SUMMARY
Characteristics of
Luangphrabang - Xaiyabouli fault zone
Nguyễn Văn Hùng, Nguyễn
Trọng Yêm, Bùi Văn Thơm
The Luangphrabang - Xaiyabouli fault zone is a part of the Điện Biên - Luangphrabang -
Pursat fault zone, cutting across the Northwestern part
of Laos, with NE - SW strike and a length of
over 400 km. The results
of study show
that this fault zone consists of
many faults with the same strike direction, forming a large slip-extension
fault structure. Based on the integrated results of geologic, geomorphologic,
physico-tectonic analyses, the movements of this fault
zone in the Quaternary - Contemporary period have been determined to be mainly
of left lateral strike slip - normal nature.
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