The recent tectonic stress field of the Amur region

• Published in: Geodynamics & Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: D. A. Safonov, Д. А. Сафонов
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Institute of the Earth's crust of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch 2018
• Subjects: коэффициент Лоде – Надаи; earthquake; seismotectonics; seismic activity; focal mechanism; stress tensor; cataclastic analysis method; the Lode – Nadai coefficient; землетрясение; сейсмотектоника; сейсмическая активность; механизм очага; тензор напряжений; метод катакластического анализа; Okhotsk; Aldan; Turan; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://www.gt-crust.ru/jour/article/view/636; https://doi.org/10.5800/GT-2018-9-3-0382

The Amur region (Priamurie) is located in the NE part of the Amur lithospheric plate and its surrounding territories. Seismic activity is moderate in Priamurie, and the regional earthquakes, including the strongest ones, occur mainly in three seismic belts: Stanovoi (the zone of influence of the eas...