Strong Paleoearthquakes along the Aksuu Border Fault according to the Results of Dating the Offset Terrace Complex of the Chon-Aksuu River, Northern Tien Shan


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The study and radiocarbon dating of the low alluvial terraces of the Chon-Aksuu River, in the Northern Issyk-Kul region, which were broken by the Kebin (Kemin) earthquake of 1911 (Ms = 8.2, Io = 10 to 11), are carried out. The obtained radiocarbon dated ages refer to the second half of the Holocene. Since that time, at least eight strong earthquakes took place along this (Chon-Aksuu) segment of the Aksuu border fault. Three seismic events, including the earthquake of 1911 occurred in the second millennium A.D. This outburst of seismic energy was preceded by two millennia of seismic quiescence, which set in after another pulse of seismic activation. The latter lasted for 1.5 millennia and included five strong earthquakes. The recurrence period of seismic events during the activations is 300–600 years. Hence, the seismic regime along the Chon–Aksuu segment of the Aksuu border fault in the second half of the Holocene was a succession of two seismic activations, each with a duration of 1.0–1.5 ka, which were separated by a 2-ka interval of seismic quiescence. Therefore, the absolute datings of the river terraces of different ages which have been broken by a seismogenic rupture can serve as a reliable source of information about the age of the strong earthquakes that occurred along the seismogenic fault.

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A. Korzhenkov

Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth; Kyrgyz Russian Slavic University

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Rússia, Moscow, 123242; Bishkek, 720000

J. Arrowsmith

Arizona State University in Tempe

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Estados Unidos da América, Tempe, Arizona, 85287

C. Crosby

Arizona State University in Tempe

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Estados Unidos da América, Tempe, Arizona, 85287

B. Guralnik

Arizona State University in Tempe

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Estados Unidos da América, Tempe, Arizona, 85287

E. Rogozhin

Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth

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Rússia, Moscow, 123242

A. Sorokin

Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth

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Rússia, Moscow, 123242

S. Abdieva

Kyrgyz Russian Slavic University

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Киргизия, Bishkek, 720000

A. Fortuna

Kyrgyz Russian Slavic University

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Киргизия, Bishkek, 720000

A. Yudakhin

Kyrgyz Russian Slavic University

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Киргизия, Bishkek, 720000

A. Agatova

Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy; Ural Federal University

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Rússia, Novosibirsk, 630090; Yekaterinburg, 620002

E. Deev

Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch; Novosibirsk State University

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Rússia, Novosibirsk, 630090; Novosibirsk, 630090

J. Mazeika

Nature Research Center

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Lituânia, Vilnius, 03223

M. Rodkin

Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics

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Rússia, Moscow, 117997

J. Shen

Institute of Disaster Prevention

Email: korzhenkov@ifz.ru
República Popular da China, Beijing, 065201

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