Uniform slip‐rate along the Kunlun Fault: Implications for seismic behaviour and large‐scale tectonics | Zendy

Van der Woerd J. | Zendy; Ryerson F. J. | Zendy; Tapponnier P. | Zendy; Meriaux A. S. | Zendy; Gaudemer Y. | Zendy; Meyer B. | Zendy; Finkel R. C. | Zendy; Caffee M. W. | Zendy; Guoguang Zhao | Zendy; Zhiqin Xu | Zendy

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Uniform slip‐rate along the Kunlun Fault: Implications for seismic behaviour and large‐scale tectonics

Author(s) -

Van der Woerd J.,

Ryerson F. J.,

Tapponnier P.,

Meriaux A. S.,

Gaudemer Y.,

Meyer B.,

Finkel R. C.,

Caffee M. W.,

Guoguang Zhao,

Zhiqin Xu

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

geophysical research letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007

H-Index - 273

eISSN - 1944-8007

pISSN - 0094-8276

DOI - 10.1029/1999gl011292

Subject(s) - slip (aerodynamics) , geology , seismology , tectonics , discontinuity (linguistics) , fault (geology) , geodesy , mathematics , physics , mathematical analysis , thermodynamics

A long‐term slip‐rate is derived from concordant 10 Be, 26 Al and 14 C dating of cumulative offsets along much of the length of the Kunlun Fault. Values at 6 sites indicate uniform slip (11.5±2.0 mm/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±2 m and 4.4±0.4 m) every ∼850 and ∼420 yrs, respectively.

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