jointly sup-ported by National Key Basic Research 973 project(2004CB418403);National Natural Science Foundation of China(40974062)
The devastating Ms8.0 Wenchuan earthquake ruptured two large parallel thrust faults along the middle segment of the Longmenshan thrust belt. Preseismic and postseismic leveling data indicated the hanging wall of the Y...
the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2004CB418403)
Highly precise (σ ~1 mm) temporal deformation measurements are taken across the Xianshuihe fault from two pairs of continuous GPS stations straddling the fault. Baseline vector changes of the two pairs of stations sh...
the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2004CB418403);the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40334042);the China Earthquake Administration Research Fund (Grant No. 200708002)
A linked-fault-element model is employed to invert for contemporary slip rates along major active faults in the Sichuan-Yunnan region (96°-108°E, 21°-35°N) using the least squares method. The model is based on kno...