Cenozoic Denudation and Vertical Faulting History of the Central Segment of the Longmenshan Thrust Belt

Objective The uplift process and uplift mechanism of the Tibetan Plateau has been a research focus among geologists in recent years. This work put emphasis on the Cenozoic exhumation histories of the blocks bounded by the major faults at the central segment of the Longmenshan thrust belt, and the vertical faulting history, including the starting time and the total vertical displacement, of the major faults. Then we quantitatively established a complete active process for the central segment of the Longmenshan thrust belt, combining with the previous geophysical data in the deep and geologcial data. This study is critical for deeply and completely understanding the Cenozoic uplift history of the Longmenshan, and also provides thermochronology constraints to the different models for the uplift of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.

The May 23 and 24, 1994 Taiwan earth quakes: comparison of source process between the two events

Inversion for the seismic fault rupture history is an important way to study the nature of the earthquake source. Inthis paper, we have selected two Taiwan earthquakes that occurred closely in time and located in the same region,inversed the distribution of the slip amplitudes, rakes, risetimes and the rupture times on the fault planes by usingGDSN broad-band and long-period records and the adaptive hybrid global search algorithm, and compared the twoevents. The slip rate of every subfault calculated provides information about the distribution of tectonic stress andfault strength. To the former event (Ms=6.0), the maximum slip amplitude 2.4 m and the minimum risetime 1.2 sare both located at the hypocentre. The latter earthquake (Ms=6.6) consisted of two subevents and the second source has 4 s delay. The maximum slip amplitUde 0.9 m located near hypocentre is corresponding to the minimumrisetime l.4 s, and the corresponding maximum slip rate 0.7 m.s~-1 is similar to the peak value of other large sliprate areas. We consider that the latter event has more complicated temporal-spatial distribution than the former.

Seismogenic Structure of the 1605 Qiongshan M7½ Earthquake and Its Holocene Activity History in Northern Hainan Island, China: Evidence from Cross-Section Drilling and Shallow Seismic Profile

The 1605 M7½ Earthquake is the only earthquake in the history of China that has caused large-scale land subsidence into the sea,with the total area of land subsidence exceeding 100 km2.The disaster has led to the sinking of 72 villages.There is still no clear understanding of the source seismogenic fault of this earthquake.In this work,we conducted a detailed study of the middle segment of the Maniao-Puqian fault(MPF),which is the epicenter area,through geomorphological survey,data collection,shallow seismic exploration,cross-section drilling,and chronological dating.The results showed that the middle segment of the MPF zone is composed of three nearly parallel normal faults with a dextral strike-slip:“Macun-Luodou fault(F2-1),Haixiu-Dongyuan fault(F2-2),and ChangliuZhuxihe fault(F2-3)”.And F2-2 is composed of two secondary faults,namely F2-2′and F2-2″,with a flower-shaped structure buried under the ground.It is distributed nearly east-west,dipping to the north and has experienced at least five stages of activities since the Miocene.The vertical activity rates of F2-2′and F2-2″are~2.32 and~2.5 mm/a,since the Holocene,respectively.There were eight cycles of transgression and regression since the Miocene.The fault activity resulted in the thickening of the Holocene strata with a slight dip to the south,on the hanging wall,showing V-shaped characteristics.The MPF is likely the source seismogenic fault of the M7½ earthquake that hit Qiongshan in 1605.