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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