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From Plate Loading to Regional Fault Network: Toward Mechanical Understanding of the Kinematics

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The interaction between the Indian Plate, Pacific Plate, Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian Plate, combined with the deep geodynamics in the Eurasian Plate, shapes the pattern of active deformation that controls the spatial distribution of strong earthquakes in the mainland of China The southeastern Tibetan Plateau is the fan-shaped area, which is bounded by the Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang fault system in the east and the Sagaing fault in the west. In terms of tectonic boundary condition, Sichuan-Yunnan (also called Chuan-Dian) region i.e. the test ground of China Seismic Experimental Site, is marked with a high degree of complexity, being influenced by the eastward subduction of Myanmar arc in the west, northward subduction of the Indian Plate and clockwise rotation of east and southeast Tibetan Plateau, gravitational effect of over-thickened crust of central Tibetan Plateau, and slab rollback of Sumatra (Simons et al.,2007) (Fig. 3.1).

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This study received financial support from the China Earthquake Science Experiment (2017CESE0102), National Natural Science Foundation (41761144065, 41702223, U1839203, 42030305), National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFC1504104). We are grateful to Prof. Yonggang Li for his constructive suggestions and helps that significantly improved this manuscript. The data of block reconstruction can be downloaded at the CSES webpage (http://www.cses.ac.cn/).

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    Jing Xu

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Liu-Zeng, J. et al. (2022). From Plate Loading to Regional Fault Network: Toward Mechanical Understanding of the Kinematics. In: Li, YG., Zhang, Y., Wu, Z. (eds) China Seismic Experimental Site . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8607-8_3

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