SUMMARY

Characteristics of activity of faults in the west margin of Kon Tum Geoblock during Quaternary - Present time

                                                                                Phạm Văn Hùng

The fault system in the west margin of Kon Tum Geoblock have been acting in Neotectonic and Quaternary-Present time. The synthesis of new study results allows to affirm the characteristics and mechanism of activity of the faults in this area as follows:

- The most of faults in the west margin of Kon Tum Geoblock are submeridian faults. In the south part of the area, the faults have divided into pencil of "horse tail" shape. The width of dynamical affective area of these faults is about 3-5 km, of Sông Pô Cô fault is about 5-8 to 10 km.

- The submeridian faults have slip surface of about 250-2900Ð60-800. They have been acting as normal and right dextral strike slip faults during Quaternary – Present time.

- Nowadays, these zones are having activities, accompanied by related geological phenomena such as: anomalies of geotherm and emanattion (Ra, Hg, ect.), exposure of mineral and thermal waters, landslide, earth crack, collapse and earthquake, etc…

Ngày nhận bài: 30-7-2004

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