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Seismo-tectonic areas of historical strong earthquakes with M S≥7 along Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang fault zone are divided, and their individual fault-pattern and tectonic geomorphology are analyzed. Those strong-earthquake areas are located in some special parts of the fault zone, where the major branch-faults of the fault zone form left stepping, parallel, and fork-like patterns. In the strong-earthquake areas structurally complicated basins are developed, such as pull-apart basins in fork-like area, in double stepping area, and in stepping and fork-like areas.
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Foundation item: Chinese Joint Seismological Science Foundation (9507424).
Contribution No. 2001A003, Institute of Crustal Dynamics, China Seismological Bureau.
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Zhang, Sm., Xie, Fr. Seismo-tectonic divisions of strong earthquakes with M S≥7.0 and their tectonic geomorphology along Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang fault zone. Acta Seimol. Sin. 14, 38–48 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11589-001-0159-3
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