Lent Reading List - Option O7: Continental Tectonics and Mountains
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Lecture One - Normal faulting
J A Jackson
Active normal fault geometry
- Yeats, R.S., Sieh, K. & Allen, C.R. (1997) The Geology of Earthquakes, O.U.P., 568 pp.
- Jackson et al. (1982) Seismicity, normal faulting and the geomorphological development of the Gulf of Corinth (Greece): the Corinth earthquakes of February and March 1981. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 57, 377–397.
- Jackson & White (1989) Normal faulting in the upper continental crust: observations from regions of active extension. J. Struct. Geol., 11, 15–36.
- Proffett (1977) Cenozoic geology of the Yerington district, Nevada, and implications for the nature of Basin and Range faulting. Bull. geol. Soc. Am., 88, 247–266.
- Sibson (1985) A note on fault reactivation, J. Struct. Geol., 7, 751–754.
- Colletini & Sibson (2001) Normal faults, normal friction? Geology, 29, 927–930.
Drainage, sedimentation, scaling etc
- Jackson et al. (1988) Relations between normal fault geometry, tilting and vertical motions in extensional terrains: an example from the southern Gulf of Suez. J. Struct. Geol., 10, 155–170.
- Leeder & Jackson (1993) The interaction between normal faulting and drainage in active extensional basins, with examples from the western United States and central Greece. Basin Research, 5, 79–101.
- Goldsworthy & Jackson (2001) Migration of activity within normal fault systems: examples from the Quaternary of mainland Greece, J. Struct. Geol., 23, 489–506.
- Jackson & Blenkinsop (1993) The Malawi earthquake of 10 March 1989: deep faulting within the East African rift system. Tectonics, 12, 1131–1139.
- Jackson & Blenkinsop (1997) The Bilila-Mtakataka fault in Malawi: an active, 100-km long, normal fault segment in thick seismogenic crust. Tectonics, 16, 137–150.
- Hayward & Ebinger (1996) Variations in along-axis segmentation of the Afar rift system, Tectonics, 15, 244–257.
- Scholz & Contreras (1998) Mechanics of continental rift architecture. Geology, 26, 967 970.
- Foster & Nimmo (1996) Comparisons between the rift systems of East Africa, Earth, and Beta Regio, Venus. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 143, 183–195.
Lecture Two - Metamorphic Core Complexes
J A Jackson
- Davis, G. & Lister, G., (1988) Detachment faulting in continental extension; Perspectives from the southwestern U. S. Cordillera; GSA Special Paper 218, p. 133-161
- Gans, P. B., (1987) An open-system, two-layer crustal stretching model for the eastern Great Basin, Tectonics, v. 6, p. 1-12
- Buck, R. W., 1988, Flexural rotation of normal faults Tectonics, v. 7, p. 959- 973
- Wernicke, B.P. and Axen, G.J., On the role of isostasy in the evolution of normal fault systems: Geology, v. 16, p. 848-851
- Reston, T. J., Ruoff, O., McBride, J. H., Ranero, C. R., and White, R. S., 1996, Detachment and steep normal faulting in Atlantic oceanic crust, Geology, 24, 811-814
- Block, L., and L. Royden (1990), Core complex geometries and regional scale flow in the lower crust, Tectonics, 9(4), 557-567
- McKenzie, D., and J. Jackson (2002), Conditions for flow in the continental crust, Tectonics, 21(6), 1055,
- MacLeod, C.J., Searle, R.C., Murton, B.J., Casey, J.F., Mallows, C., Unsworth, S.C., Achenbach, K.L. andHarris, M. (2009) Life cycle of oceanic core complexes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 287, (3-4), 333-344.
- Spencer, J. E. (1999) Geologic continuous casting below continental and deep-sea detachment faults and at the striated extrusion of Sacsayhuamán, Peru. Geology v. 27, p. 327-330.
- Spencer, J. E. (2010) Structural analysis of three extensional detachment faults with data from the 2000 Space-Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. GSA Today, 20(8) 4-10
Lecture Three - Regional shortening
J A Jackson
- Molnar & Chen(1982) Seismicity and mountain building. In: Mountain building processes, (Ed. K. Hsu), Academic Press, London, 41-57. (B.03.382 in library)
- Sibson, R. (1998) Dip range for intracontinental reverse fault ruptures: truth not stranger than friction? Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 88, 1014—1022.
