Understanding the partitioning of seismic and aseismic fault slip is central to seismotectonics as it ultimately determines the seismic potential of faults. Thanks to advances in tectonic geodesy, it is now possible to develop kinematic models of the spatiotemporal evolution of slip over the seismic cycle and to determine the budget of seismic and aseismic slip. Studies of subduction zones and ...

The International Symposium on Andean Geodynamics (ISAG) is an international conference that was held, average, every 3–4 years in different European cities between 1990 (Grenoble) and 2008 (Nice). These symposia usually offer opportunity for researchers from Latin American countries Europe as well other to review the state of knowledge geosciences Andes. After a long period without edition, 8t...

the archaeological investigations of three prehistoric tells (zagheh, qabrestan, and sagzabad) located at a distance of ~2 km from each other in the qazvin plain (nw iran) indicates that tepe zagheh was occupied in 6th and 5th millennia b.c. but due to unknown reasons life at this site ceased and started in tepe qabrestan at the beginning of 4th millennium b.c. this tell was occupied for a mill...

investigation of velocity structure based on seismic wave propagation have been performed in recent years in different parts of iran that results obtained is effective in the analysis of seismic zones and locate earthquakes with reasonable accuracy. on a broad scale, the seismotectonics of southern iran are controlled by active convergence between the arabian and eurasian tectonic plates that a...

Seismicity in the Taiwan region was studied before and after the 12 largest seismic events with body-wave magnitudes exceeding 6.5, occurring around the Philippine Sea plate in the 1973 to 1994 period. The total local seismicity rate involving events with magnitudes as small as 2.0 was not affected by remote large events. However , the number of local earthquakes with magnitude ML ------4.5 in ...

Accurate earthquake source parameters such as fault mechanism, depth, and moment magnitude are not only important in seismic-hazard assessment, but also are crucial to studies of earthquake rupture processes and seismotectonics. Although large earthquakes (Mw 7+) may cause substantial damage, they occur less frequently. In contrast, moderate earthquakes (Mw 5.0–6.5) occur with much higher frequ...

Introduction Earthquakes are one of the natural hazards that have caused many casualties and financial losses around the world. This is why earthquake risk analysis studies need to be conducted more seriously. Iran is located in one of the seismogenic regions of the world, the Himalayan-Alpine belt, which is subject to many earthquakes every year. The Arias intensity, as one of the important s...