Mid-Holocene cluster of large-scale landslides revealed in the Southwestern Alps by 36Cl dating. Insight on an Alpine-scale landslide activity

S Zerathe, T Lebourg, R Braucher, D Bourlès - Quaternary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Although it is generally assumed that the internal structure of a slope (eg lithology and rock
mass properties, inherited faults and heterogeneities, etc.) is preponderant for the …

Quantified sensitivity of small lake sediments to record historic earthquakes: Implications for paleoseismology

B Wilhelm, J Nomade, C Crouzet, C Litty… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Seismic hazard assessment is a critical but challenging issue for modern societies. A key
parameter to be estimated is the recurrence interval of damaging earthquakes. This requires …

[HTML][HTML] Thirty years of paleoseismic research in metropolitan France

O Bellier, EM Cushing… - Comptes …, 2021 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Résumé A critical review is conducted of a selection of paleoseismic works published on, or
close to, metropolitan France over the last 30 years. The evolution of these works may be …

[HTML][HTML] Seismotectonics of southeast France: from the Jura mountains to Corsica

C Larroque, S Baize, J Albaric… - Comptes …, 2021 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Résumé The analysis of the seismicity catalog (1996 to 2019) covering the region from the
Jura mountains to Corsica provides a first-order image of the distribution of earthquakes …

Toward an empirical ground motion prediction equation for France: Accounting for regional differences in the source stress parameter

G Ameri, S Drouet, P Traversa, D Bindi… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2017 - Springer
In low-to-moderate seismicity regions such as metropolitan France, characterized by limited
strong-motion records in the magnitude-distance range of interest for seismic hazard …

Active deformation at the southwestern Alps–Ligurian basin junction (France–Italy boundary): Evidence for recent change from compression to extension in the …

C Larroque, B Delouis, B Godel, JM Nocquet - Tectonophysics, 2009 - Elsevier
Several hundred earthquakes of small and moderate magnitude occur each year at the
southwestern Alps–Ligurian basin junction. In addition, the historical seismicity data attests …

Reappraisal of the 1887 Ligurian earthquake (western Mediterranean) from macroseismicity, active tectonics and tsunami modelling

L Christophe, O Scotti… - Geophysical Journal …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Early in the morning of 1887 February 23, a damaging earthquake hit the towns along the
Italian and French Riviera. The earthquake was followed by a tsunami with a maximum run …

Frequency and triggering of small-scale submarine landslides on decadal timescales: analysis of 4D bathymetric data from the continental slope offshore Nice (France …

M Kelner, S Migeon, E Tric, F Couboulex, A Dano… - Marine Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Time-series bathymetric data acquired from 1967 to 2011 are used to evaluate the
morphological evolution of the continental shelf and upper continental slope off the city of …

The effects of lateral property variations on fault-zone reactivation by fluid pressurization: application to CO2 pressurization effects within major and undetected fault …

P Jeanne, Y Guglielmi, F Cappa, AP Rinaldi… - Journal of Structural …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this study, we performed in situ multidisciplinary analyses of two different fault zones in
carbonate formations. One is a seismically active fault zone several kilometers long (the …

Late Quaternary incision rates in the Vésubie catchment area (Southern French Alps) from in situ‐produced 36Cl cosmogenic nuclide dating: Tectonic and climatic …

M Saillard, C Petit, Y Rolland… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We have estimated recent river incision rates using the in situ‐produced 36Cl cosmogenic
nuclide concentrations. The target site consists of a~ 25 m high vertical profile along a …