Strike-Slip Tectonics

Strike-slip faults, steeply dipping structures marked by dominantly horizontal motion, occur in diverse settings in orogenic belts and define many of the world’s transform plate boundaries. Understanding their behavior offers insight into surface and subsurface deformation, the formation of mountain belts and sedimentary basins, and seismic hazards. Strike-Slip Tectonics: Major Fault Zones in the Eastern Mediterranean and Asia presents a state-of-the-art perspective on the processes that lead to major earthquakes and the changing landscapes along strike-slip fault zones across this tectonically active region. Volume highlights include: Studies of plate movements and kinematic and dynamic analysis along transform faultsCase studies from the Anatolian and Asia-Pacific regions and the Himalayan systemAdvances in methods and techniques for seismic mapping and simulationApplications for seismic hazard assessments, urban planning, policymaking, and research in academia and industry