The China Active Faults Database (CAFD) and its web system

Abstract 1: 4 000 000), which is one of the four essential maps of the mandatory Chinese standard GB 18306-2015 Seismic Ground Motion Parameter Zonation Maps of China. The data update and integration stem from regional-scale studies and surveys conducted over the past 2 decades (at reference scales from 1: 250 000 to 1: 50 000). The information amassed from these regional-scale studies and surveys encompasses geophysical probing, drill logging, measurement of offset landforms, sample dating, as well as geometric and kinematic parameters of exposed and blind faults, paleo-earthquake sequences, and recurrence intervals. These data have been acquired and analyzed utilizing a uniform technical standard framework and reviewed by expert panels in both field and laboratory settings. Our system hosts this nation-scale database accessible through a Web Geographic Information System (GIS) application, enabling browsing, querying, and downloading functionalities via a web browser. The system we built also publishes the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Feature Service and the OGC Web Map Service of active faults data. Users can incorporate map layers and obtain fault data in OGC-compliant GIS software for further analysis through these services. The Chinese government, research institutions, and companies have widely used the active faults data from the previous versions of the database. The database is available at https://doi.org/10.12031/activefault.china.400.2023.db (Xu, 2023) and via the web system (https://data.activetectonics.cn/arcportal/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=684737e8849c4170bbca14447608c451, CEFIS, 2023; http://data.activetectonics.cn/arcserver/services/Hosted/CAFD400_2022_WFS/MapServer/WFSServer, CAFD WFS, 2024).

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Online-Ressource
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Englisch

Bibliographic citation
The China Active Faults Database (CAFD) and its web system ; volume:16 ; number:7 ; year:2024 ; pages:3391-3417 ; extent:27
Earth system science data ; 16, Heft 7 (2024), 3391-3417 (gesamt 27)

Creator
Wu, Xiyan
Xu, Xiwei
Yu, Guihua
Ren, Junjie
Yang, Xiaoping
Chen, Guihua
Xu, Chong
Du, Keping
Huang, Xiongnan
Yang, Haibo
Li, Kang
Hao, Haijian

DOI
10.5194/essd-16-3391-2024
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2408061453596.842798791382
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Wu, Xiyan
  • Xu, Xiwei
  • Yu, Guihua
  • Ren, Junjie
  • Yang, Xiaoping
  • Chen, Guihua
  • Xu, Chong
  • Du, Keping
  • Huang, Xiongnan
  • Yang, Haibo
  • Li, Kang
  • Hao, Haijian

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