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Original Research

Published on 24 May 2021

Calibration of the Discrete Element Method and Modeling of Shortening Experiments

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Changsheng Li
Hongwei Yin
Chuang Wu
Yingchun Zhang
Jiaxing Zhang
Zhenyun Wu
Wei Wang
Dong Jia
Shuwei Guan
Rong Ren

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.636512

7,028 views
26 citations

Original Research

Published on 20 May 2021

Late Quaternary Kinematics and Deformation Rate of the Huoyanshan Structure Derived From Deformed River Terraces in the South Piedmont of the Eastern Chinese Tian Shan

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Xue Yang
Chuanyong Wu
Zhigang Li
Weitao Wang
Gan Chen
Lei Duan

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.649011

2,852 views
9 citations

Original Research

Published on 20 May 2021

Reconciling Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Cenozoic Shortening, Exhumation, and Subsidence in the Southern Bolivian Andes

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Nicholas D. Perez
Ryan B. Anderson
Brian K. Horton
Bailey A. Ohlson
Amanda Z. Calle

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.636269

3,161 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 17 May 2021

High-Resolution 3D Seismic Imaging of Fault Interaction and Deformation Offshore San Onofre, California

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

James J. Holmes
Neal W. Driscoll
Graham M. Kent

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.653672

6,312 views
5 citations

Original Research

Published on 13 May 2021

Pure Void Space and Fracture Pore Space in Fault-Fractured Zones

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Xiaogang Li
Guoqiang Xu
Chen Wu
An Yin
Shihu Wu
Andrew V. Zuza
Gang Chen
Zhiwu Li
Shaohua Xu
Yiwen Li

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.683439

3,344 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 13 May 2021

Along-Strike Rapid Structural and Geomorphic Transition From Transpression to Strike-Slip to Transtension Related to Active Microplate Rotation, Papua New Guinea

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Lei Sun
Paul Mann

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.652352

4,104 views
5 citations

Original Research

Published on 11 May 2021

Differential Erosion and Sedimentation Process at the Longmenshan Foreland Basin, Eastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence From Analog Experiments

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Qiang Luo
Bin Deng
Youhui Guang
Yu He
Hongbin Guo
Jiaqiang Huang
Rongjun Yang
Hao Yu
Jing Zhang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.637927

2,997 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 10 May 2021

Database of Active Faults in Slovenia: Compiling a New Active Fault Database at the Junction Between the Alps, the Dinarides and the Pannonian Basin Tectonic Domains

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Jure Atanackov
Petra Jamšek Rupnik
Jernej Jež
Bogomir Celarc
Matevž Novak
Blaž Milanič
Anže Markelj
Miloš Bavec
Vanja Kastelic

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.604388

14,927 views
45 citations

Original Research

Published on 29 Apr 2021

Effects of Erosion and Deposition on Constraining Vertical Slip Rates of Thrust Faults: A Case Study of the Minle–Damaying Fault in the North Qilian Shan, NE Tibetan Plateau

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Qingri Liu
Huiping Zhang
Youli Li
Feipeng Huang
Xudong Zhao
Jinghao Lei
Weilin Xin
Jianguo Xiong
Peizhen Zhang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.635702

3,516 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 26 Apr 2021

Seismogenic Structure Orientation and Stress Field of the Gargano Promontory (Southern Italy) From Microseismicity Analysis

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Simona Miccolis
Marilena Filippucci
Salvatore de Lorenzo
Alberto Frepoli
Pierpaolo Pierri
Andrea Tallarico

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.589332

4,995 views
16 citations

Review

Published on 23 Apr 2021

Orogenic Segmentation and Its Role in Himalayan Mountain Building

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Mary Hubbard
Malay Mukul
Ananta Prasad Gajurel
Abhijit Ghosh
Vinee Srivastava
Bibek Giri
Neil Seifert
Manuel M. Mendoza

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.641666

12,001 views
28 citations

Original Research

Published on 22 Apr 2021

The 2003 Ms6.1 Minle Earthquake: An Earthquake in the Minle-Yongchang Reverse Fault-Related Fold Belt in the Hexi Corridor, NW China

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Xiaobo Zou
Daoyang Yuan
Yanxiu Shao
Xingwang Liu
Weipeng Ge
Bo Zhang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.649268

2,341 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 20 Apr 2021

Re-Evaluating the Surface Rupture and Slip Distribution of the AD 1609 M7 1/4 Hongyapu Earthquake Along the Northern Margin of the Qilian Shan, NW China: Implications for Thrust Fault Rupture Segmentation

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Xiongnan Huang
Xiaoping Yang
Haibo Yang
Zongkai Hu
Ling Zhang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.633820

3,875 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 15 Apr 2021

Stretching and Contraction of Extensional Basins With Pre-Rift Salt: A Numerical Modeling Approach

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Pablo Granado
Jonas B. Ruh
Pablo Santolaria
Philipp Strauss
Josep Anton Muñoz

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.648937

6,182 views
29 citations

Original Research

Published on 13 Apr 2021

Application of Automated Throw Backstripping Method to Characterize Recent Faulting Activity Migration in the Al Hoceima Bay (Northeast Morocco): Geodynamic Implications

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Víctor Tendero-Salmerón
Manfred Lafosse
Elia d’Acremont
Alain Rabaute
Omar Azzouz
Gemma Ercilla
Mohamed Makkaoui
Jesus Galindo-Zaldivar

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.645942

3,008 views
10 citations

Review

Published on 12 Apr 2021

Monazite Microstructures and Their Interpretation in Petrochronology

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Bernhard Schulz

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.668566

21,435 views
49 citations

Original Research

Published on 01 Apr 2021

Structural Style and Kinematic History of the Colombian Eastern Cordillera

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Diego Costantino
Douglas Paton
Andrés Mora

