Earthquakes and Landslides in the East Segment of Three Gorges of the Yangtze River

Li Yuanjun1、 Ding Meiying2

Strategic Study of CAE ›› 2003, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (10) : 43-51.

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Earthquakes and Landslides in the East Segment of Three Gorges of the Yangtze River

  • Li Yuanjun1、 Ding Meiying2

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The research on the earthquakes and the landslides in the Three Gorges east segment (Wuxia Gorge—Xilingxia Gorge) of the Yangtze River shows that there is a close relation among the active fault zones, the seismic spread bands and the landslide mobile belts, which is embodied in the overlap of spatial distribution, the tally of temporal period as well as the consistency of active intensity. They stand for some major features of the regional crust movement. It must be stressed that there are two pleistoseismic occurring zones through the Three Gorges Reservoir region, known as “ Qianjiang - Enshi - Badong” and “Xiannushan — xiangxi — Xingshan”. Before the engineering treatments of geological hazards, therefore, the trigger action of the potential seismic motion to landslide and hazardous rock body must be fully taken into account.

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Three Gorges of the Yangtze River / earthquake / landslide / engineering treatment

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Li Yuanjun,Ding Meiying. Earthquakes and Landslides in the East Segment of Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. Strategic Study of CAE, 2003, 5(10): 43‒51
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