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Active tectonic deformation and its seismic–geological significance of boundary faults of the Daxing Uplift and Langgu–Dachang Depression, Beijing Plain, China

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Boundary faults of the Daxing Uplift and Langgu–Dachang Depression are located in the southeastern region of the Beijing Plain and directly control the sedimentation, tectonic evolution, and strong seismic activity of the plain. The Sanhe–Pinggu earthquake of Ms 8.0 occurred in 1679, but the active tectonic deformation characteristics of the boundary have been rarely discussed. In this study, the active tectonic deformation characteristics of the Daxing Uplift and Langgu–Dachang Depression boundary rupture were investigated by collecting and analyzing the results of previous works, supplementing three shallow-seismic-exploration control lines at locations where the data are lacking, and carrying out borehole combined profile exploration and optically stimulated luminescence dating at local breakpoints. Results show that the Daxing Uplift and Langgu–Dachang Depression boundary faults constitute an active tectonic deformation zone with ∼50 km distance between Mafang and Niubaotun towns and then extends to both ends to form a deep and large fault that cuts through the earth’s crust. The activity of the Daxing Uplift eastern boundary fault may be divided into two sections near Anding town, with the early-to-middle Late Pleistocene gradually weakening in the northwest and the Holocene gradually weakening in the southwest. Moreover, the activity of the Xiadian fault may be divided into two sections near the Chaobai River: the Holocene gradually weakening in the northwest and the early-to-middle Late Pleistocene gradually weakening in the southwest. The boundary fault of the Daxing Uplift and Langgu–Dachang Depression has an ∼43 km seismic gap around Niubaotun town, which has a high risk of Ms 6.0–7.0 earthquakes. This investigation into the active tectonic deformation characteristics of the boundary fault of the Daxing Uplift and Langgu–Dachang Depression is crucial for analyzing the strong earthquake rupture behavior and the future risk of strong earthquakes in this area. It also contributes greatly to the study of the tectonic pattern evolution of the North China Plain and Beijing Plain.

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Acknowledgments

Beijing Earthquake Administration and Tongzhou Earthquake Administration gave strong support and help in their work. Hebei Mingchuang Geological Exploration Co., Ltd. has completed shallow seismic exploration and drilling work; the new tectonic chronology laboratory of the Institute of Disaster Prevention Science and Technology and Hebei Mingchuang Geological Exploration Co., Ltd. have jointly completed the test of OSL chronology samples. The research and development project of Beijing Disaster Prevention Technology Co., Ltd. (FZKJYF202201) and the earthquake disaster risk census project of Tongzhou District jointly funded this work. We would like to especially acknowledge the editors and anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions, which greatly improved this article.

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    Rong-Ying Zheng & Zhong-Yuan Yu

  2. Institute of Disaster Prevention, Yanjiao Development Zone, Sanhe, 065201, China

    Zhong-Yuan Yu, Bai-Xu Chen, Lu-Wei Li & Yi-Cheng Wang

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Zheng Rong-Ying graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Geophysics from the Institute of Disaster Prevention in 2018. Since then, he has been working as an engineer Beijing Disaster Prevention Technology Co., LTD., committed to the research of geophysical exploration, tectonic geology and seismic risk analysis.

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Zheng, RY., Yu, ZY., Chen, BX. et al. Active tectonic deformation and its seismic–geological significance of boundary faults of the Daxing Uplift and Langgu–Dachang Depression, Beijing Plain, China. Appl. Geophys. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11770-024-1087-6

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