Paula Marques Figueiredo

Characterizing Precariously Balanced Rocks (PBRs) in the Eastern United States for Estimating Maximum Past Earthquake Ground Motions

Pratt, T. L., Stirling, M. W., McPhillips, D., & Figueiredo, P. M. (2026, March 2). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

Handling Uncertainties in Mantle-Driven Late Cenozoic Surface Uplift of NW Iberia Using Bayesian Joint Inversion of River Profiles and 10Be Cosmogenic Nuclide Concentrations

Babault, J., Bodet, L., Arroucau, P., Charco, M., Figueiredo, P., Owen, L. A., … Driessche, J. V. D. (2025, March 15).

Using paleolake shorelines to estimate lithospheric strength and response rates: Field observations and flexural isostatic modeling of Lake Khyargas, western Mongolia.

Wolf, D., Gelman, S., Wegmann, K., Curry, M. E., Figueiredo, P. M., & Lehmkuhl, F. (2025, March 15).

Complex rupture dynamics of the extremely shallow August 2020 M5.1 Sparta, North Carolina earthquake

Neves, M., Chuang, L. Y., Li, W., Peng, Z., Figueiredo, P. M., & Ni, S. (2024, March 29). Communications Earth & Environment.

Imaging Left-Lateral and Reverse Near-Surface Slip of the 2020 Mw 5.1 Sparta, North Carolina, Earthquake

Szymanski, E. D., Hetland, E. A., & Figueiredo, P. M. (2024, April 8). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

Mantle-related late Cenozoic surface uplift in NW Iberia revealed by 10Be cosmogenic nuclide dating and non-linear river profile inversion

Babault, J., Figueiredo, P., Owen, L. A., Fullea, J., Negredo, A., Arroucau, P., … Caffee, M. (2024, March 8).

Mesoproterozoic to Paleozoic tectonics, Pleistocene landforms, and Holocene seismicity in the Blue Ridge: Results from integrated studies of the 9 August 2020, Mw 5.1 earthquake area near Sparta, North Carolina, USA

Merschat*, A. J., Carter*, M. W., Lynn*, A., Stewart*, K. G., Figueiredo*, P. M., Odom*, W. E., … Holm-Denoma*, C. S. (2024, April 5). Geological Society of America EBooks.

Evidence for a prehistoric multifault rupture along the southern Calico fault system, Eastern California Shear Zone, USA

Vadman, M. J., Garvue, M. M., Spotila, J. A., Bemis, S. P., Stamps, D. S., Owen, L. A., & Figueiredo, P. M. (2023, September 8). Geosphere.

Geologic and Paleoliquefaction constraints on past seismicity in the epicentral area of the 9 August 2020 M5.1 Sparta, North Carolina, earthquake

Geological Society of America.

Investigations of surface rupture caused by the 2020 Mw 5.1 Sparta, North Carolina, USA earthquake and associated paleoseismology of the Little River Fault

Geological Society of America.

New developments in onshore paleoseismic methods, and their impact on Quaternary tectonic studies

McCalpin, J., Ferrario, F., Figueiredo, P., Livio, F., Grützner, C., Pisarska-Jamroży, M., … Tábořík, P. (2023, April 2). Quaternary International.

Surface rupture of the 2020 Mw 5.1 Sparta, North Carolina, USA Earthquake and evidence of an active structure with recurrent Quaternary deformation

11th International INQUA Meeting on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology (PATA).

The Mw 5.1, 9 August 2020, Sparta Earthquake, North Carolina: The first documented seismic surface rupture in the eastern United States

GSA Today, 32(3-4), 4–11,

Application of Coastal Landforms to Active Tectonic Studies

Figueiredo, P. M., & Rockwell, T. K. (2021, September 30). (J. J. F. Shroder, Ed.). Elsevier EBooks, Vol. 2, pp. 443–476.

