The morphological evolution of a carbonate fault line scarp from southern Italy, generated by transpressional faulting and evolved by slope replacement, has been reconstructed. C dating of faulted slope deposits (ages included between 18 ka and ~8 ka BP) have been performed to constrain the Late Pleistocene — Holocene evolution of that scarp. Longto short-term denudation rates have been also ev...

The NNW-trending Dena Fault, with 140 km length, cuts the major structures of Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt in Borujen region. The fault has divided the region in two zones, in which different structural, andmorphological features as well assedimentation and seismtectonic characteristics have developed. This study presents a new interpretation for the kinematics of Dena Fault based on field evidence....

The Gulf of Suez area represents one the most famous tectonic structures in Red Sea, with a long history low-, moderate-, and high-intensity earthquakes. This paper provides geomorphic analytics fault-initiated mountain front sinuosity (Smf) stream gradients that cross various segments fault scarps. results from index valley floor width to height ratio (Vf) suggest different levels activities a...

The geomorphology and structural geology ofNemegt Uul, Southern Mongolia, is examined as an example of a mountain range that has formed within a restraining bend along a major intracontinental strike-slip fault system, the Gobi-Tien Shan fault system. Structural and geomorphological analysis demonstrates that the mountain belt is young and has been differentially tilted and eroded. A geomorphol...

Salt lithologies are mechanically weaker than other sedimentary rocks. horizons usually act as décollements and precursor salt bodies preferentially deform early during contraction, concentrate deformation, impact the structural style kinematics mountain building. Focusing on shortened isolated-diapir provinces, our analog modeling program investigates influence of two walls folding thrusting. ...

Abstract Plate convergence rates strongly influence seismicity and mountain building inboard of convergent margins, but the distribution kinematics structures accommodating farfield can be elusive. In interior Alaska, Yakutat microplate drives late Pleistocene–recent right slip on Denali fault, westward-decreasing leave substantial residual motion unaccounted for. Here, we show that Northern Fo...

Precise factors controlling the coevolution of deformation and topography in tectonically active landscapes remain poorly understood due to complex feedbacks between numerous possible variables. Here we examine the links between fault kinematics, emergent topography, and environmental factors on a global data set of active fault-driven mountain ranges (n = 41). Using simple regressions between ...

The most enigmatic problems with the nearly 200 salt domes pierced in the Persian Gulf and in the Zagros Mountain Ranges (ZMR) in southern Iran, a unique morphology in the world, have been the matter of this study, which is based on a combination of field work, enhancement of satellite and aerial photographs etc. In the ZMR, structural anomalies are frequently associated with similar facies dis...

Biogeographic barriers for freshwater biota can be effective at various spatial scales. At the largest spatial scale, freshwater organisms can become genetically isolated by their high mountain ranges, vast deserts, and inability to cross oceans. Isolation by distance of aquatic plants is expected to be stronger across than alongside mountain ridges whereas the heterogeneity of habitats among p...

High-quality seismic data recorded during the 1999 Taiwan Chi-Chi earthquake (Mw=7.6) show that a smallscale orogenic process of both mountain-building and crust-thickening was simultaneously accomplished along one set of crustal-scale conjugated faults. Mountain-building near the surface was primarily produced by the main shock along an eastward low-angle thrust fault in the upper crust. In th...