Stress transfer and its implication for earthquake hazard on the Kunlun Fault, Tibet

• Published in: Tectonophysics Vol. 482; no. 1; pp. 216 - 225
• Main Authors: Xiong, Xiong, Shan, Bin, Zheng, Yong, Wang, Rongjiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 25.02.2010
• Subjects: Earthquake hazard; Earthquake triggering; Faults; Hazards; Indexing in process; Mathematical models; Seismic engineering; Seismic phenomena; Stress accumulation; Stress transfer; Stresses; Viscoelasticity; Earthquake hazard; Stress transfer; Stress accumulation; Earthquake triggering

The 1600-km-long Kunlun Fault striking E–W to WNW–ESE had long been recognized as one of the major left-lateral strike-slip faults bounding the Tibetan Plateau, and ranked one of the most active faults in China continent. During the past hundred years, over twenty strong earthquakes occurred along a...