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Sensitivity of tidal marshes as recorders of major megathrust earthquakes: constraints from the 25 December 2016 Mw 7.6 Chiloé earthquake, Chile (2021)
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Brader, M., Garrett, E., Melnick, D., & Shennan, I. (2021). Sensitivity of tidal marshes as recorders of major megathrust earthquakes: constraints from the 25 December 2016 Mw 7.6 Chiloé earthquake, Chile. Journal of Quaternary Science, 36(6), 991-1002. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3323

We present evidence of land-level change resulting from the 2016 Mw 7.6 Chiloé earthquake from tidal wetlands along the southern coastline of Isla de Chiloé, Chile, to test criteria for the detection of low-level,

Hidden Holocene slip along the coastal El Yolki fault in Central Chile and its possible link with megathrust earthquakes (2019)
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Melnick, D., Hillemann, C., Jara-Muñoz, J., Garrett, E., Cortés-Aranda, J., Molina, D., …Strecker, M. R. (2019). Hidden Holocene slip along the coastal El Yolki fault in Central Chile and its possible link with megathrust earthquakes. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, 124(7), 7280-7302. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jb017188

Megathrust earthquakes are commonly accompanied by increased upper‐plate seismicity and occasionally triggered fault slip. In Chile, crustal faults slipped during and after the 2010 Maule (M8.8) earthquake. We studied the El Yolki fault (EYOF), a tra... Read More about Hidden Holocene slip along the coastal El Yolki fault in Central Chile and its possible link with megathrust earthquakes.

First field evidence of coseismic land-level change associated with the 25th December 2016 Mw 7.6 Chiloé earthquake, Chile (2018)
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Garrett, E., Brader, M., Melnick, D., Bedford, J., & Aedo, D. (2019). First field evidence of coseismic land-level change associated with the 25th December 2016 Mw 7.6 Chiloé earthquake, Chile. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 109(1), 87-98. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120180173

Assessments of megathrust earthquake rupture patterns provide fundamental insights into the processes that control the seismic cycle along subduction zones. When large earthquakes occur in regions with sparse geodetic networks, as was the case for th... Read More about First field evidence of coseismic land-level change associated with the 25th December 2016 Mw 7.6 Chiloé earthquake, Chile.

Use of high-resolution seismic reflection data for paleogeographical reconstruction of shallow Lake Yamanaka (Fuji Five Lakes, Japan) (2018)
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Lamair, L., Hubert-Ferrari, A., Yamamoto, S., Fujiwara, O., Yokoyama, Y., Garrett, E., …Walstra, J. (2019). Use of high-resolution seismic reflection data for paleogeographical reconstruction of shallow Lake Yamanaka (Fuji Five Lakes, Japan). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 514, 233-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.09.028

High-resolution seismic profiles, combined with the integration of published drilling data, provide a detailed paleoenvironmental history of Lake Yamanaka (Fuji Five Lakes, Japan). This study presents a detailed analysis of the different depositional... Read More about Use of high-resolution seismic reflection data for paleogeographical reconstruction of shallow Lake Yamanaka (Fuji Five Lakes, Japan).

Single-grain feldspar luminescence chronology of historical extreme wave event deposits recorded in a coastal lowland, Pacific coast of central Japan (2018)
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Riedesel, S., Brill, D., Roberts, H. M., Duller, G. A., Garrett, E., Zander, A. M., …Brückner, H. (2018). Single-grain feldspar luminescence chronology of historical extreme wave event deposits recorded in a coastal lowland, Pacific coast of central Japan. Quaternary Geochronology, 45, 37-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2018.01.006

The Shirasuka lowlands, located on the Enshu-nada coast of central Japan, record evidence for numerous extreme wave events. Here we test the applicability of using the luminescence signal from feldspars to date these young (

Historical Nankai-Suruga megathrust earthquakes recorded by tsunami and terrestrial mass movement deposits on the Shirasuka coastal lowlands, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (2018)
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Garrett, E., Fujiwara, O., Riedesel, S., Walstra, J., Deforce, K., Yokoyama, Y., …QuakeRecNankai team, T. (2018). Historical Nankai-Suruga megathrust earthquakes recorded by tsunami and terrestrial mass movement deposits on the Shirasuka coastal lowlands, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Holocene, 28(6), 968-983. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683617752844

Geological investigations of coastal sediment sequences play a key role in verifying earthquake and tsunami characteristics inferred from historical records. In this paper, we present a multi-proxy investigation of a coastal lowland site facing the N... Read More about Historical Nankai-Suruga megathrust earthquakes recorded by tsunami and terrestrial mass movement deposits on the Shirasuka coastal lowlands, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Modern diatom assemblages from Chilean tidal marshes and their application for quantifying deformation during past great earthquakes (2017)
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Hocking, E. P., Garrett, E., & Cisternas, M. (2017). Modern diatom assemblages from Chilean tidal marshes and their application for quantifying deformation during past great earthquakes. Journal of Quaternary Science, 32(3), 396-415. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2933

Tidal marsh sediments from south-central Chile provide evidence for multiple great earthquakes. Diatom transfer functions, statistical models of the relationship between species preserved in the sediment and elevation, provide quantitative estimates... Read More about Modern diatom assemblages from Chilean tidal marshes and their application for quantifying deformation during past great earthquakes.

