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  <dc:contributor>J. N. Alt</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>L.S. Cluff</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>George Plafker</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>W.D. Page</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1979</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The presence of raised beaches and marine terraces along the Makran coast indicates episodic uplift of the continental margin resulting from large-magnitude earthquakes. The uplift occurs as incremental steps similar in height to the 1–3 m of measured uplift resulting from the November 28, 1945 (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;8.3) earthquake at Pasni and Ormara, Pakistan. The data support an E—W-trending, active subduction zone off the Makran coast.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The raised beaches and wave-cut terraces along the Makran coast are extensive with some terraces 1–2 km wide, 10–15 m long and up to 500 m in elevation. The terraces are generally capped with shelly sandstones 0.5–5 m thick. Wave-cut cliffs, notches, and associated boulder breccia and swash troughs are locally preserved. Raised Holocene accretion beaches, lagoonal deposits, and tombolos are found up to 10 m in elevation. The number and elevation of raised wave-cut terraces along the Makran coast increase eastward from one at Jask, the entrance to the Persian Gulf, at a few meters elevation, to nine at Konarak, 250 km to the east. Multiple terraces are found on the prominent headlands as far east as Karachi. The wave-cut terraces are locally tilted and cut by faults with a few meters of displacement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Long-term, average rates of uplift were calculated from present elevation, estimated elevation at time of deposition, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;sup&gt;14&lt;/sup&gt;C and U–Th dates obtained on shells. Uplift rates in centimeters per year at various locations from west to east are as follows: Jask, 0 (post-Sangamon); Konarak, 0.031–0.2 (Holocene), 0.01 (post-Sangamon); Ormara 0.2 (Holocene).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1016/0040-1951(79)90269-5</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Elsevier</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Evidence for the recurrence of large-magnitude earthquakes along the Makran coast of Iran and Pakistan</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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