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A geodetic network of Global Satellite Navigation System (GNSS) observation sites was organized in 2014–2015 for studying the contemporary crustal motions in the zone of the Vladikavkaz deep fault (Milyukov et al., 2014; 2015). The measurements were conducted and the first velocity estimates obtained testifying to the consistency of crustal motions in the Vladikavkaz fault zone and the Ossetian region overall in the ITRG2008 system. The first results show that the velocities and directions of horizontal motions do not change upon the transition of the fault zone. In correspondence with the northeastern orientation of the site displacement vectors and sublatitudinal trend of the disjunctive zone, the presence of left-lateral strike-slip displacements along the branches of an active fault should be expected. However, the signs pointing to the activation of motion in the fault zone are absent. Besides, even the manifestation of weak seismicity has not been observed within the high-magnitude seismogenic Vladikavkaz zone associated with this fault for more than 25 years. This suggests the passive present state of this structure, one of the largest disjunctive structures of the Northern Caucasus. In order to verify this conclusion and revealing the kinematic pattern of the displacements associated with the fault structure it is reasonable to continue the measurements.
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Original Russian Text © V.K. Milyukov, A.P. Mironov, G.M. Steblov, A.N. Ovsyuchenko, E.A. Rogozhin, V.N. Drobyshev, A.G. Kusraev, Kh.M. Khubaev, Kh.-M.Z. Torchinov, 2017, published in Fizika Zemli, 2017, No. 4, pp. 110–117.
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Milyukov, V.K., Mironov, A.P., Steblov, G.M. et al. Satellite geodetic monitoring of the Vladikavkaz active fault zone: First results. Izv., Phys. Solid Earth 53, 598–605 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351317040061
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