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Seismotectonic Crustal Strains of the Mongol-Baikal Seismic Belt from Seismological Data

Authors : Alena Seredkina, Valentina Melnikova

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Focal parameters of the earthquakes occurred within the Mongol-Baikal seismic belt have been considered from seismological and geological literature data for 9 strongest instrumentally recorded seismic events (1905–1967) and calculated for 89 medium regional earthquakes (2000–2016) on the basis of the data on surface wave amplitude spectra. The obtained seismic moment tensor solutions significantly complete the existing dataset on reliable focal parameters of medium earthquakes and allow us to carry out the seismotectonic reconstruction more precisely. It has been shown that the regions of recent mountain building in southern Siberia and western Mongolia are characterized by transpression and strike-slip regimes. Normal-fault deformation is observed in the central segment of the Baikal rift and in the major part of its northeastern flank. Transpression and strike-slip regimes dominate at the southeastern rift flank and in the junction of the rift and the Olekma-Stanovoi zone.

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Title: Seismotectonic Crustal Strains of the Mongol-Baikal Seismic Belt from Seismological Data
Authors: Alena Seredkina
Valentina Melnikova
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Moment Tensor Solutions
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-77358-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-77359-9

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77359-9_22

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