The Active Faults of Eurasia Database (AFEAD): the ontology and design behind the continental-scale dataset

Active faults are those faults on which movement is possible in the future. This draws particular attention to active faults in geodynamic studies and seismic hazard assessment. Here, we present a high-detail continental-scale geodatabase: The Active Faults of Eurasia Database (AFEAD). It comprises...

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Published inEarth system science data Vol. 14; no. 10; pp. 4489 - 4503
Main Authors Zelenin, Egor, Bachmanov, Dmitry, Garipova, Sofya, Trifonov, Vladimir, Kozhurin, Andrey
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 07.10.2022
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Subjects
Digital mapping
Earthquakes
Fault lines
Fault zones
Faults
Geographic information systems
Geographical information systems
Geological faults
Geological hazards
Geology
Hazard assessment
HyperText Markup Language
Information systems
Printed materials
Rankings
Remote sensing
Scientific papers
Seismic hazard
Topography
Eurasia
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Summary:Active faults are those faults on which movement is possible in the future. This draws particular attention to active faults in geodynamic studies and seismic hazard assessment. Here, we present a high-detail continental-scale geodatabase: The Active Faults of Eurasia Database (AFEAD). It comprises 48 205 objects stored in shapefile format with spatial detail sufficient for a 1 : 1 000 000 map scale. The fault sense, a rank of confidence in activity, a rank of slip rate, and a reference to source publications are provided for each database entry. Where possible, this information is supplemented by a fault name, fault zone name, abbreviated fault parameters (e.g., slip rate, age of the last motion, and total offset), and text information from the sources. The database was collected from 612 published sources, including regional maps, databases, and research papers.
ISSN:1866-3516
1866-3508
1866-3516
DOI:10.5194/essd-14-4489-2022