Slip rate and rare large prehistoric earthquakes of the red river fault, southwestern China

• Main Authors: Shi, Xuhua, Sieh, Kerry, Weldon, Ray, Zhu, Chengnan, Han, Yuan, Yang, Jiwu, Robinson, Stephen W.
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Earthquakes; DRNTU::Science::Geology; Red River
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88653; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45858
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Red River fault is an important plate‐boundary fault that has played a significant role in the tectonic evolution of northern Southeast Asia. Nonetheless, its millennial slip rate and earthquake recurrence behavior are poorly constrained. Analysis of 5‐ and 30‐m‐resolution topography reveals rig...