| Session Details | |
| Section | SE - Solid Earth Sciences |
| Session Title | Active Tectonics And Earthquake Geology Of Circum-tibetan Plateau Region |
| Main Convener | Dr. Xiwei Xu (China Earthquake Administration, China) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. J. Bruce H. Shyu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) Dr. Yann Klinger (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France) Dr. Judith Hubbard (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Dr. Bihong Fu (China Earthquake Administration, China) |
| Session Description | As the Tibetan Plateau is being produced by the ongoing collision between the Eurasian and Indian plates, the surrounding area of the plateau has become one of the most tectonically active regions in the world. Numerous destructive earthquakes have struck this belt. Only the last decade alone, there have been the disastrous 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in the east, the two Yutian, Xinjiang, earthquakes of 2008 and 2014 in the north, the 2015 Nepal earthquake in the south, and countless other events. Whereas producing severe live and economic losses, these events and their seismogenic structures also provide opportunities to understand the underlying processes of this major active tectonic belt. In this session, we welcome the participation of scientists who work on understanding such processes through various methods and approaches. We encourage submissions from scientists in all related disciplines, including neotectonics, paleoseismology, surface processes, structural geology, geodetic analysis, and modeling. |