Determination of slip rate along the southern Calico fault in the southernmost Eastern California Shear Zone, Mojave Desert, California, Final Technical Report U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program USGS External Award # G19AP00102

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/cfusion/external_grants/reports/G19AP00102.pdf

Large Holocene ruptures on the Cañada David detachment, Baja California, Mexico; implications for the seismogenesis of low-angle normal faults

Karlsson, K. W., Rockwell, T. K., Fletcher, J. M., Figueiredo, P. M., Rosas, J. F. C., Gontz, A. M., … Loya, R. L. (2021, July 14). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 570, p. 117070.

Late Quaternary Intraplate Deformation Defined by the Las Chacras Fault Zone, West‐Central Argentina

Rimando, J. M., Schoenbohm, L. M., Ortiz, G., Alvarado, P., Venerdini, A., Owen, L. A., … Hammer, S. J. (2021, March 22). Tectonics.

Multidisciplinary Quaternary Deformation Analysis in a Complex Low Tectonic Setting The Example of SW Portugal

2021 Seismological Society of America.

Paleoseismological Studies

Kondo, H., Owen, L. A., & Figueiredo, P. M. (2021, October 30). (J. J. F. Shroder, Ed.). Elsevier EBooks, Vol. 2, pp. 495–562.

Recorded presentation of Multidisciplinary Quaternary Deformation Analysis in a Complex Low Tectonic Setting - The Example of SW Portugal, Europe, Seismological Society of America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGBwWwP5vXg

Tectonic Geomorphology of Normal Faults and Their Scarps

Figueiredo, P. M., & Nash, D. (2021, September 30). (J. J. F. Shroder, Ed.). Elsevier EBooks, Vol. 2, pp. 404–428.

The kinematic evolution of transpression in the Eastern California Shear Zone

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Active Tectonics in SW Portugal - Quaternary deformation analysis in a low tectonic rate area

Geological Society of America.

Collaborative Research with the University of South Florida and the University of Cincinnati: Determining Slip Rates for Camp Rock Fault (Eastern California Shear Zone) using Terrestrial Cosmogenic Nuclide Dating Final Technical Report U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program USGS External Award # G18AP00065, 37 p

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/cfusion/external_grants/reports/G18AP00065.pdf

Cosmogenic¹⁰Be and³⁶Cl geochronology of cryoplanation terraces in the Alaskan Yukon-Tanana Upland

Nyland, K. E., Nelson, F. E., & Figueiredo, P. M. (2020, May 14). Quaternary Research.

Data Management for GIS

Figueiredo, P. M., Koshoffer, A., & Latessa, J. (2020, February 28). Ohio Digital Resource Commons (University of Cincinnati).

Geomorphic and paleoseismic trenching evidence that the Glen Helen fault has not experienced surface rupture in the past 2000 years, and implications for slip transfer between the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault zones

Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting.

Geomorphometry and Statistical Analyses of Landslides Triggered by the 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha Earthquake and the Mw 7.3 Aftershock, Nepal

Tian, Y., Owen, L. A., Xu, C., Shen, L., Zhou, Q., & Figueiredo, P. M. (2020, September 18). Frontiers in Earth Science, Vol. 8.

Landslide development within 3 years after the 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal

Tian, Y., Owen, L. A., Xu, C., Ma, S., Li, K., Xu, X., … Maharjan, S. B. (2020, February 10). Landslides.

Late Pleistocene and Holocene paleoseismology and deformation rates of the Pleasant Valley Fault (Nevada, USA)

10th International INQUA Meeting on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology PATA (online).

Preliminary observations of Mw 5.1 Sparta (North Carolina) surface deformation – a first documented Mw 5 instrumental earthquake surface rupture in Eastern USA?

Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting.

Recorded Presentation Active Tectonics in SW Portugal - Quaternary deformation analysis in a low tectonic rate area GSA 2020

(2020, October). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1WBpeE3hcI&t=6s

Surface deformation associated with the Mw 5.1 Sparta, NC, Earthquake, Late Breaking Session Current Understanding of Intraplate Seismicity and Surface Deformation Associated with the August 9th, 2020 Mw 5.1 Earthquake Near Sparta, North Carolina

Geological Society of America.

