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Bidirectional growth of the Altyn Tagh Fault since the Early Oligocene

Tectonophysics, 2021
Abstract The Cenozoic evolution of the Altyn Tagh Fault (ATF) is still under debate. Here, we present new paleomagnetic rotation evidence on curvatures south of the ATF in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau to shed new light on this issue. A total of 498 core samples representing 53 sites and 6 time intervals (a-f) were collected from the post ...
Bingshuai Li, Maodu Yan, Weilin Zhang, Xiaomin Fang   +3 more
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Extrusion of the Altyn Tagh wedge: A kinematic model for the Altyn Tagh fault and palinspastic reconstruction of northern China

Geology, 1996
We propose that the Altyn Tagh uplift of northwest China is a southwest-tapered structural wedge that has been extruded northeastward along the wedge-bounding, left-slip Ruoqiang-Xingxingxia fault and the net-right-slip Altyn Tagh fault, currently active as a left-slip fault.
Da Zhou, Stephan A. Graham
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Is the North Altyn fault part of a strike-slip duplex along the Altyn Tagh fault system?

Geology, 2000
Although the Altyn Tagh fault system has played an important role in the Indo-Asian collision, its geometry and tectonic evolution remain poorly known. Between 86° and 92°E, this system is at least 100 km wide and is bounded to the north and south by the North Altyn and Altyn Tagh faults, respectively.
Eric Cowgill, An Yin, Wang Xiao Feng, Zhang Qing   +3 more
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Did the Altyn Tagh fault extend beyond the Tibetan Plateau?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2005
Abstract The pre-Miocene northeastern termination of Altyn Tagh fault is a critical outstanding problem for understanding the mechanics of Cenozoic deformation resultant from the Indo-Asian collision and mechanisms of Tibetan Plateau formation. Structures beyond the widely accepted NE end of the Altyn Tagh fault, near the town of Yumen, are needed in
Qing-Ren Meng, , Yongjun Yue
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Tomographic Evidence for Localized Lithospheric Shear Along the Altyn Tagh Fault

Science, 1998
Seismic tomography across the Altyn Tagh fault, at the north edge of the Tibetan Plateau, reveals a low P -wave velocity anomaly below the fault down to 140 kilometers. This anomaly probably reflects strike-slip shear in the lithosphere.
, Wittlinger, , Tapponnier, , Poupinet, , Mei, , Danian, , Herquel, , Masson   +6 more
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Along-strike topographic variations of the Altyn Tagh fault in the northern Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2022
Mingjian Liang, Huiping Zhang, Yizhou Wang   +2 more
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Timing, Displacement and Growth Pattern of the Altyn Tagh Fault: A Review

Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, 2017
AbstractThe Altyn Tagh Fault (ATF) is the longest, lithospheric scale and strike‐slip fault in East Asia. In the last three decades, multidisciplinary studies focusing on the timing, displacement of strike‐slip and growth mechanics of the ATF have made great progresses.
Shuang DAI, Wei DAI, Zhenbin ZHAO, Junhua LUO, Lei QIANG, Xin MA, Xianwen ZHANG, Jianjun XU   +7 more
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Cenozoic vertical-axis rotation of the Altyn Tagh fault system

Geology, 1999
Paleomagnetic declination data were collected from Cenozoic strata of the southern rim of the Tarim basin to address whether the Altyn Tagh fault has undergone significant rotation during the Indian-Asian collision. Results from the eastern and central Altyn Tagh fault zone suggest that it has undergone no significant rotation since the Oligocene. This
P. E. Rumelhart, An Yin, E. Cowgill, R. Butler, Zhang Qing, Wang Xiao-Feng   +5 more
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Two-stage evolution model for the Altyn Tagh fault, China

Geology, 1999
The northeastern extension of the Altyn Tagh fault, China, beyond the apparently truncated Qilian Shan has been controversial since the recognition of this large left-slip fault. We propose that the Altyn Tagh fault may have been contiguous with the east-northeast to northeast-trending, currently inactive (but apparently active during the Cenozoic ...
Yongjun Yue, Juhn G. Liou
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Initiation and Long-Term Slip History of the Altyn Tagh Fault

International Geology Review, 2001
New Tertiary piercing points along the eastern and central Altyn Tagh fault, the northern boundary of the Tibetan Plateau, allow construction of the first well-defined time-displacement curve for the fault. Displacement-history analysis indicates: (1) late Oligocene-earliest Miocene inception of the Altyn Tagh fault; (2) 375 ± 25 km of total left ...
Yongjun Yue, Bradley D. Ritts, Stephan A. Graham   +2 more
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