Uniform Slip-Rate along the Kunlun Fault: Implications for seismic behaviour and large-scale tectonics

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Aug 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000georl..27.2353v&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 27, Issue 16, p. 2353-2356

Physics

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Seismology: Paleoseismology, Structural Geology: Fractures And Faults, Tectonophysics: Continental Neotectonics, Tectonophysics: Dynamics, Seismotectonics

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A long-term slip-rate is derived from concordant 10Be, 26Al and 14C dating of cumulative offsets along much of the length of the Kunlun Fault. Values at 6 sites indicate uniform slip (11.5+/-2.0mm/yr) since ~40 kyr BP. This relatively high slip rate corresponds to a first-order discontinuity in the Asian crustal velocity field. M~8 and M~7.5 earthquakes on 2 segments of the fault recur with characteristic slip (~10+/-2m and 4.4+/-0.4m) every ~850 and ~420 yrs, respectively.

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