简介：AnM8.1earthquakethatoccurredwestoftheKunlunMountainsPasshascausedmorethan20collapsebodiesorzones,whicharemainlydistributednearthesurfaceseismicrupturezone,westofHohSaiLake.Thecollapsesareoffourtypes,bedrock,soilmassandicemasscollapsesandavalanches.Thespatialdistributionandthecharacteristicsofdevelopmentofthecollapsesareanalyzedinthepaper.Comparisedwiththosecausedbyotherearthquakes,thecollapsesaresmallerinscale.Inadditiontothelithologicalcharacteristicsofthecrustalmedia,topographic,geomorphicandclimaticfactors,weakerseismicgroundmotionisanimportantcauseforformationofthesmaller-scalecollapses.Thelongsurfacerupturezoneandweakergroundmotionareimportantfeaturesoftheseismicrupture,whichmayberelatedtothestructureofthepreexistingfault.

简介：TheinvestigationondamagestofrozensoilsitesduringtheWestKunlunMountainsPassearthquakewithMs8.1in2001showsthatthefrozensoilintheseismicareaiscomposedmainlyofmoraine,alluvialdeposit,diluvialdepositandlacustrinedepositwiththedepthvaryinggreatlyalongtheearthquakerupturezone.Thedeformationandruptureoffrozensoilsitesaremainlyintheformofcoseismicfracturezonescausedbytectonicmotionandfissures,liquefaction,seismicsubsidenceandcollapseresultingfromgroundmotion.Theearthquakefracturezonesonthesurfacearemainbrittledeformations,which,undertheeffectofsinistralstrike-slipmovement,arerepresentedbyshearfissures,tensionalcracksandcompressivebulges.Thedistributionandconfigurationpatternsofdeformationandrupturesuchasfissures,liquefaction,seismicsubsidenceandlandslidesareallrelatedtotheambientrockandsoilconditionsoftheearthquakearea.Thedistributionofearthquakedamageischaracterizedbylarge-scalerupturezones,rapidintensityattenuationalongtheQinghai-Xizang(Tibet)Highway,wherebuildingsdistributeandpredominanteffectofrockandsoilconditions.

简介：BasedontheanalysisofcoseismicdeformationinthemacroscopicepicentralregionextractedbyDifferentialInterferometricSyntheticApertureRadar(D-InSAR),andcombinedwiththeseismicactivity,focalmechanismsolutionsoftheearthquakeandfieldinvestigation,thecharacteristicofcoseismicdeformationofMS=8.1westernKunlunshanPassearthquakein2001wasresearched.ThestudyshowsthatitsepicenterliesinthenortheastsideofHohSaiHu;andtheseismogenicfaultinthemacroscopicepicentralregioncanbedividedintotwocentraldeformationfields:thewestandeastsegmentswiththelengthsof42kmand48km,respectively.Thewholefaultextendsabout90km.Fromthedistributionofinterferometryfringes,thecharacteristicofsinistralstrikeslipofseismogenicfaultcanbeidentifiedclearly.Thedeformationsonbothsidesofthefaultaredifferentwithanobviouslyhighervalueonthesouthside.Inthevicinityofmacroscopicepicenter,themaximumdisplacementinlookdirectionisabout288.4cmandtheminimumis224.0cm;themaximumsinistralhorizontaldislocationofseismogenicfaultnearthemacroscopicepicenteris738.1cmandtheminimumis551.8cm.

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