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.636458

4,820 views
10 citations

Original Research

Published on 29 Mar 2021

Angular Unconformity of the Late Quaternary Strata in the Hetao Basin, North of the Ordos Block (West China): Timing and Its Tectonic Implications

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Luanxi Bai
Xiwei Xu
Hao Luo
Kang Li
Xibin Tan
Junxiang Zhao

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.646789

3,420 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 29 Mar 2021

Structural Significance of the Mid-level Décollement Within the Western Sichuan Fold-And-Thrust Belt (WSFTB), Insights From Sandbox Modeling

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Chuang Sun
Zhigang Li
Shimin Wu
Zhiyuan He
Shaotian Zhao
Panfei Wang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.631405

3,605 views
9 citations

Original Research

Published on 24 Mar 2021

Structural Features and Evolution of the Northwestern Sichuan Basin: Insights From Discrete Numerical Simulations

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Wenqiao Xu
Hongwei Yin
Dong Jia
Changsheng Li
Wei Wang
Gengxiong Yang
Wanhui He
Zhuxin Chen
Rong Ren

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.653395

5,339 views
16 citations

General Commentary

Published on 22 Mar 2021

Response: Commentary: Deformation and Fault Propagation at the Lateral Termination of a Subduction Zone: The Alfeo Fault System in the Calabrian Arc, Southern Italy

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Francesco Emanuele Maesano
Mara Monica Tiberti
Roberto Basili

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.644544

1,963 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 19 Mar 2021

The Cantabrian Fault at Sea. Low Magnitude Seismicity and Its Significance Within a Stable Setting

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Gabriela Fernández-Viejo
Sergio Llana-Fúnez
Jorge Acevedo
Carlos López-Fernández

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.645061

3,579 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 18 Mar 2021

Soil Degassing From the Xianshuihe–Xiaojiang Fault System at the Eastern Boundary of the Chuan–Dian Rhombic Block, Southwest China

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Yutao Sun
Xiaocheng Zhou
Yucong Yan
Jingchao Li
Wenya Fang
Wanli Wang
Yongmei Liu

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.635178

3,599 views
12 citations

Original Research

Published on 16 Mar 2021

Development and Interplay of Two Orthogonal Fault Systems in the NW Qaidam Basin, Northern Tibetan Plateau

in Structural Geology and Tectonics

Kai Huang
Lei Wu
Haifeng Zhao
Junyong Zhang
Yongshu Zhang
Ancheng Xiao
Yan Chen
Hanlin Chen

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2021.637056

2,670 views
6 citations

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articles

Calibration of the Discrete Element Method and Modeling of Shortening Experiments

Late Quaternary Kinematics and Deformation Rate of the Huoyanshan Structure Derived From Deformed River Terraces in the South Piedmont of the Eastern Chinese Tian Shan

Reconciling Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Cenozoic Shortening, Exhumation, and Subsidence in the Southern Bolivian Andes

High-Resolution 3D Seismic Imaging of Fault Interaction and Deformation Offshore San Onofre, California

Pure Void Space and Fracture Pore Space in Fault-Fractured Zones

Along-Strike Rapid Structural and Geomorphic Transition From Transpression to Strike-Slip to Transtension Related to Active Microplate Rotation, Papua New Guinea

Differential Erosion and Sedimentation Process at the Longmenshan Foreland Basin, Eastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence From Analog Experiments

Database of Active Faults in Slovenia: Compiling a New Active Fault Database at the Junction Between the Alps, the Dinarides and the Pannonian Basin Tectonic Domains

Effects of Erosion and Deposition on Constraining Vertical Slip Rates of Thrust Faults: A Case Study of the Minle–Damaying Fault in the North Qilian Shan, NE Tibetan Plateau

Seismogenic Structure Orientation and Stress Field of the Gargano Promontory (Southern Italy) From Microseismicity Analysis

Orogenic Segmentation and Its Role in Himalayan Mountain Building

The 2003 Ms6.1 Minle Earthquake: An Earthquake in the Minle-Yongchang Reverse Fault-Related Fold Belt in the Hexi Corridor, NW China

Re-Evaluating the Surface Rupture and Slip Distribution of the AD 1609 M7 1/4 Hongyapu Earthquake Along the Northern Margin of the Qilian Shan, NW China: Implications for Thrust Fault Rupture Segmentation

Stretching and Contraction of Extensional Basins With Pre-Rift Salt: A Numerical Modeling Approach

Application of Automated Throw Backstripping Method to Characterize Recent Faulting Activity Migration in the Al Hoceima Bay (Northeast Morocco): Geodynamic Implications

Monazite Microstructures and Their Interpretation in Petrochronology

Structural Style and Kinematic History of the Colombian Eastern Cordillera

Angular Unconformity of the Late Quaternary Strata in the Hetao Basin, North of the Ordos Block (West China): Timing and Its Tectonic Implications

Structural Significance of the Mid-level Décollement Within the Western Sichuan Fold-And-Thrust Belt (WSFTB), Insights From Sandbox Modeling

Structural Features and Evolution of the Northwestern Sichuan Basin: Insights From Discrete Numerical Simulations

Response: Commentary: Deformation and Fault Propagation at the Lateral Termination of a Subduction Zone: The Alfeo Fault System in the Calabrian Arc, Southern Italy

The Cantabrian Fault at Sea. Low Magnitude Seismicity and Its Significance Within a Stable Setting

Soil Degassing From the Xianshuihe–Xiaojiang Fault System at the Eastern Boundary of the Chuan–Dian Rhombic Block, Southwest China

Development and Interplay of Two Orthogonal Fault Systems in the NW Qaidam Basin, Northern Tibetan Plateau