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The protocataclasite dilemma: in situ 36Cl and REE-Y lessons from an impure limestone fault scarp at Sparta, Greece
Bradley W. Goodfellow
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Geological Survey of Sweden, Killiansgatan 10, Lund, Sweden
Marc W. Caffee
Department of Physics and Astronomy/Purdue Rare Isotope Measurement Laboratory, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Greg Chmiel
Department of Physics and Astronomy/Purdue Rare Isotope Measurement Laboratory, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Ruben Fritzon
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
now at: Celsiusskolan, Sporthallsvägen 7, 828 33 Edsbyn, Sweden
Alasdair Skelton
Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Arjen P. Stroeven
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Short summary
Reconstructions of past earthquakes are useful to assess earthquake hazard risk. We assess a limestone scarp exposed by earthquakes along the Sparta Fault, Greece, using 36Cl and rare-earth elements and yttrium (REE-Y). Our analyses indicate an increase in the average scarp slip rate from 0.8–0.9 mm yr-1 at 6.5–7.7 kyr ago to 1.1–1.2 mm yr-1 up to the devastating 464 BCE earthquake. REE-Y indicate clays in the fault scarp; their potential use in palaeoseismicity would benefit from further study.
Reconstructions of past earthquakes are useful to assess earthquake hazard risk. We assess a...
