Variations in the Geometry and Amount of Slip on the Haiyuan (Nanxihaushan) Fault Zone, China and the Surface Rupture of the 1920 Haiyuan Earthquake

Deng, Qidong; Chen, Shefa; Fangnin, Song; Shilong, Zhu; Wang, Yipeng; Zhang, Wei‐Qi; Decheng, Jiao; C. Burchfiel, B.; Molnár, Péter; H. Royden, L.; Peizhen, Zhang

doi:10.1029/gm037p0169

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Variations in the Geometry and Amount of Slip on the Haiyuan (Nanxihaushan) Fault Zone, China and the Surface Rupture of the 1920 Haiyuan Earthquake

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Qidong Deng

Shefa Chen

Song Fangnin

Abstract

The Haiyuan earthquake (M = 8.7) of December 16, 1920, in China caused strike-slip displacement along 220 km of the Haiyuan (or Nanxihaushan) Fault Zone, which lies on the northeastern margin of the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) plateau. The Haiyuan fault zone, which strikes 285°–295°, apparently became ...

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Geology

Sinistral and dextral

Seismology

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