近EW向展布的东昆仑断裂带是巴颜喀拉地块北边界,其东延的活动性质和东端点位置对于探讨青藏高原东缘形成的动力学机制具有重要推动意义,也是鉴定断裂带地震危险性的基础.基于对东昆仑断裂带东部地貌卫星影像解译、地表破裂调查、阶地坎变形量测量和阶地测年数据,得到分析如下：（1）罗叉段属于全新世活动断层,存在长约50 km的反＂L＂形古地震地表破裂展布区;（2）晚更新世晚期以来在压剪作用下,罗叉段以左行滑动为主,速率为7.68~9.37 mm a-1,垂直滑动速率为0.7~0.9 mm a-1,与西侧各段的活动速率基本一致,表明属于东昆仑断裂带东延部分;（3）高速线性水平滑动的近EW向东昆仑断裂带,向东滑动受华南地块阻挡,转为近SN-NNE向岷江断裂带、龙门山断裂带的垂直活动及其间的龙门山和岷山的隆起,两种构造体系转换的区域限制了东端点位置;（4）罗叉段和玛曲段组成＂玛曲空区＂,玛曲段的地震危险性较罗叉段更高,应引起注意.
On April 14, 2010, a devastating earthquake measured 7.1 on the Richter scale struck Yushu county, Qinghai Province, China. Field geological investigation and remote sensing interpretation show that this earthquake generated an inverse ＂L-shaped＂ surface rupture zone, approximately 50km long. The surface rupture zone can be divided into three segments. Between the northern and middle segments of the surface rupture, there is a 16km-long segment, where no rupture was observed. The middle and the southern segments are arranged in a left-step manner, and there are right-step en echelon ruptures developed in the stepovers. The seismogenic structure is the Yushu fault, which is dominated by strike-slip with a small amount of thrust component. The earthquake results from the differential movements between the southern Qiangtang Block and northern Bayan Har Block. The earthquake recurrence interval is 185a^108a. Along an approximately 20km-long part of the Garze-Yushu fault, between the southern surface rupture of Yushu Ms7. 1 earthquake and the 1896 earthquake, there is no surface rupture, its seismic risk needs further research.
The nearly EW-trending East Kunlun fault zone is the north boundary of the Bayan Har block.The activity characteristics and the position of the eastern end of its eastward extension are of great significance to probing into the dynamic mechanism of formation of the east edge of the Tibetan Plateau,and also lay the foundation for seismic risk assessment of the fault zone.The following results are obtained by analysis based on satellite image interpretation of landforms,surface rupture survey,terrace scarp deformation survey,and terrace dating data on the eastern part of the East Kunlun fault zone:(1)the Luocha segment is a Holocene active fault,where a reverse L-shape paleoearthquake surface rupture zone of about 50 km long is located;(2)the Luocha segment is characterized by left-lateral slip movement under the compression-shear condition since the later period of the Late Pleistocene,with a rate of 7.68–9.37 mm/a and a vertical slip rate of 0.7–0.9 mm/a,which are basically in accord with the activity rate of segments on its west side.The results indicate that it is a part of eastward extension of the East Kunlun fault zone;(3)the high-speed linear horizontal slip of the nearly EW-trending East Kunlun fault zone is blocked by the South China block at east,and transforms into the vertical movement of the nearly SN-NNE trending Minjiang fault zone and the Longmenshan fault zone,and the uplift of Longmenshan and Minjiang.The area where transform of the two tectonic systems occurred confines the position of the east end;(4)Luocha segment and Maqu segment constitute the"Maqu seismic gap",so,seismic risk at Maqu segment is higher than that at Luocha segment,which should attract more attention.
