Active faulting, mountain growth, and erosion at the margins of the Tibetan Plateau constrained by in situ-produced cosmogenic nuclides

R Hetzel - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The India–Asia collision zone is a key area for understanding continental plateau formation
and mountain building. Two fundamental questions in this context are how the …

Mountain building processes in intracontinental oblique deformation belts: Lessons from the Gobi Corridor, Central Asia

D Cunningham - Journal of Structural Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of the Quaternary–Recent deformation field and mountain
building processes within the Gobi Corridor region of Central Asia, which includes the North …

GPS measurements of crustal deformation in the Baikal‐Mongolia area (1994–2002): Implications for current kinematics of Asia

E Calais, M Vergnolle, V San'Kov… - Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
We present new geodetic results of crustal velocities over a large part of northern Asia
based on GPS measurements in the Baikal rift zone and Mongolia spanning the 1994–2002 …

Submarine fault scarps in the Sea of Marmara pull‐apart (North Anatolian Fault): Implications for seismic hazard in Istanbul

R Armijo, N Pondard, B Meyer… - Geochemistry …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Earthquake scarps associated with recent historical events have been found on the floor of
the Sea of Marmara, along the North Anatolian Fault (NAF). The MARMARASCARPS cruise …

Structural Setting of the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan, China, Earthquake

J Hubbard, JH Shaw, Y Klinger - Bulletin of the …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The 2008 M w 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake ruptured an imbricate thrust system in the
Longmen Shan range, which forms the eastern boundary of the Tibetan Plateau. We use …

Surface exposure dating with cosmogenic nuclides

S Ivy-Ochs, F Kober - E&G Quaternary Science Journal, 2008 - egqsj.copernicus.org
In the last decades surface exposure dating using cosmogenic nuclides has emerged as a
powerful tool in Quaternary geochronology and landscape evolution studies. Cosmogenic …

Uplift age and rates of the Gurvan Bogd system (Gobi-Altay) by apatite fission track analysis

R Vassallo, M Jolivet, JF Ritz, R Braucher… - Earth and Planetary …, 2007 - Elsevier
The dating of the uplift onset of the Mongolian mountain ranges, the northernmost relief
associated with the India-Eurasia convergence, is a fundamental issue to better understand …

The Aksay segment of the northern Altyn Tagh fault: Tectonic geomorphology, landscape evolution, and Holocene slip rate

AS Mériaux, P Tapponnier, FJ Ryerson… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Millennial slip rates have been determined for the Altyn Tagh fault (ATF) at three sites near
Aksay (∼ 94° E) in northeastern Tibet by dating fluvial channels and terrace riser offsets with …

Late Quaternary slip rates of the thrust faults in western Hexi Corridor (Northern Qilian Shan, China) and their implications for northeastward growth of the Tibetan …

Z Wen-Jun, Z Hui-Ping, Z Pei-Zhen, P Molnar… - …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We determined vertical components of slip rates of 0.22±0.03 mm a− 1 for the Jiayuguan
fault and 0.11±0.03 mm a− 1 for the Jintanan Shan fault, which lie along the northeastern …

Structural similarity and variety at the tips in a wide range of strike–slip faults: a review

YS Kim, DJ Sanderson - Terra Nova, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Strike–slip faults are often accompanied by a variety of structures, particularly at their tips.
The zones of additional fracturing are classified as tip‐damage zones. These zones can be …