Fracturing and Displacement Types of Active Faults in Unconsolidated Accumulative Materials and Their Implication for Timing Palaeoseismic Rupture Events

(整期优先)网络出版时间:1997-04-14
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Seismicruptureproducedbyactivefaultingcausesgroundsurfacefracturingandseriouslydamagesbuildings.However,thefracturetracesareusuallyindistinctornon-visiblebecauseofcomplicateddeformationsinQuaternaryunconsolidatedmaterials,sotheirupperpartscanhardlybediscoveredonexploratorytrenches.Theaimofthispaperistostudythetypesoffaultruptureanddisplacementindifferentloosedepositbedsfromajointviewofmega-,meso-,andmicroscopicscales,andtofindthemarkandmethodfortimingthepalaeoseismicruptureonexploratorytrenches.