Tectonic Geomorphology

Highlighting: Strike-Slip Faults! (Interview with Tamara Aránguiz-Rago)

Tamara Aránguiz-Rago January 16, 2026

Photo 1: The Atacama Desert in September 2022. The flat strip of land in the middle is where the Salar Grande Fault slowly slides two blocks apart horizontally.

This blog post is part of our series: “Highlights” for which we’re accepting contributions! Please contact Emma Lodes (GM blog editor, elodes@asu.edu), if you’d like to contribute on this topic or others. Interview with Tamara Aránguiz-Rago, PhD student, University of Washington. Email: tarangui@uw.edu. Website: https://taranguiz.github.io Can you describe in simple terms how strike-slip faults w ...[Read More]

Highlighting: Puerto Rico, Part 2! (Interview with Kate Drobnich)

Kate Drobnich December 23, 2025

An annotated photo showing the topographic asymmetry of the escarpment. PC: Kate Drobnich.

This blog post is part of our series: “Highlights” for which we’re accepting contributions! Please contact Emma Lodes (GM blog editor, elodes@asu.edu), if you’d like to contribute on this topic or others. Interview with Kate Drobnich, PhD student, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University. Email: kate.drobnich@colostate.edu. Questions by Emma Lodes. Can you briefly describe the main ob ...[Read More]

AGU Report

EGU Guest blogger February 15, 2024

Figure 2: R. Lanari and I at poster session, discussing the tectonic evolution of the Calabria Arc and Southern Apennines

by Romano Clementucci, PostDoc, ETH Zurich (Switzerland) Twitter: @RomanoClementu1 | email: rclementucci@erdw.ethz.ch As postdoctoral researchers, advancing our careers often involves attending an international congress. In December 2023, I achieved this goal by participating in AGU23, marking my first attendance after several consecutive years at EGU. It was exhilarating to share my research ...[Read More]