关键词: 城市活断层, 弱活动断层, 地震构造模型, 地震危险性, 西宁

Abstract: The Xining basin is a Cenozoic basin bounded by the Riyueshan Fault and the Lajishan Fault on the south,the Dabanshan Fault on the north.Controlled by these active boundary faults and under the near NE-oriented compressional stress,fold deformation occurred inside the basin.Several active faults of NE or EW trending were detected.Nevertheless,all of them are small and weakly active.By the study on the relationship between fault and folding,we think that the Huangshuihe Fault and the NW-strike north bank of Huangshuihe Fault are tensional faults developed on the apex of an anticline;the Nanchuanhe Fault is a transverse tear fault resulting from differential folding on the two sides of the fault;and the east bank of Beichuanhe Fault is a compressional fault developed on the core or limb of an syncline.By the balanced cross-section analysis of fold deformation and inversion of gravity anomaly data,we obtained that the depth of detachment plane is about 4～5km.Thus,based on the above data,the seismotectonic model of the Xining urban area is built.We conclude that the faults of the area are the secondary faults related to folding of overburdens and have no potential of producing earthquakes larger than magnitude 6 for their small scale and shallow depth.

Key words: active fault in urban area, weakly active fault, seismotectonic model, earthquake risk, Xining