Unusual geologic evidence of coeval seismic shaking and tsunamis shows variability in earthquake size and recurrence in the area of the giant 1960 Chile earthquake (2017)
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Cisternas, M., Garrett, E., Wesson, R., Dura, T., & Ely, L. (2017). Unusual geologic evidence of coeval seismic shaking and tsunamis shows variability in earthquake size and recurrence in the area of the giant 1960 Chile earthquake. Marine Geology, 385, 101-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2016.12.007

An uncommon coastal sedimentary record combines evidence for seismic shaking and coincident tsunami inundation since AD 1000 in the region of the largest earthquake recorded instrumentally: the giant 1960 southern Chile earthquake (Mw 9.5). The recor... Read More about Unusual geologic evidence of coeval seismic shaking and tsunamis shows variability in earthquake size and recurrence in the area of the giant 1960 Chile earthquake.

Detection limits of tidal-wetland sequences to identify variable rupture modes of megathrust earthquakes (2016)
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Shennan, I., Garrett, E., & Barlow, N. (2016). Detection limits of tidal-wetland sequences to identify variable rupture modes of megathrust earthquakes. Quaternary Science Reviews, 150, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.08.003

Recent paleoseismological studies question whether segment boundaries identified for 20th and 21st century great, >M8, earthquakes persist through multiple earthquake cycles or whether smaller segments with different boundaries rupture and cause sign... Read More about Detection limits of tidal-wetland sequences to identify variable rupture modes of megathrust earthquakes.

A systematic review of geological evidence for Holocene earthquakes and tsunamis along the Nankai-Suruga Trough, Japan (2016)
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Garrett, E., Fujiwara, O., Garrett, P., Heyvaert, V., Shishikura, M., Yokoyama, Y., …Team, T. Q. (2016). A systematic review of geological evidence for Holocene earthquakes and tsunamis along the Nankai-Suruga Trough, Japan. Earth-Science Reviews, 159, 337-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.06.011

The Nankai-Suruga Trough, the subduction zone that lies immediately south of Japan's densely populated southern coastline, generates devastating great earthquakes (magnitude > 8) characterised by intense shaking, crustal deformation and tsunami gener... Read More about A systematic review of geological evidence for Holocene earthquakes and tsunamis along the Nankai-Suruga Trough, Japan.

Constraints on regional drivers of relative sea-level change around Cordova, Alaska (2015)
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Garrett, E., Barlow, N., Cool, H., Kaufman, D., Shennan, I., & Zander, P. (2015). Constraints on regional drivers of relative sea-level change around Cordova, Alaska. Quaternary Science Reviews, 113, 48-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.12.002

New records of paleoenvironmental change from two lakes near Cordova, south central Alaska, combined with analysis of previously reported sediment sequences from the adjacent Copper River Delta, provide quantitative constraints on a range of Earth sy... Read More about Constraints on regional drivers of relative sea-level change around Cordova, Alaska.

Reconstructing paleoseismic deformation, 2: 1000 years of great earthquakes at Chucalén, south central Chile (2014)
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Garrett, E., Shennan, I., Woodroffe, S., Cisternas, M., Hocking, E., & Gulliver, P. (2015). Reconstructing paleoseismic deformation, 2: 1000 years of great earthquakes at Chucalén, south central Chile. Quaternary Science Reviews, 113, 112-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.10.010

In this paper we adopt a quantitative biostratigraphic approach to establish a 1000-year-long coastal record of megathrust earthquake and tsunami occurrence in south central Chile. Our investigations focus on a site in the centre of the rupture segme... Read More about Reconstructing paleoseismic deformation, 2: 1000 years of great earthquakes at Chucalén, south central Chile.

Great tsunamigenic earthquakes during the last 1000 years on the Alaska megathrust (2014)
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Shennan, I., Barlow, N., Carver, G., Davies, F., Garrett, E., & Hocking, E. (2014). Great tsunamigenic earthquakes during the last 1000 years on the Alaska megathrust. Geology, 42(8), 687-690. https://doi.org/10.1130/g35797.1

Large to great earthquakes and related tsunamis generated on the Alaska megathrust produce major hazards for both the area of rupture and heavily populated coastlines around much of the Pacific Ocean. Recent modeling studies suggest that single-segme... Read More about Great tsunamigenic earthquakes during the last 1000 years on the Alaska megathrust.

Reconstructing paleoseismic deformation, 1: modern analogues from the 1960 and 2010 Chilean great earthquakes (2013)
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Garrett, E., Shennan, I., Watcham, E., & Woodroffe, S. (2013). Reconstructing paleoseismic deformation, 1: modern analogues from the 1960 and 2010 Chilean great earthquakes. Quaternary Science Reviews, 75, 11-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.04.007

The 1960, and 2010 Chilean great earthquakes provide modern analogues for the sedimentary signatures of the largest megathrust events and their accompanying tsunamis. This paper presents lithological and diatom assemblage data from five sites and pro... Read More about Reconstructing paleoseismic deformation, 1: modern analogues from the 1960 and 2010 Chilean great earthquakes.