Full Title: The Surface Rupture of the 1957 Gobi-Altay, Mongolia, Earthquake
Authors: R.A. Kurushin, A. Bayasgalan, M. Ölziybat, B. Enhtuvshin, Peter Molnar, Ch. Bayarsayhan, Kenneth W. Hudnut, and Jian Lin
The 1957 Gobi-Altay earthquake is the last major earthquake (M ~ 8) to occur in a continental region. The full complement of processes that distinguish continental tectonics from plate tectonics—internal deformation of blocks, conjugate faulting, variations in amounts of slip along faults, block rotations about vertical axes, basement folding, and even the formation of new faults (through fault-bend folding at the earth's surface)—occurred in 1957 and remain clearly exposed in the arid environment of the Gobi-Altay. Because of the variety of styles and the extent of deformation, the sub-parallel surface ruptures, ~25 km apart, provide a microcosm of intracontinental mountain building at a large scale.
Published: 9/26/1997
ISBN Number: 0813723205
Pages: 143
Product Category: EBooks