della Protezione Civile, Italy

    9 publications · 639 citations

    9

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  3. NN
    N. N. Ambraseys

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 1.7K citations

    8

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  4. CC
    C. Chiarabba

    Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy

    8 publications · 307 citations

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  5. LR
    Lynn R. Sykes

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States

    7 publications · 990 citations

    7

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Institutions

863

  1. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    36 h-index

    256 publications

    13K citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    33 h-index

    188 publications

    13.8K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    29 h-index

    127 publications

    7.5K citations

  4. China Earthquake Administration

    Beijing, China

    26 h-index

    188 publications

    19.1K citations

  5. Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration

    Beijing, China

    20 h-index

    90 publications

    7.3K citations

  6. National Geophysical Research Institute

    Hyderabad, India

    19 h-index

    60 publications

    2.6K citations

  7. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    18 h-index

    41 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    18 h-index

    39 publications

    5.9K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 67 publications · 7.8K citations

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  2. Tectonophysics

    131 publications · 7.5K citations

    45

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  3. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

    BSSA · 86 publications · 5.6K citations

    40

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  4. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 46 publications · 3.8K citations

    33

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  5. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    30 publications · 1.6K citations

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