Kalpin Transpression Tectonics, Northwestern Tarim Basin, Western China

Autor:	Zenon C. Valin, Shi Yangshen, Lu Huafu, Wu Shimin, Jia Dong, David G. Howell, Chen Chuming, Guo Lirh, Cai Dongsheng
Rok vydání:	1994
Předmět:	geography geography.geographical_feature_category Tarim basin Geology Slip (materials science) Fault (geology) Transpression Tectonics Paleontology Sinistral and dextral China Cenozoic Seismology
Zdroj:	International Geology Review. 36:975-981
ISSN:	1938-2839 0020-6814
Popis:	The paper examines the relative importance of strike-slip faulting and lateral crustal deformations in the geologic structure of a portion of the western People's Republic of China. Deformed thrust sheets in the Kalpin area of the western PRC suggest large-scale sinistral strike-slip movement on the Aheqi fault zone along the northwestern margin of the Tarim basin. The total amount of the Cenozoic sinistral strike-slip displacement is estimated to be 311 km; this is the same magnitude of slip estimated along the Altyn Tagh fault, marking the southeastern boundary of the Tarim basin. Together, the Aheqi and Altyn Tagh faults outline the Aheqi- western Kunlun-southwestern basin-Altyn transpression tectonic system.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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