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EARTHQUAKE ›› 2013, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (3): 116-123.

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Numrical Simulation of Fault Deformation in the Capital Region of China

CAO Jian-ling1,2, ZHANG Jing1,2, WANG Hui1,2, FANG Yin1,2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Earthquake Prediction, CEA, Beijing 100036, China;
    2. Institute of Earthquake Science, CEA, Beijing 100036, China
  • Received:2012-11-30 Online:2013-07-31 Published:2020-09-28

Abstract: We constructed a 3-dimensional elastic finite element model to simulate fault deformation in the capital region of China. Firstly, we model the observed fault displacements as well as the stress field. Next we consider several possibilities and disturb the boundary constraints to predict the corresponding fault displacements. Modeling results suggest that left-lateral shear stress environment in the Zhangjiakou—Bohai zone controls fault movement in it, and it can explain the left-lateral slip of those faults in the past 40 years. When eastward pressure or southward extension are loaded, the northeast striking faults will slip dextrally.

Key words: Fault deformation, 3-dimensional model, Numerical simulation, The capital region of China

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