Geomorphological Processes of Continental Landscapes in Tectonically Active Areas

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Topic "Geomorphological Processes of Continental Landscapes in Tectonically Active Areas", which will bring together papers from different fields of Earth sciences that depict the changes in the configuration of the Earth’s surface due to endogenic and exogenic forces triggered by active tectonics. The aim of the collection is to highlight recent advances in tectonic geomorphology, earthquake geology, and quantitative geomorphology by means of geochronology, geophysics, paleoseismology, structural geology, and geological mapping tools. The Topic focuses on the mechanism and speed of the sedimentary and geomorphological processes of continental landscapes in tectonically active areas. In more detail, it will provide a venue for the Quaternary evolution of tectonic-related processes at different time scales, especially through:

• Analysis of landscape morpho-evolution (i.e., the relationship between tectonic processes and superficial modeling);
• Morphotectonic and structural analysis of active fault systems;
• Analysis of the geological surface effects caused by earthquakes in the near-fault and far-field;
• Reconstruction of the offset distributions and displacement rates along the short- and long-term (late-Quaternary and Quaternary) faults;
• 2D and 3D reconstruction of fault-controlled continental basins and their tectonic–sedimentary evolution;
• Determination of the Holocene record of seismic events;
• Local and regional coseismic and long-term dislocation field estimates;

The aim is to characterize the geometric and behavioral parameters (i.e., slip accumulation and recurrence modeling) of active fault systems as they are essential inputs for the evaluation of seismic hazards.

Dr. Stefano Pucci
Dr. Daniela Pantosti
Topic Editors