Active faults and seismogenic models for the Urumqi city, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China
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  • 作者:Yingzhen Li ; Yang Yu ; Jun Shen ; Bo Shao ; Gao Qi ; Mei Deng
  • 刊名:Earthquake Science
  • 出版年:2016
  • 出版时间:June 2016
  • 年:2016
  • 卷:29
  • 期:3
  • 页码:173-184
  • 全文大小:10,722 KB
  • 刊物主题:Geophysics/Geodesy;
  • 出版者:Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • ISSN:1867-8777
  • 卷排序:29
文摘
We have studied the characteristics of the active faults and seismicity in the vicinity of Urumqi city, the capital of Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China, and have proposed a seismogenic model for the assessment of earthquake hazard in this area. Our work is based on an integrated analysis of data from investigations of active faults at the surface, deep seismic reflection soundings, seismic profiles from petroleum exploration, observations of temporal seismic stations, and the precise location of small earthquakes. We have made a comparative study of typical seismogenic structures in the frontal area of the North Tianshan Mountains, where Urumqi city is situated, and have revealed the primary features of the thrust-fold-nappe structure there. We suggest that Urumqi city is comprised two zones of seismotectonics which are interpreted as thrust-nappe structures. The first is the thrust nappe of the North Tianshan Mountains in the west, consisting of the lower (root) thrust fault, middle detachment, and upper fold-uplift at the front. Faults active in the Pleistocene are present in the lower and upper parts of this structure, and the detachment in the middle spreads toward the north. In the future, M7 earthquakes may occur at the root thrust fault, while the seismic risk of frontal fold-uplift at the front will not exceed M6.5. The second structure is the western flank of the arc-like Bogda nappe in the east, which is also comprised a root thrust fault, middle detachment, and upper fold-uplift at the front, of which the nappe stretches toward the north; several active faults are also developed in it. The fault active in the Holocene is called the South Fukang fault. It is not in the urban area of Urumqi city. The other three faults are located in the urban area and were active in the late Pleistocene. In these cases, this section of the nappe structure near the city has an earthquake risk of M6.5–7. An earthquake MS6.6, 60 km east to Urumqi city occurred along the structure in 1965.KeywordsUrumqiActive faultSeismogenic structureThrustNappe

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