Average Slip Rate and Recurrence Interval of Large-Magnitude Earthquakes on the Western Segment of the Strike-Slip Kunlun Fault, Northern Tibet

Deformation characteristics of co-seismic surface ruptures produced by the 1850 M 7.5 Xichang earthquake on the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

“…Recent studies have demonstrated that the Altyn Tagh and Kunlun faults are strike-slip faults that accommodate both the northward shortening and eastward extrusion of the Tibetan Plateau (e.g., Meyer et al, 1996;Lin et al, 2002Lin et al, , 2003Lin et al, , 2006Kirby et al, 2007;Lin and Guo, 2008). This hypothesis is supported by GPS data that indicate clockwise rotation of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau along the N-S-trending fault zone on the eastern margin of the plateau (e.g., King et al, 1997;Holt et al, 2000;Shen et al, 2000Shen et al, , 2005Wang et al, 2001;Zhang et al, 2004).…”

Postseismic motion after the 2001 MW 7.8 Kokoxili earthquake in Tibet observed by InSAR time series

“…The Kunlun fault is also coincident with the northern boundary of the Songpan‐Ganzi‐Hoh Xil Terrane along the Kunlun suture [ Yin and Harrison , 2000]. Studies of satellite images, cosmogenic surface dating, radiocarbon dating and trench surveys along the Kunlun fault zone suggest an average slip rate of 10–20 mm/yr during the Quaternary [ van der Woerd et al , 2002a; Lin et al , 2006]. Using 14 C dating of offset fluvial fans over late Pleistocene to Holocene time, Kirby et al [2007] reported that the slip rates decrease systematically along the eastern ∼150 km of the fault from >10 mm/yr to <2 mm/yr.…”

Stress evolution and seismic hazard on the Maqin-Maqu segment of East Kunlun Fault zone from co-, post- and interseismic stress changes

“…The differential motion of 10-20 mm yr -1 between the north and southcentral Tibet is mostly accommodated by the Kunlun Fault as a seismic slip (Lin et al 2006). As a result, the East Kunlun Fault and its surrounding regions have experienced strong earthquakes in the last several hundred years (Fig.…”