Surface rupture of the Little River fault in response to the August 9, 2020 Mw 5.1 earthquake near Sparta, North Carolina

Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting.

Time‐Invariant Late Quaternary Slip Rates Along the Agua Blanca Fault, Northern Baja California, Mexico

Gold, P. O., Behr, W. M., Fletcher, J. M., Rockwell, T. K., & Figueiredo, P. M. (2020, August 5). Tectonics, Vol. 39.

Understanding of Intraplate Seismicity and Surface Deformation Associated with the August 9th, 2020 Mw 5.1 Earthquake Near Sparta, North Carolina

Geological Society of America 2020 Meeting.

Controls on 10Be-derived basin-wide erosion rates in the south-central Andes: a multivariate Bayesian approach

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Cross-correlation of OSL, 14 C and 10 Be dating methods applied to active tectonic studies on the Banning strand of the San Andreas Fault

13th New World Luminescence Workshop.

Kinematic Models for the development of the Eastern California Shear Zone, Mojave Desert

Geological Society A merica Annual Meeting.

Late Quaternary deformation and recency of faulting of the northernmost San Jacinto fault zone, and implications for slip transfer to San Andreas fault.

(2019, August).

Late Quaternary intraplate deformation: The Las Chacras Fault Zone (LCFZ), West-Central Argentina

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Late Quaternary slip rates for faults of the central Walker Lane (Nevada, USA): Spatiotemporal strain release in a strike-slip fault system

Angster, S. J., Wesnousky, S. G., Figueiredo, P. M., Owen, L. A., & Hammer, S. J. (2019, July 29). Geosphere.

Long term slip rate of Camp Rock Fault (Eastern California Shear Zone) and implications for the regional understanding of geological rate

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Paleoseismology - creating a grid for reference

(2019, October). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-6QR01jlCg

Paleoseismology Trenching across the Pleasant Valley -Part 1

(2019, October). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKRISRVhWDQ

Paleoseismology Trenching across the Pleasant Valley fault - Part 2

(2019, October). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKRISRVhWDQ

Pleistocene rapid decrease in extensional exhumation of the Diancang Shan implies tectonic changes in SE Tibet

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Preliminary Geochronology data for Cajon Pass Terraces- implications to the regional chronosequence

Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting.

Uniform Late Quaternary Slip Rate along the Jinghong Fault, SE of the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis, GSA

. Geological Society of America.

Using UAV-mounted LiDAR surveys to investigate potential slip rate sites along the northernmost San Jacinto fault zone near its junction with the San Andreas fault in the Cajon Pass area, California

Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting.

A new geological slip rate estimate for the Calico Fault, eastern California: implications for geodetic versus geologic rate estimates in the Eastern California Shear Zone

Xie, S., Gallant, E., Wetmore, P. H., Figueiredo, P. M., Owen, L. A., Rasmussen, C., … Dixon, T. H. (2018, October 24). International Geology Review, Vol. 61, pp. 1613–1641.

Active tectonics in the Cheb Basin: youngest documented Holocene surface faulting in Central Europe?

Štěpančíková, P., Fischer, T., Stemberk, J., Nováková, L., Hartvich, F., & Figueiredo, P. M. (2018, November 16). Geomorphology.

Morphotectonic analysis of the southern Portuguese Atlantic Coastal Zone- implications for Active Tectonics

3rd Iberia Meeting on Active Faults and Paleoseismology.

Morphotectonics in a low tectonic rate area: Analysis of the southern Portuguese Atlantic coastal region

Figueiredo, P. M., Rockwell, T. K., Cabral, J., & Lira, C. P. (2018, February 20). Geomorphology.

On-going Holocene slip-rates analysis for the Banning strand of the San Andreas Fault: Challenges with estimating slip-rates along a rapidly moving fault

9th International INQUA Meeting on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archaeseismology.

Paleoseismology and Neotectonics of the Southern Sierra El Mayor, Baja California, Mexico.

Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting.

