Strong earthquake recurrence interval in the southern segment of the Red River Fault, southwestern China
Along the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, an important boundary fault, known as the Red River Fault (RRF), formed during the extrusion of mantle and lower crustal materials beneath the Tibetan Plateau. The characteristics of RRF activity are important for understanding the tectonic evolu...
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| description | Along the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, an important boundary fault, known as the Red River Fault (RRF), formed during the extrusion of mantle and lower crustal materials beneath the Tibetan Plateau. The characteristics of RRF activity are important for understanding the tectonic evolution of the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. There is less knowledge about the strong earthquake recurrence interval in the southern segment of the RRF than about its northern segment. In this study, based on the characteristics of the active tectonic landform, three paleoseismic trenches were excavated in Adipo Village north of Honghe County in the southern segment of the RRF. In these trenches, three paleoseismic events that occurred in the middle and late Holocene were identified. According to the 14C dating results, these events were constrained to 785–504 BC, 26–492 AD, and 1,415–1857 AD. The average earthquake recurrence interval was determined to be approximately 960–1,320 a. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6aa6a36e2095478493d648eff8718ab82023-12-27T04:11:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Earth Science2296-64632023-12-011110.3389/feart.2023.12807871280787Strong earthquake recurrence interval in the southern segment of the Red River Fault, southwestern ChinaQingyun Zhou0Qingyun Zhou1Xi Li2Yuqiao Chang3Jiang Yu4Weidong Luo5Xianfu Bai6Yunnan Earthquake Agency, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaKunming Institute of Earthquake Forecast, China Earthquake Administration, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaSchool of Earth Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, ChinaYunnan Earthquake Agency, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaYunnan Earthquake Agency, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaYunnan Earthquake Agency, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaYunnan Earthquake Agency, Kunming, Yunnan, ChinaAlong the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, an important boundary fault, known as the Red River Fault (RRF), formed during the extrusion of mantle and lower crustal materials beneath the Tibetan Plateau. The characteristics of RRF activity are important for understanding the tectonic evolution of the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. There is less knowledge about the strong earthquake recurrence interval in the southern segment of the RRF than about its northern segment. In this study, based on the characteristics of the active tectonic landform, three paleoseismic trenches were excavated in Adipo Village north of Honghe County in the southern segment of the RRF. In these trenches, three paleoseismic events that occurred in the middle and late Holocene were identified. According to the 14C dating results, these events were constrained to 785–504 BC, 26–492 AD, and 1,415–1857 AD. The average earthquake recurrence interval was determined to be approximately 960–1,320 a.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1280787/fullRed River FaultSE Tibetan plateauactive faultstrong earthquake recurrence intervalpaleoseismic events |
| spellingShingle | Qingyun Zhou Qingyun Zhou Xi Li Yuqiao Chang Jiang Yu Weidong Luo Xianfu Bai Strong earthquake recurrence interval in the southern segment of the Red River Fault, southwestern China Frontiers in Earth Science Red River Fault SE Tibetan plateau active fault strong earthquake recurrence interval paleoseismic events |
| title | Strong earthquake recurrence interval in the southern segment of the Red River Fault, southwestern China |
| title_full | Strong earthquake recurrence interval in the southern segment of the Red River Fault, southwestern China |
| title_fullStr | Strong earthquake recurrence interval in the southern segment of the Red River Fault, southwestern China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strong earthquake recurrence interval in the southern segment of the Red River Fault, southwestern China |
| title_short | Strong earthquake recurrence interval in the southern segment of the Red River Fault, southwestern China |
| title_sort | strong earthquake recurrence interval in the southern segment of the red river fault southwestern china |
| topic | Red River Fault SE Tibetan plateau active fault strong earthquake recurrence interval paleoseismic events |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1280787/full |
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