Abstract: Active tectonics is not only the manifestation of the latest crustal activity but also the leading cause of strong earthquakes. With its complex active tectonic system, China has become an area with particularly severe seismic activity and related hazards worldwide. Therefore, a deep understanding o...
Abstract: Objective The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is one of the most seismically active regions along the Mediterranean-Himalayan seismic belt. Understanding the earthquake-controlling effect of the active tectonic system in this region is crucial for analyzing regional strong earthquake hazards.Methods We analy...
Abstract: Objective The Ordos block, with typical boundary zone activity, is located in the center of mainland China. Influenced by the remote action of the Tibetan Plateau in the southwest and the Pacific Plate in the east, each boundary zone of the Ordos Block exhibits distinct tectonic activity and deforma...
Abstract: Objective Thrust faults and their associated folds are important structures of continental tectonic deformation, widely distributed at plate boundaries and within plates. The activity of these thrust faults can trigger severe seismic disasters, such as the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan and the 2...
Abstract: Objective The North China Plain (NCP) is one of the most populated and economically developed areas in China and is a region with a high level of seismic hazards. Studying the Quaternary activity of the faults and the seismogenic mechanism of the large earthquakes in NCP is conducive to exploring th...
Abstract: Objective The northern margin fault zone of the Qaidam Basin is a regional active fault zone in the northern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, forming the boundary fault of the northern Qaidam Basin and the Qilian Mountains. Studying its late Quaternary paleoseismic activity is of great significanc...
Abstract: Objective The Litang-Yidun fault is a left-lateral strike-slip active fault zone extending approximately 130 km in the Sichuan-Yunnan rhombic block in the Holocene. As a significant seismogenic structure controlling seismic activity in the Litang area of western Sichuan, research on both paleoseismi...
Abstract: Objective On February 6, 2023, double strong earthquakes of MW7.8 and MW7.5 occurred consecutively within 10 hours in the Kahramanmaraş province in central-southern Turkey. After these double-strong earthquakes, domestic and foreign seismologists studied coseismic surface deformation using field mea...
Abstract: Objective The Bangong-Nujiang Suture Zone (BNSZ) serves as a boundary between the Qiangtang and Lhasa terranes of the Tibetan Plateau. The geometric structure and deformation characteristics of the "V" -shaped conjugate strike-slip faults along this late Quaternary boundary are important for underst...
Abstract: Objective On December 18, 2023, an MS 6.2 earthquake occurred in Jishishan County, Gansu Province, China. Coseismic geological hazards induced by the earthquake crucially threatened the safety of personnel and property. Existing research is mainly concentrated in the vicinity of active faults and th...
Abstract: Objective In recent years, UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) SfM (Structure from Motion) technology has been widely applied as an emerging high-precision 3D topographic data acquisition technique in active tectonics research. However, existing domestic research primarily focuses on UAV platforms without...
Abstract: Objective Widely distributed active faults are natural carriers that produce surface-rupture events; multidisciplinary observations have revealed that geometric changes in active faults significantly influence surface-rupture development. However, previous studies on the interaction between the geom...
Abstract: Objective The MS 6.8 earthquake that struck Luding County, Sichuan Province, on September 5, 2022, and its aftershocks have drawn widespread attention, especially concerning the potential risks of induced seismicity associated with the construction of high-dam reservoirs in regions with high seismic...
Supervisor: China Geological Survey
Sponsor: Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences; Geological Society of China (GSC)