Does the Karakorum Fault Terminate in Southwestern Tibet?

虽然晚新生代亚洲广大地区的大陆内变形归因于印度向亚洲的压痕，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。目前有两种观点认为地壳增厚有利于汇聚，而另一种观点则采用侧向逃逸构造。该项目将通过检查挤压模型的相关内容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行，以促进西藏的向东挤压。该项目将研究几个候选断层，并得出它们的起源、持续时间和偏移年龄。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.