The GEM Global Active Faults Database (GAF-DB) is the first public, comprehensive database of active faults with worldwide coverage. The GAF-DB is a compilation of many regional datasets. The GAF-DB contains ∼13,500 faults, each with associated attributes that describe the geometry, kinematics, slip rate, references, and other characteristics, as the information is available. Spatial completeness is high, and about 77% of the faults have slip rate information. The GAF-DB is built from its constituent datasets algorithmically and is designed to fluidly incorporate changes to or addition of any of the underlying datasets. This process reflects a philosophy of easily incorporating a change to avoid obsolescence and to quickly provide the most up-to-date information possible to the users. The database is licensed under a free and open-source license (CC-BY-SA 4.0) and is available at https://github.com/GEMScienceTools/gem-global-active-faults.

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GEM 全球活动故障数据库

GEM 全球活动断层数据库 (GAF-DB) 是第一个覆盖全球的活动断层公共综合数据库。GAF-DB 是许多区域数据集的汇编。GAF-DB 包含约 13,500 个断层，每个断层都有相关的属性，这些属性描述了几何、运动学、滑移率、参考和其他特征，因为信息可用。空间完整性高，约77%的断层具有滑移率信息。GAF-DB 是从其组成数据集通过算法构建的，旨在流畅地合并对任何基础数据集的更改或添加。此过程反映了一种理念，即轻松合并更改以避免过时并快速向用户提供尽可能最新的信息。