Pleistocene Activity, Morphotectonics and seismotectonics of the São Teotónio-Aljezur-Sinceira Fault system, Southwest Portugal

3rd Iberia Meeting on Active Faults and Paleoseismology.

Quaternary differential vertical motion at SW Iberia inferred by Plio-Pleistocene marine terraces and morphotectonics. Is there a new kid in the block?

9th International INQUA Meeting on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archaeseismology.

Revisiting late Pleistocene uplifted marine terraces at South Portugal: new geochronology data and its implications

9th International INQUA Meeting on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archaeseismology.

Revisiting the Cajon Pass Quaternary Terraces with Geochronology dating implications for the long-term slip rates of the San Jacinto and San Andreas systems

Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting.

Active tectonics in Southern Portugal (SW Iberia) inferred from GPS data. Implications on the regional geodynamics

Cabral, J., Mendes, V. B., Figueiredo, P., Silveira, A. B., Pagarete, J., Ribeiro, A., … Ressurreição, R. (2017, October 16). Journal of Geodynamics.

Do low-angle normal faults produce large earthquakes? A case study of the Cañada David Detachment of northern Baja California, Mexico

Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting.

Puzzling results in a slip rate study for the Banning Strand of the San Andreas Fault near North Palm Springs

Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting.

Quaternary Rates of Slip for faults of the Central Walker Lane

Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting.

Late Pleistocene deformation at Aljezur fault system, SW Portugal: Seismicity triggering within a slow tectonic rate setting and relationships with sea-level rise

International INQUA Meeting on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archaeseismology,

Slip variability and temporal clustering along the Imperial fault at Mesquite Basin, Imperial Valley, California, and possible through-going rupture to the San Andreas Fault

(2016, August).

Work in progress to estimate a Latest Pleistocene slip rate for the Banning Strand of the San Andreas Fault near North Palm Springs

Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting.

Neotectonic and Seismotectonic Studies along the Southwest Portugal sector: Implications for the regional seismicity

https://repositorio.ul.pt/bitstream/10451/18382/1/ulsd070757_td_Paula_Figueiredo.pdf

Southwest Iberia uplift investigated by flexural modeling

VIII Atlantic Iberian Margin.

The effect of sea level changes on fault reactivation potential in Portugal

Neves, M. C., Cabral, J., Luttrell, K., Figueiredo, P., Rockwell, T., & Sandwell, D. (2015, August 10). Tectonophysics, Vol. 658, pp. 206–220.

Pleistocene Marine Terraces for SW Portugal regional uplift

2nd Iberfault Meeting on Active Faults and Paleoseismology.

Recognition of Pleistocene marine terraces in the southwest of Portugal (Iberian Peninsula): evidences of regional Quaternary uplift

Figueiredo, P. M., Cabral, J., & Rockwell, T. K. (2014, February 21). Annals of Geophysics, Vol. 56.

Seismic triggering induced by lithospheric flexure due to eustatic sea level rise | Sismicidade desencadeada em Portugal Continental por flexão litosférica associada a subida eustática do nível do mar

Comunicacoes Geologicas, 101, 913–917. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84939799713&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Seismic triggering induced by lithospheric flexure due to eustatic sea level rise | Sismicidade desencadeada em Portugal Continental por flexão litosférica associada a subida eustática do nível do mar

Comunicacoes Geologicas. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84939799713&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Stress changes in Iberia induced by eustatic sea-level rise

2nd Iberfault Meeting on Active Faults and Paleoseismology.

Late Pliocene to Pleistocene tectonic activity in SW Portugal: the S. Teotónio-Aljezur-Sinceira fault system – a review

Trabajos De Geologia. http://www.geol.uniovi.es/TDG/Volumen30/TG30-05.PDF

Uplifted Pleistocene Marine Terraces at the Southwest Coast of Portugal. Is there more than we know?

XIX Congrés de Doctorants, Institute de Physique Global du Paris.

The 1909 Benavente (Portugal) earthquake: search for the source

Cabral, J., Moniz, C., Batlló, J., Figueiredo, P., Carvalho, J., Matias, L., … Simão, N. (2011, December 19). Natural Hazards, Vol. 69, pp. 1211–1227.

