Pulsed strain release on the Altyn Tagh fault, northwest China

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• 作者：Ryan D. Gold^a ; ^{rgold@usgs.gov} ; Eric Cowgill^b ; J. Ramó ; n Arrowsmith^c ; Anke M. Friedrich^d
• 关键词：Altyn Tagh fault ; slip rate ; fault slip history ; earthquake cluster ; crustal stress battery ; paleoslip
• 刊名：Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：459
• 期：Complete
• 页码：291-300
• 全文大小：2017 K
• 卷排序：459

文摘

16 kyr history of fault slip along Altyn Tagh fault. Average slip rate of 8.1+1.2/−0.9 mm/a8.1+1.2/−0.9 mm/a. Mid-Holocene pulse of clustered ∼Mw 7.5 earthquakes or a single large >Mw 8.2 earthquake.