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Surface Fault Scarp Analysis

Surface Fault Scarp Analysis is a geomorphological investigation method that characterizes the topographic expression and deformation history of tectonic fault scarps on planetary surfaces to infer subsurface structural activity and surface evolution processes.

69

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3.7K

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246

Authors

130

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2017–2026

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Publications

69

Profiles and ages of young fault scarps, north-central Nevada

Robert E. Wallace · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1977 · 419 citations

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Faulting mechanism and complexity of the November 23, 1980, Campania‐Lucania Earthquake, inferred from surface observations

D. Pantosti, Gianluca Valensise · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1990 · 259 citations

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East-west extension and Holocene normal-fault scarps in the Hellenic arc

Rolando Armijo, H. Lyon‐Caen, D. Papanastassiou · Geology · 1992 · 236 citations

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Recurrence of moderate to large magnitude earthquakes produced by surface faulting on the Wasatch fault zone, Utah

F.H. Swan, David P. Schwartz, Lloyd S. Cluff · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 1980 · 174 citations

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Recognition of Paleoearthquakes on the Puente Hills Blind Thrust Fault, California

James F. Dolan, Shari A. Christofferson, John H. Shaw · Science · 2003 · 127 citations

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Authors

246

  1. BL
    Brian L. Sherrod

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    3 publications · 193 citations

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  2. HM
    Harvey M. Kelsey

    Cal Poly Humboldt, United States

    3 publications · 193 citations

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  3. DB
    David B. Slemmons

    University of Nevada, Reno, United States

    2 publications · 21 citations

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  4. ME
    M. E. Banks

    Planetary Science Institute, United States

    2 publications · 119 citations

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  5. RW
    Richard Walker

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 70 citations

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Institutions

130

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    7 h-index

    22 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    30 publications

    2.4K citations

  3. GNS Science

    Lower Hutt, New Zealand

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    217 citations

  4. Centre de Recherche et d’Enseignement de Géosciences de l’Environnement

    Aix-en-Provence, France

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    735 citations

  5. Cal Poly Humboldt

    Arcata, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    250 citations

  6. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    379 citations

  7. Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    242 citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    286 citations

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Venues

  1. Geology

    6 publications · 539 citations

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  2. Tectonophysics

    6 publications · 227 citations

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  3. Geomorphology

    5 publications · 202 citations

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  4. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    4 publications · 548 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 4 publications · 473 citations

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