Ferrater, MartaOrtuño, MaríaMasana, EulàliaPallàs, RaimonPerea Manera, HéctorBaize, StephaneMartínez Díaz, José JesúsGarcía Meléndez, EduardoEcheverria, AnnaRockwell, Thomas K.Sharp, Warren D.Medialdea, AliciaRhodes, Edward J.2023-06-182023-06-182016-060040-195110.1016/j.tecto.2016.05.020https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23697hree-dimensional paleoseismology in strike-slip faults with slip rates less than 1 mm per year involves a greatmethodological challenge. We adapted 3D trenching to track buried channels offset by the Alhama de Murciaseismogenic left-lateral strike-slip fault (SE Iberia). A fault net slip of 0.9 ± 0.1 mm/yr was determined usingstatistical analysis of piercing lines for one buried channel, whose age is constrained between 15.2 ± 1.1 kaand 21.9–22.3 cal BP. This value is larger and more accurate than the previously published slip rates for thisfault. The minimum number offive paleo-earthquakes identified since the deposition of dated layers suggestsa maximum average recurrence interval of approximately 5 ka. The combination of both seismic parametersyields a maximum slip per event between 5.3 and 6.3 m. We show that accurately planned trenching strategiesand data processing may be key to obtaining robust paleoseismic parameters in low seismicity aresengjournal articlehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/tectonophysics/vol/680/suppl/Chttp://www.elsevier.com/locate/tectorestricted access551.2/.3550.34PaleoseismologyStrike-slip faultRecurrenceSlip rate Slip per eventSE Iberian PeninsulaGeodinámicaSismología (Geología)2507 Geofísica2507.05 Sismología y Prospección Sísmica