- Roustaei, M. and Nissen, E. and Abbassi, M. and Gholamzadeh, A. and Ghorashi, M. and Tatar, M. and Yamini-Fard, F. and Bergman, E. and Jackson, J. and Parsons, B. (2010) The 2006 March 25 Fin earthquakes (Iran) - insights into the vertical extents of faulting in the Zagros Simply Folded Belt. Geophysical Journal International, 181 (3). pp. 1275-12991..
- Talebian, M. & Jackson, J (2004) A reappraisal of earthquake focal mechanisms and active shortening in the Zagros mountains of Iran.Geophys. J. Int., 156, 506-526.
- Walker, R. & Jackson, J. (2004) Active tectonics and late Cenozoic strain distribution in central and eastern Iran. Tectonics, 23, TC5010, doi:10.1029/2003TC001529
- Avouac et al. (1993) Active thrusting and folding along the northern Tien Shan and late Cenozoic rotation of the Tarim relative to Dzungaria and Kazakhstan. J. geophys. Res., 98, 6 755—6804.
- Avouac (2004) Mountain building, erosion and the seismic cycle in the Nepal Himalaya, Advances in Geophysics 46, 1-80
- Cattin, R. & Avouac, (2000) Modelling mountain building and the seismic cycle in the Himalaya of Nepal J. geophys. Res., 105 (B5): 13,389-13,407
- Hauck, M.L. et al. (1998) Crustal structure of the Himalayan orogen at .‘90° east longitude from Project INDEPTH deep reflection profiles. Tectonics , 17, 481—500.
- Jackson (1992) Partitioning of strike-slip and convergent motion between Eurasia and Arabia in eastern Turkey and the Caucasus. J. geophys. Res., 97, 12,471— 12,479.
- Reilinger, R., et al. (2006), GPS constraints on continental deformation in the Africa-Arabia-Eurasia continental collision zone and implications for the dynamics of plate interactions, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B05411, doi:10.1029/2005JB004051.
- Molnar, P. & Gipson, J.M. (1994) Very long baseline interferometry and active rotations of crustal blocks in the Western Transverse Ranges, California. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 106, 594-606.
- Badley et al. (1989) Inversion, reactivated faults and related structures: seismic examples from the southern North Sea. In: Inversion Tectonics, Spec. Publ Geol. Soc. Lond., 44, 201-219.
- Stoneley, R. (1982) On the structural development of the Wessex basin.J. Geol. Soc. Lond., 139, 543-554.
Lecture Four - Middle East Tectonics
J A Jackson
- Jackson, J.A. (1994) Active tectonics of the Aegean region. Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 22, 239—71.
- Goldsworthy, M. et al. (2002). The continuity of active fault systems in Greece.Geophys. J. Int., 148, 596—618.
- McKenzie, D. (1972). Active tectonics of the Mediterranean region. Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 30, 109—185.
- McKenzie, D. (1978) Active tectonics of the Alpine-Himalayan belt: the Aegean Sea and surrounding regions. Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 55, 217—254.
- Armijo, R. et al. (1992) East-west extension and Holocene normal-fault scarps in the Hellenic Arc. Geology, 20,491—494.
- Armijo R. et al. (1996) Quaternary evolution of the Gulf of Corinth rift and its implications for the Late Cenozoic evolution of the Aegean. Geophys. J. Int., 126, 11—53.
- Le Pichon, X. et al. (1995) Geodetic determination of the kinematics of central Greece with respect to Europe: implications for eastern Mediterranean tectonics. J. geophys. Res., 100, 12,675—12,690.
- Barka, A. (1992) The North Anatolian Fault zone. Annales Tectonicae, 6, 164—195.
- Dewey, J. et al. (1986) Shortening of continental lithosphere: the neotectonics of eastern Anatolia — a young collision zone. In ‘Collision Tectonics’, Spec. Publ. Geol. Soc. Lond., 19, 3—3 6.
- Philip, H. et al. (1989) The Caucasus: an actual example of the initial stages of continental collision. Tectonophysics, 161, 1—21.
- McClusky, S., et al. (2000)Global Positioning System constraints on plate kinematics and dynamics in the eastern Mediterranean and Caucasus. J. geophys. Res., 105, 5695—5719.
- Clarke et al. (1998) Crustal strain in central Greece from repeated GPS measurements in the interval 1989—1997. Geophys. J. Int., 135, 195—214.
- Reilinger, R., et al. (2006), GPS constraints on continental deformation in the Africa-Arabia-Eurasia continental collision zone and implications for the dynamics of plate interactions, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B05411, doi:10.1029/2005JB004051.
