scholarly journals Eastern termination of the Altyn Tagh Fault, western China: Constraints from a magnetotelluric survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. 2838-2858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qibin Xiao ◽  
Guihang Shao ◽  
Jing Liu-Zeng ◽  
Michael E. Oskin ◽  
Jin Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western China ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Altyn Tagh

Crustal deformation along the Altyn Tagh fault system, western China, from GPS

2001 ◽  
Vol 106 (B12) ◽  
pp. 30607-30621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng-Kang Shen ◽  
Min Wang ◽  
Yanxing Li ◽  
David D. Jackson ◽  
An Yin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crustal Deformation ◽  
Western China ◽  
Fault System ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Altyn Tagh

Controls of the Altyn Tagh Fault on the Early–Middle Miocene sedimentation in the Honggouzi Area, Qaidam Basin, Western China

2019 ◽  
Vol 181 ◽  
pp. 103908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianguo Yin ◽  
Shengyin Zhang ◽  
Xinchuan Lu ◽  
Zhixiong Wu ◽  
Hui guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Qaidam Basin ◽  
Western China ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Altyn Tagh

Observation-constrained multicycle dynamic models of the Pingding Shan earthquake gate along the Altyn Tagh Fault

2021 ◽  
pp. 228948
Author(s):  
Dunyu Liu ◽  
Benchun Duan ◽  
Veronica B. Prush ◽  
Michael E. Oskin ◽  
Jing Liu-Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Models ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Altyn Tagh

Is the North Altyn fault part of a strike-slip duplex along the Altyn Tagh fault system?

Geology ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Cowgill ◽  
An Yin ◽  
Wang Xiao Feng ◽  
Zhang Qing
Keyword(s):  
Strike Slip ◽  
Fault System ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
The North ◽  
Altyn Tagh

Bidirectional growth of the Altyn Tagh Fault since the early Oligocene

2021 ◽  
pp. 228991
Author(s):  
Bingshuai Li ◽  
Maodu Yan ◽  
Weilin Zhang ◽  
Xiaomin Fang
Keyword(s):  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Early Oligocene ◽  
Altyn Tagh

Jurassic evolution of the Qaidam Basin in western China: Constrained by stratigraphic succession, detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Qian ◽  
Zongxiu Wang ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
Shaofeng Liu ◽  
Wanli Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Jurassic ◽  
Qaidam Basin ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Lower Jurassic ◽  
Early Jurassic ◽  
Hf Isotope ◽  
Western China ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Altyn Tagh ◽  
Stratigraphic Succession

The formation and evolution of an intracontinental basin triggered via the subduction or collision of plates at continental margins can record intracontinental tectonic processes. As a typical intracontinental basin during the Jurassic, the Qaidam Basin in western China records how this extensional basin formed and evolved in response to distant subduction or collisional processes and tectonism caused by stresses transmitted from distant convergent plate margins. The Jurassic evolution of the Qaidam Basin, in terms of basin-filling architecture, sediment dispersal pattern and basin properties, remains speculative; hence, these uncertainties need to be revisited. An integrated study of the stratigraphic succession, conglomerates, U-Pb geochronology, and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons was adopted to elucidate the Jurassic evolutionary process of the Qaidam Basin. The results show that a discrete Jurassic terrestrial succession characterized by alluvial fan, braided stream, braided river delta, and lacustrine deposits developed on the western and northern margins of the Qaidam Basin. The stratigraphic succession, U-Pb age dating, and Hf isotope analysis, along with the reconstructed provenance results, suggest small-scale distribution of Lower Jurassic sediments deposited via autochthonous sedimentation on the western margin of the basin, with material mainly originating from the Altyn Tagh Range. Lower Jurassic sediments in the western segment of the northern basin were shed from the Qilian Range (especially the South Qilian) and Eastern Kunlun Range. And coeval sediments in the eastern segment of the northern basin were originated from the Quanji massif. During the Middle-Late Jurassic, the primary source areas were the Qilian Range and Eastern Kunlun Range, which fed material to the whole basin. The Jurassic sedimentary environment in the Qaidam Basin evolved from a series of small-scale, scattered, and rift-related depressions distributed on the western and northern margins during the Early Jurassic to a larger, extensive, and unified depression occupying the whole basin in the Middle Jurassic. The Altyn Tagh Range rose to a certain extent during the Early Jurassic but lacked large-scale strike-slip tectonism throughout the Jurassic. At that time, the North Qaidam tectonic belt had not yet been uplifted and did not shed material into the basin during the Jurassic. The Qaidam Basin experienced intracontinental extensional tectonism with a northeast-southwest trend throughout the Jurassic in response to far-field effects driven by the sequential northward or northeastward amalgamation of blocks to the southern margin of the Qaidam Block and successive accretion of the Qiangtang Block and Lhasa Block onto the southern Eurasian margin during the Late Triassic−Early Jurassic and Late Jurassic−Early Cretaceous, respectively.

Along-strike topographic variations of the Altyn Tagh fault in the northern Tibetan Plateau

2022 ◽  
pp. 105082
Author(s):  
Feipeng Huang ◽  
Mingjian Liang ◽  
Huiping Zhang ◽  
Jianguo Xiong ◽  
Yizhou Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Northern Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Altyn Tagh

Multi-Stage Metamorphism of the UHP Pelitic Gneiss from the Southern Altyn Tagh HP/UHP Belt, Western China: Petrological and Geochronological Evidence

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 603-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuting Cao ◽  
Liang Liu ◽  
Chao Wang ◽  
Cong Zhang ◽  
Lei Kang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western China ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Altyn Tagh ◽  
Geochronological Evidence
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