Kinematic variability of late Cenozoic fault systems and contrasting mountain building processes in the Alxa block, western China
Jin Zhang, Dickson Cunningham, Long Yun, Junfeng Qu, Heng Zhao, Beihang Zhang, Pengfei Niu, Jie Hui
Topics & Concepts
GeologyGrabenSinistral and dextralHorst and grabenSeismologyHorstTranspressionBlock (permutation group theory)LithosphereMountain formationRiftSubsidenceFault (geology)PaleontologyTectonicsStructural basinMathematicsGeometryGeological and Geochemical Analysisearthquake and tectonic studiesHigh-pressure geophysics and materials