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 …

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 …

Active tectonics of the south Caspian basin

J Jackson, K Priestley, M Allen… - Geophysical Journal …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
We use observations of surface faulting, well-constrained earthquake focal mechanisms and
centroid depths, and velocity structure determined by surface wave propagation and …

A reappraisal of earthquake focal mechanisms and active shortening in the Zagros mountains of Iran

M Talebian, J Jackson - Geophysical Journal International, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The Zagros mountains of SW Iran are one of the most seismically active intra-continental fold-
and-thrust belts on Earth, and an important element in the active tectonics of the Middle East …

Slip rate gradients along the eastern Kunlun fault

E Kirby, N Harkins, E Wang, X Shi, C Fan… - Tectonics, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Whether strike‐slip fault systems in Eurasia accomplish eastward extrusion of Tibetan crust
and lithosphere depends largely on the kinematics of deformation at the fault tip. Here we …

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 …

Contribution of archaeological data to studies of earthquake history in the Iranian Plateau

M Berberian, RS Yeats - Journal of structural geology, 2001 - Elsevier
We use archaeological evidence to identify ancient earthquakes in the vicinity of large 20th
century events in the Iranian Plateau. Two large earthquakes on the Zagros Main Recent …

Kinematics of the northern Walker Lane: An incipient transform fault along the Pacific–North American plate boundary

JE Faulds, CD Henry, NH Hinz - Geology, 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract In the western Great Basin of North America, a system of dextral faults
accommodates 15%–25% of the Pacific–North American plate motion. The northern Walker …

Offset and evolution of the Gowk fault, SE Iran: a major intra-continental strike-slip system

R Walker, J Jackson - Journal of structural Geology, 2002 - Elsevier
We use drainage reconstructions to estimate long-term offsets on the Gowk fault, an oblique
right-lateral strike-slip fault in eastern Iran, on which there have been a number of recent …

Active intracontinental transpressional mountain building in the Mongolian Altai: Defining a new class of orogen

D Cunningham - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2005 - Elsevier
Mountain ranges that are actively forming around the western and northern perimeter of the
Indo-Eurasia collisional deformational field, such as the Mongolian Altai, comprise a unique …