Blog – Earthquakes in Central Asia

1st Environmental Hazards in Asia Conference

Post author By Christoph Grützner
Post date 2024-04-25
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The first Environmental Hazards in Asia Conference will take place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from 12-15 August with a field trip from 16-20 August. This conference aims to bring together practitioners of both with a focus on the hazards across Asia. The workshop will be structured to allow exploration of the underlying physical mechanics of hazards, explore the impacts of historical events across the continent and focus on the possible approaches to minimizing future impacts. The aim is to facilitate new ideas and proposals. Funds to support travel and subsistence to up to 20 participants from across Asia are available.

May 15th – Abstract submission deadline
June 1st – Fieldtrip registration deadline
July 12th – Online registration deadline

Meeting website: www.environmentalhazardsasia.wordpress.com

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Research Update

Giant landslides of the Tien shan

Post author By Richard Walker
Post date 2024-04-07
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Julie Losen describes her recently published article presenting the first results of the analysis of the giant Beshkiol landslide and its associated lakes in Kyrgyzstan. The work is now published in the journal ‘Geomorphology’

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169555X24000710

*Panoramic photo of the Beshkiol landslide.*

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Video: Space Race interviews Richard Walker on satellite data and geophysics

Post author By Christoph Grützner
Post date 2024-01-09
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In a 20 mins interview with Space Race, Richard Walker talks about our work on large earthquakes and active faults in Central Asia, tectonic geomorphology, our use of satellite data, DEMs, and much more.

Tags earthquake, fault, field work, kyrgyzstan, remote sensing, satellite, tectonics, Tien Shan

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New book: Earthquakes of Kyrgyzstan

Post author By Christoph Grützner
Post date 2023-08-09
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Our team has been working in the Tien Shan for many years now and we are very happy to present one of the key outcomes of our several projects. In the new book Earthquakes of Kyrgyzstan we provide an overview over strong earthquakes that occurred in Kyrgyzstan, both instrumental and from paleoseismological studies. The book is open access and can be downloaded here:

Tags earthquake, fault, kyrgyzstan, tectonics, Tien Shan

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Earthquakes and tectonics of the Kura basin, Azerbaijan

Post author By Richard Walker
Post date 2023-06-25
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Ian Pierce describes his recent field trip to Azerbaijan, excavating trenches along the southern Caucasus thrusts and looking for evidence of historical earthquakes.

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Palaeoseismology and archaeoseismology along the Silk Roads of Uzbekistan

Post author By Richard Walker
Post date 2023-05-10
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Krzysztof Gaidzik describes his recent experiences searching for past earthquakes and active faults as part of the Earthquakes in Central Asia project.

*Bibi-Khanym Mosque strongly damaged during the 1897 earthquake.*

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Mountain building: insights from neotectonics

Post author By Richard Walker
Post date 2022-10-28
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Dr. Ian Pierce of the Earth Sciences Department, University of Oxford, gives some very nice examples of active faulting in the Himalaya, the Tien Shan, and in the western United States. He combines an accessible introduction to earthquake geology with plenty of nice field photographs and high resolution imagery and digital topography.

The seminar is available here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEoEGwtMO6k

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Field workshop in paleoseismology – trenching the 1911 Chon Aksu (Mw 7.9) earthquake ruptures, Kyrgyzstan

Post author By Richard Walker
Post date 2022-08-21
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Multiple factors make Afghan communities vulnerable to earthquakes

Post author By Richard Walker
Post date 2022-08-13
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We consider some of the reasons why earthquakes have such damaging effects in Afghanistan and surrounding parts of Asia in a new article in Temblor Earthquake News …

Multiple factors make Afghan communities vulnerable to earthquakes

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A month in Azerbaijan: promising new start to a long paleoseismic campaign

Post author By Richard Walker
Post date 2022-06-26
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In this blog post, Ian Pierce, describes work that he is leading in collaboration with the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences as part of the Leverhulme Trust EROICA and NEPTUNE projects.