Does the Karakorum Fault Terminate in Southwestern Tibet?

9628178尽管亚洲大片地区的晚新生代陆内变形归因于印度向亚洲的凹陷，但印度向北运动与相应的亚洲内部应变分离之间的关系仍存在争议。目前有两种观点--地壳增厚适应会聚，而另一种观点则采用侧向逃逸构造。这个项目将通过检验挤压模型的相关性来解决这个经典问题，该模型预测，大规模的、共轭的走滑断层组必须同时运行，以促进西藏的向东挤压。这个项目将研究几个候选断层，并得出它们的开始、持续时间和偏移量的年龄。结果应该有助于解决这个长期存在的问题。

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.