Numerical simulation of contemporary kinematics at the northeastern Tibetan Plateau and its implications for seismic hazard assessment

Li, Liming; Li, Xianrui; Yang, Fanyan; Pan, Lili; Tian, Jingxiong

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1371-2022

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1371-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1371-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

Research article

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31 Aug 2022

Research article |

| 31 Aug 2022

Numerical simulation of contemporary kinematics at the northeastern Tibetan Plateau and its implications for seismic hazard assessment

Liming Li, Xianrui Li, Fanyan Yang, Lili Pan, and Jingxiong Tian

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Final revised paper (published on 31 Aug 2022)
Preprint (discussion started on 21 Feb 2022)

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RC1:
'Comment on se-2022-17', Huizi Jian, 12 Apr 2022

I uploaded my comments.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2022-17-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Liming Li, 19 Jun 2022
  
  Dear Reviewer，
  We appreciate the time and effort you have spent in reviewing this manuscript. The comments and suggestions helped us improve the manuscript significantly. Please see our point-by-point response to comments in the supplement.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2022-17-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on se-2022-17', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 May 2022

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://se.copernicus.org/preprints/se-2022-17/se-2022-17-RC2-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2022-17-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Liming Li, 19 Jun 2022
  
  Dear Reviewer,
  
  We appreciate the time and effort you have spent in reviewing this manuscript. The comments have inspired us a lot. Please see our point-by-point response to comments in the supplement.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2022-17-AC2
EC1:
'Comment on se-2022-17', Patrice Rey, 26 May 2022

The paper is interesting, its structure is sound, but the grammar and wording are rather poor.
Concerning the content, I struggle to understand the purpose of the modeling. Since you have access to detailed GPS data, the measured velocity field (fig.4) can be interpolated onto each fault plane to produce your fig.6 to fig.9. Why do you need to model the velocity field, why can't you use the GPS data?
If you are after fault properties, then these properties could be determined by minimizing the mismatch between the GPS data (fig.4) and the modeled velocity field (fig.5). But this would be a different paper.
Other comments are included in the attached PDF.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2022-17-EC1
- AC3:
  'Reply on EC1', Liming Li, 19 Jun 2022
  
  Dear Topical Editor,
  We appreciate the time and effort you have spent in reviewing this manuscript. The comments and suggestions helped us improve the manuscript significantly. Please see our point-by-point response to comments in the supplement. Some of the language comments and suggested revisions will be referred in the revised manuscript.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2022-17-AC3
  - EC2: 'Reply on AC3', Patrice Rey, 21 Jun 2022
    
    Dear Liming Li, thank you for having answered all comments from reviewers as well as my own suggestions and comments. Please feel free to submit a revised version. Patrice Rey
    
    Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2022-17-EC2

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

AR by Liming Li on behalf of the Authors (22 Jun 2022) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (28 Jun 2022) by Patrice Rey

AR by Liming Li on behalf of the Authors (08 Jul 2022) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 Jul 2022) by Patrice Rey

ED: Publish as is (12 Aug 2022) by Susanne Buiter (Executive editor)

AR by Liming Li on behalf of the Authors (13 Aug 2022) Manuscript

Short summary

We constructed a three-dimensional numerical geomechanics model to obtain the continuous slip rates of active faults and crustal velocities in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Based on the analysis of the fault kinematics in the study area, we evaluated the possibility of earthquakes occurring in the main faults in the area, and analyzed the crustal deformation mechanism of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau.