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Thrust Fault Kinematics

Thrust Fault Kinematics is a geological framework that characterizes the spatial and temporal patterns of displacement and deformation along low-angle reverse faults, distinguishing itself from other fault kinematic models by its focus on the mechanics of crustal shortening and slip propagation in compressional tectonic regimes.

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Master “blind” thrust faults hidden under the Zagros folds: active basement tectonics and surface morphotectonics

Manuel Berberian · Tectonophysics · 1995 · 977 citations

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Kinematic model of active deformation in central Asia

Jean‐Philippe Avouac, Paul Tapponnier · Geophysical Research Letters · 1993 · 965 citations

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Active thrusting and folding along the northern Tien Shan and Late Cenozoic rotation of the Tarim relative to Dzungaria and Kazakhstan

Jean‐Philippe Avouac, P. Tapponnier, Meixiang Bai et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1993 · 777 citations · Full text

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Subduction zone coupling and tectonic block rotations in the North Island, New Zealand

Laura Wallace, John Beavan, Robert J. McCaffrey et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2004 · 701 citations

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Active tectonics of the Adriatic Region

Helén Anderson, James Jackson · Geophysical Journal International · 1987 · 685 citations · Full text

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  1. JA
    Jean‐Philippe Avouac

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    6 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. TL
    Thomas L. Pratt

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    5 publications · 113 citations

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  3. RJ
    Robert J. McCaffrey

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    5 publications · 984 citations

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  4. SH
    Stuart Hardy

    Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Spain

    4 publications · 258 citations

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  5. FG
    F. Ghisetti

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    4 publications · 189 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    19 h-index

    48 publications

    4.4K citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    17 h-index

    49 publications

    2.1K citations

  3. China Earthquake Administration

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    38 publications

    5.5K citations

  4. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    2.9K citations

  6. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    7 h-index

    25 publications

    2K citations

  7. Université de Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    1.7K citations

  8. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    1.2K citations

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  1. Journal of Structural Geology

    49 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. Tectonophysics

    36 publications · 2.7K citations

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  3. Tectonics

    26 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 20 publications · 3.5K citations

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  5. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    17 publications · 745 citations

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