Impact of riser reconstructions on estimation of secular variation in rates of strike–slip faulting: Revisiting the Cherchen River site along the Altyn Tagh Fault, NW China

2007 ◽  
Vol 254 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 239-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Cowgill
Keyword(s):  
Secular Variation ◽  
Strike Slip ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Nw China ◽  
Altyn Tagh ◽  
River Site

Sedimentary evidence against large strike-slip translation on the Northern Altyn Tagh fault, NW China

2004 ◽  
Vol 228 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 311-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongjun Yue ◽  
Bradley D. Ritts ◽  
Andrew D. Hanson ◽  
Stephan A. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Strike Slip ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Nw China ◽  
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

scholarly journals Active Strike-Slip Faulting and Systematic Deflection of Drainage Systems along the Altyn Tagh Fault, Northern Tibetan Plateau

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 3109
Author(s):  
Peng Chen ◽  
Bing Yan ◽  
Yuan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Strike Slip ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Stream Channels ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Drainage Systems ◽  
Northern Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Altyn Tagh

Systematic deflection of drainage systems along strike-slip faults is the combination of repeated faulting slipping and continuous headward erosion accumulated on the stream channels. The measurement and analysis of systematically deflected stream channels will enhance our understanding on the deformational behaviors of strike-slip faults and the relationship between topographic response and active strike-slip faulting. In this study, detailed interpretation and analysis of remote sensing images and DEM data were carried out along the Altyn Tagh Fault, one typical large-scale strike-slip fault in the northern Tibetan Plateau, and together with the statistical results of offset amounts of 153 stream channels, revealed that (i) the drainage systems have been systematically deflected and/or offset in sinistral along the active Altyn Tagh Fault; (ii) The offset amounts recorded by stream channels vary in the range of 7 m to 72 km, and indicate a positively related linear relationship between the upstream length L and the offset amount D, the channel with bedrock upstream generally has a better correlation between L and D than that of non-bedrock upstream; (iii) River capture and abandonment are commonly developed along the Altyn Tagh Fault, which probably disturbed the continuous accumulation of offset recorded on individual stream channel, suggesting that the real maximum cumulative displacement recorded by stream channels might be larger than 72 km (lower bound) along the Altyn Tagh Fault. Along with the cumulative displacements recorded by other regional-scale strike-slip faults in the Tibetan Plateau, these results demonstrate that the magnitude of tectonic extrusion along these first-order strike-slip faults after the collision of India–Asia plates might be limited.

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

Geology ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Cowgill ◽  
An Yin ◽  
Wang Xiao Feng ◽  
Zhang Qing
Keyword(s):  
Strike Slip ◽  
Fault System ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
The North ◽  
Altyn Tagh

Late Cenozoic sedimentary process and its response to the slip history of the central Altyn Tagh fault, NW China

2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (S1) ◽  
pp. 103-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengle Chen ◽  
Yueqiao Zhang ◽  
Xuanhua Chen ◽  
Xiaofeng Wang ◽  
A. S. Ramon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Cenozoic ◽  
Sedimentary Process ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Nw China ◽  
Altyn Tagh ◽  
Slip History ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Paleomagnetic Rotation Constraints on the Deformation of the Northern Qaidam Marginal Thrust Belt and Implications for Strike-Slip Faulting Along the Altyn Tagh Fault

2018 ◽  
Vol 123 (9) ◽  
pp. 7207-7224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bingshuai Li ◽  
Maodu Yan ◽  
Weilin Zhang ◽  
Xiaomin Fang ◽  
Yongpeng Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Strike Slip ◽  
Thrust Belt ◽  
Altyn Tagh Fault ◽  
Altyn Tagh
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