Publikationsdatum:
2001
Beschreibung:
Global Positioning System (Global Positioning System) measurements in China
indicate that crustal shortening accommodates most of India's penetration into Eurasia.
Deformation within the Tibetan Plateau and its margins, the Himalaya, the Altyn Tagh,
and the Qilian Shan, absorbs more than 90% of the relative motion between the Indian and
Eurasian plates. Internal shortening of the Tibetan plateau itself accounts for more
than one-third of the total convergence. However, the Tibetan plateau south of the
Kunlun and Ganzi-Mani faults is moving eastward relative to both India and Eurasia. This
movement is accommodated through rotation of material around the eastern Syntaxis. The
North China and South China blocks, east of the Tibetan Plateau, move coherently
east-southeastward at rates of 2 to 8 millimeters per year and 6 to 11 millimeters per
year, respectively, with respect to the stable Eurasia.
Schlagwort(e):
Geodesy
;
Crustal deformation (cf. Earthquake precursor: deformation or strain)
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