Does the Karakorum Fault Terminate in Southwestern Tibet?

小行星9628178 虽然晚新生代亚洲大范围的陆内变形被认为是印度向亚洲的缩进，但印度向北运动与亚洲内部相应的应变分配之间的关系仍然存在争议。 目前有两种观点，一种认为是地壳增厚导致了会聚，另一种认为是侧向逃逸构造。 这个项目将通过研究挤压模型的一个系列来解决这个经典问题，该模型预测大规模的共轭走滑断层必须同时运作，以促进西藏向东挤压。 该项目将研究几个候选断层，并确定其开始、持续时间和偏移的年龄。 这些成果应有助于解决这一长期存在的问题。

9628178 Yin Although Late Cenozoic intracontinental deformation over a broad region of Asia has been attributed to the indentation of India into Asia, the relationship between the northward movement of India and the corresponding strain partitioning within Asia remains controversial. Two ideas are current-that crustal thickening accommodates the convergence while the other employs lateral escape tectonics. This project will address this classic problem by examining a correlary of the extrusion model, which predicts that large-scale, conjugate sets of strike-slip faults must operate simultaneously to facilitate eastward extrusion of Tibet. This project will study several candidate faults and produce ages for their inception and duration and offsets. Results should help in resolving this long-standing problem.