The geological background of the May 12, 2008 Ms 8.0 Wenchuan catastrophic earthquake, Longmen Shan, Western China
| Autor: | J. Liu, N. V. Koronovsky |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
geography
Plateau geography.geographical_feature_category 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Active fault 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 01 natural sciences Nappe Neotectonics Tectonics Sinistral and dextral Seismic hazard General Earth and Planetary Sciences China Geology Seismology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Moscow University Geology Bulletin. 72:37-45 |
| ISSN: | 1934-8436 0145-8752 |
| DOI: | 10.3103/s0145875217010070 |
| Popis: | The Longmen Shan fault zone is located at the particular boundary between the Triassic Songpan-Ganzi orogen of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and the stable Sichuan basin of the Yangtze platform. There are four major active faults and three tectonic nappes in this region. According to an analysis of neotectonics and historical earthquakes, the Longmen Shan fault zone presents a high level of seismic hazard. The rupture system that hosted the Wenchuan earthquake is characterized by thrust and dextral strike-slip movement. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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