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Longmenshan Fault, the Glossary

Index Longmenshan Fault

The Longmenshan Fault is a thrust fault which runs along the base of the Longmen Mountains in Sichuan province in southwestern China.[1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 20 relations: Bayan Har block, Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, China, China Earthquake Administration, Dujiangyan City, Eurasian Plate, Jiangyou, Longmen Mountains, Mao County, Sichuan, Sichuan Basin, South China Morning Post, Thrust fault, Tibetan Plateau, Wenchuan County, Yangtze Plate, Yingxiu, 2008 Sichuan earthquake, 2013 Lushan earthquake, 2022 Ya'an earthquake.

  2. Cenozoic China
  3. Geography of Sichuan
  4. Geology of China
  5. Seismic faults of Asia

Bayan Har block

The Bayan Har block or Bayan Kola block is an elongate wedge-shaped block that forms part of the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Longmenshan Fault and Bayan Har block are Geology of China.

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Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County

Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County (Qiang: Juda Rrmea nyujugvexueaji xae) is a county under the jurisdiction of Mianyang City in northern Sichuan province, China.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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China Earthquake Administration

The China Earthquake Administration (CEA) is a public institution managed by the State Council at the deputy ministerial level in charge of national earthquake disaster reduction work.

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Dujiangyan City

Dujiangyan is a county-level city of Sichuan Province, Southwest China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu.

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Eurasian Plate

The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Europe and Asia), with the notable exceptions of the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian subcontinent and the area east of the Chersky Range in eastern Siberia.

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Jiangyou

Jiangyou is a Chinese county-level city located in Mianyang, Sichuan.

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Longmen Mountains

The Longmen Mountains, also tautologically referred to in English-language publications as the Longmenshan Mountains, are a mountain range in Sichuan province in southwestern China.

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Mao County

Mao County or Maoxian (Qiang: Shgvunyi) is a county in Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

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Sichuan

Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau between the Jinsha River on the west, the Daba Mountains in the north and the Yungui Plateau to the south.

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Sichuan Basin

The Sichuan Basin, formerly transliterated as the Szechwan Basin, sometimes called the Red Basin, is a lowland region in southwestern China.

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South China Morning Post

The South China Morning Post (SCMP), with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper owned by Alibaba Group.

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Thrust fault

A thrust fault is a break in the Earth's crust, across which older rocks are pushed above younger rocks.

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Tibetan Plateau

The Tibetan Plateau, also known as Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and Qing–Zang Plateau, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South, and East Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region, most of Qinghai, western half of Sichuan, Southern Gansu provinces in Western China, southern Xinjiang, Bhutan, the Indian regions of Ladakh and Lahaul and Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) as well as Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, northwestern Nepal, eastern Tajikistan and southern Kyrgyzstan.

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Wenchuan County

Wenchuan County is a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China.

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Yangtze Plate

The Yangtze Plate, also called the South China Block or the South China Subplate, comprises the bulk of southern China. Longmenshan Fault and Yangtze Plate are Geology of China.

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Yingxiu

Yingxiu is a town of southern Wenchuan County, in central Sichuan Province.

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2008 Sichuan earthquake

An earthquake occurred in the province of Sichuan, China at 14:28:01 China Standard Time on May 12, 2008.

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2013 Lushan earthquake

The Lushan earthquake or Ya'an earthquake (Yak-ngai Sayom) occurred at 08:02 Beijing Time (00:02 UTC) on April 20, 2013.

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2022 Ya'an earthquake

On June 1, 2022, a moment magnitude 5.8 or surface-wave magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Lushan County in Ya'an, Sichuan Province, China.

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See also

Cenozoic China

Geography of Sichuan

Geology of China

Seismic faults of Asia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longmenshan_Fault

Also known as Longmen Shan fault.