Longmenshan Fault

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The Longmenshan Fault is a major active thrust fault system in southwestern China that marks the tectonic boundary between the Tibetan Plateau and the Sichuan Basin and was responsible for the devastating 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.

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Label Occurrences
Longmenshan fault zone 3
Longmenshan Fault canonical 2
Beichuan Fault 1

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Longmen Mountains → contains → Longmenshan Fault ⓘ
Longmen Mountains → contains → Beichuan Fault ⓘ
linked to: Longmenshan Fault
Bayan Har tectonic block → boundedBy → Longmenshan Fault ⓘ
Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County → locatedOnTectonicStructure → Longmenshan fault zone ⓘ
linked to: Longmenshan Fault
Sichuan earthquake → faultZone → Longmenshan fault ⓘ
linked to: Longmenshan Fault
Dujiangyan City → locatedNear → Longmenshan fault zone ⓘ
linked to: Longmenshan Fault
Wenchuan County → locatedOn → Longmenshan fault zone ⓘ
linked to: Longmenshan Fault