Geodetic evidence for a low slip rate in the Altyn Tagh fault system

Nature ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 404 (6773) ◽  
pp. 69-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Bendick ◽  
Roger Bilham ◽  
Jeffrey Freymueller ◽  
Kristine Larson ◽  
Guanghua Yin
Keyword(s):  
Slip Rate ◽  
Fault System ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Altyn Tagh

scholarly journals Segmentation and termination of the surface rupture zone produced by the 1932 Ms 7.6 Changma earthquake: New insights into the slip partitioning of the eastern Altyn Tagh fault system

Lithosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-39
Author(s):  
Jiaxin Du ◽  
Bihong Fu ◽  
Qiang Guo ◽  
Pilong Shi ◽  
Guoliang Xue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Slip Rate ◽  
Rupture Zone ◽  
Fault System ◽  
Surface Rupture ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Slip Rates ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Surface Rupture Zone ◽  
Altyn Tagh ◽  
Slip Partitioning

Abstract The 1932 Ms 7.6 earthquake struck the active Changma fault in the NE Tibetan Plateau, and produced a distinct surface rupture along the fault zone. However, the segmentation and termination of the surface rupture zone are still unclear. In this paper, the active tectonic analyses of multiple satellite images complemented by field investigations present the 120-km-long surface rupture zone, which can be divided into five discrete first-order segments, ranging from 14.4 to 39.56 km in length, linked by step-overs. Our results also indicate that the 1932 rupture zone could jump across step-overs 0.3–4.5 km long and 2.2–5.4 km wide in map view, but was terminated by a 6.3-km-wide restraining step-over at the eastern end. The left-lateral slip rates along the mid-eastern and easternmost segments of the Changma fault are 3.43 ± 0.5 mm/yr and 4.49 ± 0.5 mm/yr since 7–9 ka, respectively. The proposed tectonic models suggest that the slip rates on the Changma fault are similar to the slip rate on the eastern segment of the Altyn Tagh fault system near the junction point with the Changma fault. These results imply that the Changma fault plays a leading role in the slip partitioning of the easternmost segment of the Altyn Tagh fault system.

The First Quantitative Slip-Rate Estimated Along the Ashikule Fault at the Western Segment of the Altyn Tagh Fault System

2015 ◽  
Vol 89 (6) ◽  
pp. 2088-2089 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAN Jiawei ◽  
LI Haibing ◽  
VAN DER WOERD Jerome ◽  
SUN Zhiming ◽  
SI Jialiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Slip Rate ◽  
Fault System ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Altyn Tagh ◽  
Western Segment

Is the North Altyn fault part of a strike-slip duplex along the Altyn Tagh fault system?

Geology ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Cowgill ◽  
An Yin ◽  
Wang Xiao Feng ◽  
Zhang Qing
Keyword(s):  
Strike Slip ◽  
Fault System ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
The North ◽  
Altyn Tagh

Slowing extrusion tectonics: lowered estimate of post-Early Miocene slip rate for the Altyn Tagh fault

2004 ◽  
Vol 217 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 111-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongjun Yue ◽  
Bradley D. Ritts ◽  
Stephan A. Graham ◽  
Joseph L. Wooden ◽  
George E. Gehrels ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Slip Rate ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Altyn Tagh

Crustal deformation along the Altyn Tagh fault system, western China, from GPS

2001 ◽  
Vol 106 (B12) ◽  
pp. 30607-30621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng-Kang Shen ◽  
Min Wang ◽  
Yanxing Li ◽  
David D. Jackson ◽  
An Yin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crustal Deformation ◽  
Western China ◽  
Fault System ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Altyn Tagh

scholarly journals INTERSEISMIC DEFORMATION ACROSS THE EASTERN ALTYN TAGH FAULT FROM INSAR MEASUREMENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-3 ◽  
pp. 1029-1033
Author(s):  
C. J. Liu ◽  
C. Y. Zhao ◽  
L. Y. Ji ◽  
Z. R. Zhang ◽  
H. Sun
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Slip Rate ◽  
Deformation Monitoring ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Altyn Tagh ◽  
Interseismic Deformation ◽  
Multi Temporal ◽  
New Type ◽  
Fault Slip Rate ◽  
Better Than

As a new type of earth observation technique, InSAR has a lot of advantages, such as all-weather, all-time, high precision, high density, wide coverage and low cost. It has been widely used in deformation monitoring. Taking the eastern segment of Altyn Tagh fault (ATF) as the object of the research, this paper discussed the application of multi-temporal InSAR technology in the field of interseismic deformation monitoring. We measured the interseismic deformation along the eastern section of ATF using three neighboring descending tracks SAR data from the ERS and Envisat missions. The results show that, first, the validation of InSAR results is better than 2.5 mm/yr, the calibration of InSAR results is about 1.06 mm/yr. Second, the fault slip rate in this segment is about 4–7 mm/yr, and is in the locked condition. Third, The InSAR velocity profile across the fault is the clear asymmetry with respect to ATF, it may be the combined effect of northern (NATF) and southern (SATF) branches of ATF.

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