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The neotectonics of the Tibetan Plateau
Author(s) -
Rothery David A.,
Drury Stephen A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
tectonics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.465
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1944-9194
pISSN - 0278-7407
DOI - 10.1029/tc003i001p00019
Subject(s) - geology , neotectonics , seismology , plateau (mathematics) , tectonics , slip (aerodynamics) , paleontology , geodesy , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , thermodynamics
Part of the continuing northward convergence between India and Eurasia is probably taken up by strike slip displacement, with Tibet as a whole moving eastward away from the collision zone and undergoing east–west extension (Molnar and Tapponnier, 1975; Ni and York, 1978). On the basis of our interpretation of Landsat images we propose that strike slip faulting occurs throughout the Tibetan plateau such that its north–south cross section is being shortened, with little contemporary folding or thrusting.