Lin Aiming, Fu Bihong, Guo Jianming, Zeng Qingli, Dang Guangming, He Wengui, Zhao Yue
Institute of Geosciences, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan.
Science. 2002 Jun 14;296(5575):2015-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1070879.
Field investigations show that the surface wave magnitude (Ms) 8.1 Central Kunlun earthquake (Tibetan plateau) of 14 November 2001 produced a nearly 400-kilometer-long surface rupture zone, with as much as 16.3 meters of left-lateral strike-slip along the active Kunlun fault in northern Tibet. The rupture length and maximum displacement are the largest among the co-seismic surface rupture zones reported on so far. The strike-slip motion and the large rupture length generated by the earthquake indicate that the Kunlun fault partitions its deformation into an eastward extrusion of Tibet to accommodate the continuing penetration of the Indian plate into the Eurasian plate.
野外调查表明，2001年11月14日发生在青藏高原昆仑山中段的8.1级地表波震级（Ms）地震产生了一条近400公里长的地表破裂带，沿藏北活动的昆仑断裂带有多达16.3米的左旋走滑位移。此次破裂长度和最大位移是迄今为止报道的同震地表破裂带中最大的。地震产生的走滑运动和大破裂长度表明，昆仑断裂带将其变形分隔为西藏向东的挤出作用，以适应印度板块持续向欧亚板块的俯冲。