- Shaw, B., et al. (2008) Eastern Mediterranean tectonics and tsunami hazard inferred from the AD 365 earthquake, Nature Geoscience, 1, 268-276.
Lecture Five - Tectonics of Asia
J A Jackson
- Molnar & Tapponnier (1975)Cenozoic tectonics of Asia: effects of a continental collision.Science , 189, 419—426.
- Molnar & Tapponnier (1981) A possible dependence of tectonic strength on the age of the crust in Asia. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 52, 107-114.
- England & Molnar (1990)Right- lateral shear and rotation as the explanation for strike- slip faulting in eastern Tibet. Nature, 344, 141-142
- Avouac, J-P & Tapponnier, P. (1993) Kinematic model of active deformation in central Asia. Geophys. Res. Letts., 20, 895—898.
- Molnar, P. & Lyon-Caen, H. (1989) Fault plane solutions of earthquakes and active tectonics of the Tibetan plateau and its margins. Geophys. J. Int., 99, 123—153.
- Armijo, R. et al. (1986) Quaternary extension in Tibet: field observations and tectonics implications. J. geophys. Res., 91, 13,803—13,872.
- DeCelles, P. G., D. M. Robinson, and G. Zandt (2002), Implications of shortening in the Himalayan fold-thrust belt for uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, Tectonics, 21(6), 1062
- Copley, Alex; McKenzie Dan 2007. Models of crustal flow in the India-Asia collision zone. Geophysical Journal International, 169, 2
- Pegler, G. & Das, S. (1998) An enhanced image of the Pamir—Hindu Kush seismic zone from relocated earthquake hypocentres. Geophys. J. Int., 134, 573— 595.
- Qi Wang et al. (2001) Present-day crustal deformation in China constrained by Global Positioning System measurements. Science, 294, 574—577
- Zhang et al. (2004) Continuous deformation of the Tibetan Plateau from global positioning data , Geology, 32, 809—812.
- Gan et al. 2007. Present-day crustal motion within the Tibetan Plateau inferred from GPS measurements. Journal of geophysical research, 112, B08416
- Murphy M. et al (1997) Did the Indo-Asian collision alone create the Tibetan plateau?Geology, 25, 719—722.
- Hetzel, R. et al (2002) Low slip rates and long-term preservation of geomorphic features in central Asia . Nature, 417, 428—432.
Lecture Six - Velocity fi elds and strain
J A Jackson
- Molnar, P. & Deng Qidong (1984) Faulting associated with large earthquakes and the average rate of deformation in central and eastern Asia. J. geophys. Res., 89, 6203—6227.
- Jackson & McKenzie (1988) The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East. Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 93, 45—73.
- Jackson, Haines & Holt (1992) Determination of the horizontal velocity field in the deforming Aegean Sea region from the moment tensors of earthquakes. J. geophys. Res., 97, 17,657—84.
- Walcott, R. (1984) The kinematics of the plate boundary zone through New Zealand: a comparison of short- and long-term deformations. Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 79, 613—633.
- England, P. & Molnar, P. (1997) The field of crustal velocity in Asia calculated from Quaternary rates of slip on faults. Geophys. J. Int., 130, 551—582.
- Holt, W.E. et al. (2000) Velocity field in Asia inferred from Quaternary fault slip rates and Global Positioning System observations. J. geophys. Res., 105, 19,185—19,209.
- Masson, F. et al (2005) Seismic versus aseismic deformation in Iran inferred from earthquakes and geodetic dataGeophysical Journal International 160, 217-226
- Qi Wang et al. (2001) Present-day crustal deformation in China constrained by Global Positioning System measurements. Science, 294, 574—577
- Zhang et al. (2004) Continuous deformation of the Tibetan Plateau from global positioning data , Geology, 32, 809—812.
- Gan, W., P. Zhang, Z.-K. Shen, Z. Niu, M. Wang, Y. Wan, D. Zhou, and J. Cheng (2007), Present-day crustal motion within the Tibetan Plateau inferred from GPS measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B08416, doi:10.1029/2005JB004120.
