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Overheads from Keller & Pinter showing geomorphic features of paleoseismic origin

Deformed River Longitudinal Profiles – accumulated offset along faults

Coral Growth and Paleoseismology

Paleo-Tsunami Deposits *coseismic subsidence *interseismic uplift

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Flexural compensation

Load, bulge, and basin

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Evidence of Paleo-topography

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