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Van der Woerd et al. 2000

Van der Woerd, J., Ryerson, F.J., Tapponnier, P., Meriaux, A.-S., Gaudemer, Y., Meyer, B., Finkel, R.C., Caffee, M.W., Guoguang, Z. and Zhiqin, X. (2000). Uniform slip-rate along the Kunlun Fault: Implications for seismic behaviour and large-scale tectonics. Geophysical Research Letters 27: doi: 10.1029/1999GL011292. issn: 0094-8276.

A long-term slip-rate is derived from concordant 10Be, 26Al and 14C dating of cumulative offsets along much of the length of the Kunlun Fault. Values at 6 sites indicate uniform slip (11.5¿2.0 mm/yr) since ~40 kyr BP. This relatively high slip rate corresponds to a first-order discontinuity in the Asian crustal velocity field. M~8 and M~7.5 earthquakes on 2 segments of the fault recur with characteristic slip (~10¿2 m and 4.4¿0.4 m) every ~850 and ~420 yrs, respectively. ¿ 2000 American Geophysical Union

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Keywords
Seismology, Paleoseismology, Structural Geology, Fractures and faults, Tectonophysics, Continental neotectonics, Tectonophysics, Dynamics, seismotectonics

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Geophysical Research Letters
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