Geodetic evidence for a low slip rate in the Altyn Tagh fault system
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Geodetic data from 89 degrees E to 91 degrees E show left-lateral shear of the Altyn Tagh fault system on the northern edge of the Tibetan plateau of 9 mm per year-1, plus or minus 5 mm per year-1. Contraction across the Altyn Tagh system is 3 mm per per-1, plus or minus 1 mm per year-1. It is suggested that models incorporating Altyn Tagh slip rates more rapid than 15 mm per year-1 are not consistent with recent Global Positioning System information. The low rates reported in this research reinforce the view that Tibet is not being extruded rapidly to the east at present.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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GPS measurements of present-day convergence across the Nepal Himalaya
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Geodetic measurements of the rate of convergence across the Nepal Himalaya were conducted using the Global Positioning System (GPS). GPS geodesy was used to measure the relative positions of 24 points in India, Nepal and Tibet and data from the surveys were analyzed with GIPSY software. GPS data indicates that the rate of contraction is around 17.52 plus or minus 2mm yr-1. The rate of slip of India beneath Tibet is 20.5 plus or minus 2mm yr-1.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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Imaging the Indian subcontinent beneath the Himalaya
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The rocks of the Indian subcontinent are last seen south of the Ganges before they plunge beneath the Himalaya and the Tibetan plateau. Seismic images both of the decollement at the base of the Himalaya and of the Moho at the base of the Indian crust are reported.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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