Journal of Himalayan Geology, Volume 3Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 1992 - Geology |
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Thus, while normal faulting and roughly east-west crustal extension occurs in the high plateau, slip on roughly east-west trending left-lateral strike-slip faults causes pervasive shear of the northern and eastern margins of Tibet, ...
Thus, while normal faulting and roughly east-west crustal extension occurs in the high plateau, slip on roughly east-west trending left-lateral strike-slip faults causes pervasive shear of the northern and eastern margins of Tibet, ...
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Photograph looking south-southeast at an offset ridge along the Altyn Tagh fault on the ground near 38.4°N, 89.95° E. A rucksack ... l987b). motion might include a component of normal faulting (Tapponnier, personal communication, I987).
Photograph looking south-southeast at an offset ridge along the Altyn Tagh fault on the ground near 38.4°N, 89.95° E. A rucksack ... l987b). motion might include a component of normal faulting (Tapponnier, personal communication, I987).
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10 km and attests to recent normal faulting . North of this graben and south of the Kunlun , no clear evidence of Quaternary faulting was found along the main road to Golmud in the Qaidam basin . As discussed in more detail below ...
10 km and attests to recent normal faulting . North of this graben and south of the Kunlun , no clear evidence of Quaternary faulting was found along the main road to Golmud in the Qaidam basin . As discussed in more detail below ...
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Contents
Fold shape analysis in the vicinity of North Almora Thrust in District | 121 |
Simla group problem in HimalayaA critical review | 131 |
Geology of Kishanpur NagrotaBasantgarhGujru Nagrota Sector of Inner | 137 |
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