Lecture Seven
?Lecture Eight - Thermal modelling
Keith Priestley
Lecture Nine - Oceanic lithosphere
Keith Priestley
Lecture Ten - Continental geotherms
Keith Priestley
Lecture Eleven- Tibet and cratonization
Keith Priestley
Lecture Twelve - Large earthquakes and fault rheology
Alex Copley
- Copley et al, Constraints on fault and lithosphere rheology from the coseismic slip and postseismic afterslip of the 2006 Mw7.0 Mozambique earthquake Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, doi:10.1029/2011JB008580, 2012
- Konca et al, Partial rupture of a locked patch of the Sumatra megathrust during the 2007 earthquake sequence, Nature 456, 631-635, 2008
- Marone, Laboratory-derived friction laws and their application to seismic faulting, Ann. Revs. Earth Planet. Sci., 26, 643-696, 1998
Lecture Thirteen - Postseismic deformation
Alex Copley
- Savage and Prescott, Asthenosphere readjustment and the earthquake cycle, J. Geophys. Res., 83, 3369--3376, 1978
- Perfettini and Avouac, Modeling afterslip and aftershocks following the 1992 Landers earthquake, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B07409, doi: 10.1029/2006JB004399, 2007
- Freed et al, Far-reaching transient motions after Mojave earthquakes require broad mantle flow beneath a strong crust, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, doi:10.1029/2007GL030959, 2007
- Rousset et al, Postseismic deformation following the 1999 Chi-chi earthquake, Taiwan: Implication for lower-crustal rheology, J. Geophys. Res., 117, doi:10.1029/2012JB009571, 2012
- Copley et al, Constraints on fault and lithosphere rheology from the coseismic slip and postseismic afterslip of the 2006 Mw7.0 Mozambique earthquake Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, doi:10.1029/2011JB008580, 2012
- Barbot et al, Postseismic deformation due to the Mw 6.0 2004 Parkfield earthquake: Stress-driven creep on a fault with spatially variable rate-and-state friction parameters, J. Geophys. Res., 114, doi:10.1029/2008JB005748, 2009
- Freed et al, Stress-dependent power-law flow in the upper mantle following the 2002 Denali, Alaska, earthquake, Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett., 252, 481–489, 2006
- Wang et al, Deformation cycles of subduction earthquakes in a viscoelastic Earth, Nature, 484, 327-332, 2012
- Hetland and Hager, Postseismic and interseismic displacements near a strike-slip fault: A two-dimensional theory for general linear viscoelastic rheologies, J. Geophys. Res., 110, doi:10.1029/2005JB003689, 2005.
- Burgmann and Dresen, Rheology of the Lower Crust and Upper Mantle: Evidence from Rock Mechanics, Geodesy, and Field Observations, Ann. Rev. Earth. Planet. Sci., 36, 531--567, 2008
Lecture Fourteen - Continental dynamics1
Alex Copley
- Copley et al, The India-Asia collision and the Cenozoic slowdown of the Indian plate; implications for the forces driving plate motions, Journal of Geophysical Research 115, doi:10.1029/2009JB006634, 2010
- England and Jackson, Active deformation of the continents, Ann. Revs. Earth. Planet. Sci., 17, 197--226, 1989.
- Meade, Present-day kinematics of the India-Asia collision zone, Geology, 35, 81--84, 2007
- England and Molnar, Active deformation of Asia: from kinematics to dynamics, Science, 278, 647-650, 1997
Lecture Fifteen - Continental dynamics 2
Alex Copley
- McKenzie et al, Characteristics and consequences of flow in the lower crust, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 11,029--11,046, 2000
- England and Houseman, Mechanics of the Tibetan Plateau, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A., v 326, p. 301--320, 1988.
- England and Molnar, Active deformation of Asia: from kinematics to dynamics, Science, 278, 647-650, 1997
- Houseman et al, Convective instability of a thickened boundary layer and its relevance for the thermal evolution of continental convergent belts, J. Geophys. Res., 86, p. 6115-6132, 1981
Lecture Sixteen - Continental dynamics 3
Alex Copley
- Craig et al, Thermal and tectonic consequences of India underthrusting Tibet, EPSL, 353-354, p.231-239, 2012
- Huppert, The propagation of two-dimensional and axisymmetric viscous gravity currents over a rigid horizontal surface, J. Fluid. Mech., 121, 43--58, 1982
- McKenzie et al, Characteristics and consequences of flow in the lower crust, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 11,029--11,046, 2000
- Copley, The formation of mountain range curvature by gravitational spreading, EPSL, 351-352, p.208-214, 2012
- Copley and McKenzie, Models of crustal flow in the India-Asia collision zone, Geophys. J. Int. , 169, 683-698, 2007
- Copley et al, Evidence for mechanical coupling and strong Indian lower crust beneath southern Tibet, Nature, 472, p.79-81, doi:10.1038/nature09926, 2011
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