Resolving Quaternary Tectonic Activity with High-Resolution Data in Space and Time

Abstract Large earthquakes are among the most dangerous natural disasters with potentially devastating effects on society and infrastructure across globe. In order to better understand earthquakes, research in active tectonics aims at quantifying crustal deformation throughout fault’s earthquake cycles by studying geomorphic stratigraphic evidence of recent past earthquakes. The underlying assumption this approach is that a current previous seismic behavior representative its future behavior. Constraining such manner requires high-resolution records enable us resolve spatial temporal characteristics co-, post-, interseismic phases, ideally over multiple cycles. Recent technological developments have dramatically increased not only amount resolution topographic geophysical survey data sets but also our ability date units surfaces. These advances enabled interplay between deformation, ruptures, their signature records. particular, availability from LiDAR, SfM, or surveys use accurate dating methods as cosmogenic OSL allow quantitatively study surface high large areas time scales—from few years millions years. special issue, we focus tectonic activity faults processes various regimes worldwide. It covers tectonics, geology, remote sensing, geomorphology, Quaternary geochronology, geohazard, seismology.