Articles | Volume 12, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1125-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1125-2021
Research article
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19 May 2021
Research article |  | 19 May 2021

Application of anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) fabrics to determine the kinematics of active tectonics: examples from the Betic Cordillera, Spain, and the Northern Apennines, Italy

David J. Anastasio, Frank J. Pazzaglia, Josep M. Parés, Kenneth P. Kodama, Claudio Berti, James A. Fisher, Alessandro Montanari, and Lorraine K. Carnes

Model code and software

PmagPy Cookbook Magnetics Information Consortium https://earthref.org/PmagPy/cookbook/

Anisoft - Advanced Treatment of Magnetic Anisotropy Data Advanced Geoscience Instruments Company (AGICO) https://www.agico.com/text/software/anisoft/anisoft.php

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Short summary
The anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) technique provides an effective way to interpret deforming mountain belts. In both the Betics, Spain, and Apennines, Italy, weak but well-organized AMS fabrics were recovered from young unconsolidated and unburied rocks that could not be analyzed with more traditional methods. Collectively, these studies demonstrate the novel ways that AMS can be combined with other data to resolve earthquake hazards in space and time.