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Evidence For and Geometry of Repeated Large Magnitude Surface Ruptures Along the Central Altyn Tagh Fault

Overview


Problems
  • India-Eurasia deformation budget: crustal thickening vs. escape
  • Fault behavior (slip rate, slip/event, earthquake recurrence, variability) as a function of tectonic setting (San Andreas Fault versus Altyn Tagh Fault)
  • Fault zone geomorphology and structure: characterization and process

Tools
  • Investigate the active tectonics along the Altyn Tagh Fault in Xinjiang
  • Numerical dating (to be done)

Results
  • The structure is clearly active with a high slip rate
  • Last earthquake was recent but not instrumentally recorded
  • Excellent manifestation of fault zone structure, geomorphology, and kinematics