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Guy Salomon

@thatfaultguy.bsky.social

PhD candidate at the University of Victoria - Active faults, tectonics, remote sensing, coffee, and baking are some of my interests.

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A thread on this paper! ๐Ÿงชโš’๏ธ

The Tintina fault is a major right-lateral fault, stretching ~1000 km across the Yukon, and having slipped a total of ~430 km in its lifetime. It's generally thought to have been inactive since the Eocene.

17.07.2025 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Large Surfaceโ€Rupturing Earthquakes and a >12ย kyr, Open Interseismic Interval on the Tintina Fault, Yukon We provide the first conclusive evidence of numerous large (>Mw 7.5) surface-rupturing earthquakes in the Quaternary on the Tintina fault Offsets to Early and Middle Pleistocene glaciofluvial ter...

Really pleased to share our new paper in GRL, documenting evidence of multiple Quaternary surface-rupturing earthquakes on the Tintina fault in the Yukon.

doi.org/10.1029/2025...

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16.07.2025 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
three people dressed in PhD regalia

three people dressed in PhD regalia

Life update: got my PhD! What a journey. I'm especially grateful to my supervisors @faultydata.bsky.social and @earthquakeguy.bsky.social for their support and mentorship along the way. Also huge congrats to @thatfaultguy.bsky.social for graduating as well!

12.06.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
First fault movement ever filmed. M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar
YouTube video by 2025 Sagaing Earthquake Archive First fault movement ever filmed. M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar

holy SHIT you need to watch this video

notice what happens about 14 seconds in

(trust me, you'll see it)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub...

12.05.2025 03:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1728    ๐Ÿ” 582    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 129
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The 2020 Mwย 6.4 Koryak Highlands earthquake illustrates hidden seismic hazards in the northern Pacific Cordillera SUMMARY. On 2020 January 9, an Mw 6.4 earthquake struck the central Koryak Highlands of eastern Siberia, northeast of the diffuse triple junction between t

Another PhD chapter published! We investigate the Jan 2020 M 6.4 earthquake in the Koryak Highlands, Siberia. We find that the earthquake ruptured an immature fault, orthogonal to regionally mapped structures. doi.org/10.1093/gji/...

03.02.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Toronto skyline

Toronto skyline

Quick stop in Toronto on my way to #AGU24

08.12.2024 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The smell of freshly baked bread on a gloomy morning is quite hard to beat.

05.12.2024 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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