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Doug W. Burbank
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Along-Strike and Downdip Segmentation of the Pamir Frontal Thrust and Its Association With the 1985 Mw 6.9 Wuqia Earthquake
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SOLID EARTH
11 september 2019
Tao Li, ZhuXin Chen, Jie Chen, Jessica A. Thompson...

The Pamir Frontal Thrust along the leading edge of the northern Pamir is characterized by multiple earthquakes with moment magnitudes of 6.5–...

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Active Bending-Moment Faulting: Geomorphic Expression, Controlling Conditions, Accommodation of Fold Deformation
TECTONICS
03 august 2018
Tao Li, Jie Chen, Jessica A. Thompson Jobe, Dougla...

Bending‐moment faults and flexural‐slip faults (FSFs), as two basic fault styles due to bending‐related tangential longitudinal s...

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Variations of Lateral Bedrock Erosion Rates Control Planation of Uplifting Folds in the Foreland of the Tian Shan, NW China
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: EARTH SURFACE
26 december 2017
Aaron Bufe, Douglas W. Burbank, Langtao Liu, Bodo ...

Fluvial planation surfaces, such as straths, commonly serve as recorders of climatic and tectonic changes and are formed by the lateral erosion of ...

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Experimental evidence for a control by channel-wall height on alluvial channel migration
EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR A CONTROL BY CHANNEL-WALL HEIGHT ON ALLUVIAL CHANNEL MIGRATION
earth and planetary surface processes | 13 december 2017
Aaron Bufe, Douglas W. Burbank, Chris Paola, Stefa...
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Quaternary tectonic evolution of the Pamir-Tian Shan convergence zone, Northwest China
TECTONICS
04 december 2017
Jessica A. Thompson Jobe, Tao Li, Jie Chen, Dougla...

The Pamir‐Tian Shan collision zone in the western Tarim Basin, northwest China, formed from rapid and ongoing convergence in response to the ...

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Temporal changes in rock uplift rates of folds in the foreland of the Tian Shan and the Pamir from geodetic and geologic data
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
14 november 2017
Aaron Bufe, David P. Bekaert, Ekbal Hussain, Bodo ...

Understanding the evolution of continental deformation zones relies on quantifying spatial and temporal changes in deformation rates of tectonic st...

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Active Flexural-Slip Faulting: Controls Exerted by Stratigraphy, Geometry, and Fold Kinematics
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SOLID EARTH
25 october 2017
Tao Li, Jie Chen, Jessica A. Thompson Jobe, Dougla...

Flexural slip plays an important role in accommodating fold growth, and its topographic expression, flexural‐slip fault (FSF) scarps, may be ...

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An automated knickzone selection algorithm (KZ-Picker) to analyze transient landscapes: Calibration and validation
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: EARTH SURFACE
13 june 2017
Alexander Neely, Bodo Bookhagen, Douglas W. Burban...

Streams commonly respond to base‐level fall by localizing erosion within steepened, convex knickzone reaches. Localized incision causes knick...

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