Red river and associated faults, Yunnan Province, China : quaternary geology, slip rates, and seismic hazard

• Main Authors: Yuan, Han, Sieh, Kerry, Zhang, Buchun, Zhu, Chengnan, Gillespie, A. R., Allen, Clarence R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94945; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9374
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The 900-km-long right-slip Red River fault of southernmost China and northern Vietnam is a profound structural discontinuity that is mechanically associated with the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates. Although history records no large earthquakes resulting from slippage along at least the...