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Journey to the Roof of the World: how fast does the Pamir Frontal Thrust move?

Ben Johnson, a PhD student from the University of Oxford, describes his experiences from fieldwork over the summer of 2021. Read on to find out more about the Alai valley, glacial histories, and shortening across the northern margin of the Pamir.

The Pamir and Tien Shan are colliding along the Alai valley as part of the wider India-Eurasia continental collision. The Pamir are moving northwards along the Pamir Frontal Thrust (PFT), closing the valley. The rate of shortening across the PFT is contested, with short-term geodetic rates from GPS giving faster rates from those measured from palaeoseismology.
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Video: Talk by Sabrina Metzger on “Recent kinematics of the Greater Pamir based on GNSS and InSAR data”

On 26 April, 2021, Sabrina Metzger (GFZ Potsdam) gave the second talk of our lecture series on the tectonics of Central Asia. In case you missed Sabrina’s presentation, here’s the video.

Watch this space for future talks, always on the last Monday of every second month, and follow us on Twitter for updates: https://twitter.com/QuakesCentAsia

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Online webinar by Sabrina Metzger on 26 April, 2021: Recent kinematics of the Greater Pamir based on GNSS and InSAR data

In the framework of our NATO-funded project SPS G5690 – “Earthquake Hazard and Environmental Security in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan” we will run an ~1 hr online webinar. Sabrina Metzger from GFZ Potsdam, Division of Lithosphere Dynamics, will talk about Recent kinematics of the Greater Pamir based on GNSS and InSAR data. The webinar is open for everyone interested and will be held via zoom (https://uni-jena-de.zoom.us/j/8941887790 Meeting-ID: 894 188 7790; Password: EQAsia).

Date: 26 April, 2021

Time: 3 pm UK time (3 pm London; 4 pm Berlin & Paris; 10 pm Beijing; 7 am San Francisco)