Active surface faulting or landsliding in the Lower Tagus Valley (Portugal)? A solved controversy concerning the Vila Chã de Ourique site

Cabral, J. M., Marques, F., Figueiredo, P., & Matias, L. (2010, December 14). Journal of Seismology, Vol. 15, pp. 215–234.

Neotectonics and paleoseismic studies at SW Portugal mainland: The S. Teotónio- Aljezur- Sinceira Fault System

8th Portuguese Geological Congress.

Quaternary seismic activity of the Vilariça fault (NE Portugal): Preliminary results of a paleoseismological study

8th Portuguese Geological Congress.

Southwest Portugal Plio-Pleistocene Tectonic Activity Studies: The S.Teotónio- Aljezur - Sinceira Fault System and Coastal Tectonic Uplift Evidences,

1st Iberfault, Active Tectonics and Paleoseismology Iberian Meeting.

Actividade Tectónica Plistocénica no SW de Portugal: O sistema de falhas São Teotónio – Aljezur – Sinceira e evidências de levantamento ao longo do Litoral.

VII Meeting Iberian Quaternary, GTPEQ & AEQUA.

Palaeoseismology of the Vilariça Segment of the Manteigas-Bragança Fault in northeastern Portugal

Rockwell, T., Fonseca, J., Madden, C., Dawson, T., Owen, L. A., Vilanova, S., & Figueiredo, P. (2009, January 1). Geological Society London Special Publications, Vol. 316, pp. 237–258.

S.Teotónio- Aljezur- Sinceira Fault System: A Seismogenic source at SW Portugal?

1st SHARE (Seismic Hazard Harmonization in Europe) Iberian Workshop for Active Faults and Seismogenic Sources.

Late Pliocene to Pleistocene tectonic activity in SW Portugal: New data from field observations and trenching

6th Symposium on the Iberian Atlantic Margin.

Analysis on the Azambuja fault tectonic - a morphotectonic approach.

1st Young Geosc. Res. Meeting.

Preliminary data on the sedimentary dinamics at Carcavelos Beach

1st Young Geosc. Res. Meeting.

Seismic characterization of the Vilariça fault: Comparison between a segmentation model and paleoseismology

Ass. of Env. & Eng. Geol. Ann. Meeting.

Topographical surface deformation, at Vila Chã de Ourique

1st Young Geosc. Res. Meeting.

Carcavelos beach sedimentary dynamics

5th Geophysics and Geodesy Portuguese- Spanish Meeting.

Multidisciplinary approach for the Seismotectonic study of the Tagus Lower Valley

http://repositorio.ul.pt/

The Azambuja fault: An active structure located in an intraplate basin with significant seismicity (Lower Tagus Valley, Portugal)

Cabral, J., Ribeiro, P., Figueiredo, P., Pimentel, N., & Martins, A. (2004, July 1). Journal of Seismology, Vol. 8, pp. 347–362.

New data on the active surface faulting vs. landsliding controversy concerning the Vila Chã de Ourique site (Lower Tagus Valley)

6th Portuguese Geological Congress.

Paleoseismological data from a new trench across the El Camp Fault (Catalan Coastal Ranges, NE Iberian Peninsula)

Annals of Geophysics, 46(5), 763–774. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-2042527665&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Paleoseismological data from a new trench across the El Camp Fault (Catalan Coastal Ranges, NE Iberian Peninsula)

Annals of Geophysics. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-2042527665&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Paleoseismicity evidence in the Lower Tagus Valley? An example of misinterpretation of geological data

3rd Geophysics and Geodesy Port.- Spain Meeting.

Surface Evidence of Seismogenic Activity in the Vila Franca de Xira Fault (Tagus Valley, Portugal),

XXVIII General Assembly European Seismological Commission.

Europaleos: New data on paleoseismological studies in El Camp Fault, Spain

Ten years of paleoseismology in the ILP: progress and prospects.