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
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