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Last Deglacial Soft−Sediment Deformation at Shawan on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau and Implications for Deformation Processes and Seismic Magnitudes
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We thank Drs. QIAO Xiufu, HAN Fei, WANG Hu, SHAO Zhigang, WANG Ping and ZHANG Huiping for helpful discussions that improved the manuscript. We gratefully acknowledge the joint support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41807298, 41672211, 41572346), and the Special Project of Fundamental Scientific Research of the Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration (IGCEA1713).

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    The eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau is characterized by frequent earthquakes; however, research of paleo?earthquakes in the area has been limited, owing to the alpine topography and strong erosion. Detailed investigations of soft?sediment deformation (SSD) structures are valuable for understanding the trigger mechanisms, deformation processes, and the magnitudes of earthquakes that generate such structures, and help us to understand tectonic activity in the region. To assess tectonic activity during the late Quaternary, we studied a well?exposed sequence of Shawan lacustrine sediments, 7.0 m thick, near Lake Diexi in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River. Deformation is recorded by both ductile structures (load casts, flame structures, pseudonodules, ball?and?pillow structures, and liquefied convolute structures) and brittle structures (liquefied breccia, and microfaults). Taking into account the geodynamic setting of the area and its known tectonic activity, these SSD structures can be interpreted in terms of seismic shocks. The types and forms of the structures, the maximum liquefaction distances, and the thicknesses of the horizons with SSD structures in the Shawan section indicate that they record six strong earthquakes of magnitude 6–7 and one with magnitude >7. A recent study showed that the Songpinggou fault is the seismogenic structure of the 1933 Ms7.5 Diexi earthquake. The Shawan section is located close to the junction of the Songpinggou and Minjiang faults, and records seven earthquakes with magnitudes of ~7. We infer, therefore, that the SSD structures in the Shawan section document deglacial activity along the Songpinggou fault.

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ZHONG Ning, JIANG Hanchao, LI Haibing, XU Hongyan, SHI Wei, ZHANG Siqi, WEI Xiaotong.2019. Last Deglacial Soft−Sediment Deformation at Shawan on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau and Implications for Deformation Processes and Seismic Magnitudes[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica(),93(2):430-450

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  • Received:July 10,2018
  • Revised:October 27,2018
  • Online: April 19,2019
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