In regions where Quaternary deposits and landforms are rare or absent, such as in steep mountainous terrain or other upland settings, we focused on prominent and continuous escarpments and strong lineaments in bedrock. But, what could be the clear evidence indicative of Quaternary movement of the fault?
I think you will find exposure dating a useful tool in determining "recent" Quaternary fault activity.
For example: Dip-slip rate determined by cosmogenic surface dating on a Holocene scarp of the Daju fault, Yunnan, China October 2010 · Tectonophysics 493(1):106-112 DOI · 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.07.006
Contact the author David Fink and he will give you more references.
Dear Mr. Shnizai,
apart from the cosmogenic methods used for dating geological processes during the most recent parts of earth history, there are biogenic ones using, e.g., lichens, pedological aspects , e.g., loess stratigraphy and last but not least human remains such as pottery or bones. They may be found within the fault structure itself or on both sides being displaced relative to each others.
With kind regards
H.G.Dill
Fault lineations in mountainous terrain that intersect orthogonally but do not displace each other are likely both to be vertical. If they displace dipping beds then the epeirogeny that moved them is likely to have a Quaternary component.
regards
Besides of high-accurate radar methods like Radar interferrometry that are able to monitor displacements, Quarternary can be indirectly revealed with active slope processes. For the Neogene-Quarternary research I recommend base erosion surface analysis described at my recent article https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.11.016
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