• Source: Ulakhan Fault

The Ulakhan Fault is a left-lateral transform fault that runs along the boundary between the North American plate and the Okhotsk microplate in northeast Asia. It runs from a triple junction in the Chersky Range in the west, to another triple junction with the Aleutian Trench and the Kuril Trench in the east. From the offset of dated geomorphological features, a slip rate of 5.3±1.3 mm per year has been measured, consistent with estimates from GPS-constrained global plate models. The analysis of fault scarps along the fault zone in the Seymchan Basin suggests that the fault is characterised by occasional large (Mw>7.5) earthquakes.




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International Seismic-Volcanic Workshop on Kamchatkan-Aleutian Subduction Processes (KASP), Fourth Workshop, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky August 21-27, 2004 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Ulakhan Fault
• Okhotsk microplate
• Aleutian Trench
• List of fault zones
• Kuril–Kamchatka Trench
• North American plate
• Geography of Japan
• Chersky Range
• Commander Basin
• Geology of Russia