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![Seismotectonic setting and distribution map of the Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone. (a) The study area is on the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau with the blue-dashed box indicating the position of panel b. (b) Main active faults on the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. The fault locations are modified from References 38, 51, 124, 125. The red lines represent the Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone. The seismic data (red circles) of M ≥ 4 are from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) covering the period of 1960–2021, and the strong historical earthquakes (beach balls and black circle) are from References 34, 36, 49. The dashed box outlines Figure 2. Fault abbreviations: HLH = Halahu fault; TLS = Tuolaishan fault; LLL = Lenglongling fault; JQH = Jinqianghe fault; MMS = Maomaoshan fault; LHS = Laohushan fault; HY = Haiyuan fault.]()
![Cenozoic geological map surrounding the Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone. The blue lines indicate the drainage basins involving paleoearthquake trenches (green blocks). The dashed boxes from west to east display the locations of Figures 3(a)-5(a),, respectively.]()
![(a) Map of the central–eastern Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone and the Gulang fault (red lines). The paleoearthquake trenches are represented by black circles. (b) The occurrence timings and rupture extents of the paleoearthquakes (bars) and historical earthquakes (red lines) on the central–eastern Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone (blue bars) and the Gulang fault (green bars). The light blue bars surrounded by the dashed lines are the events identified by clustered geomorphic offsets along the Jinqianghe fault in Reference 29. Fault abbreviations: LLL = Lenglongling fault; JQH = Jinqianghe fault; MMS = Maomaoshan fault; LHS = Laohushan fault; HY = Haiyuan fault; GL = Gulang fault.]()
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![(a) Earthquake clusters and earthquake migrations traversing the central–eastern Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone. The dashed line on the left of the green lines depicting migration Mg7 means that this latest earthquake migration may not be complete. (b) The rupture distribution of the strong earthquakes shown in Table S4 in the earthquake clusters traversing the central–eastern Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone, including clusters C1 (8845 and 7218 years B.P.), C2 (6290 and 5300 years B.P), C3 (4550 and 3630 years B.P.), C4 (2930 and 1445 years B.P.), and C5 (815 years B.P. to present). The colored lines outline the rupture extents with the order of event occurrence indicated by the numbers in black circles. There have been little seismic data on the Maomaoshan fault so far; it is unknown whether it ruptured in these past sequences except for event Em1.]()
![Distribution of active faults and seismicity on the northeast margin of the Tibetan plateau. (a) Active blocks and tectonic map of the Tibetan plateau. The blue arrows represent Global‐Positioning‐System‐derived interseismic velocities with respect to a stable Eurasia (Zhang et al., 2003). The red rectangle and yellow star indicate the study region and the epicenter of the 2022 Menyuan earthquake, respectively. (b) Large earthquakes and local topographic map around the Qilian–Haiyuan fault. The colored circles with years denote the M ≥ 6 active earthquakes that have occurred on the Tibetan plateau since 1900, as reported by the National Earthquake Data Center (NEDC) (2022). The blue and red focal mechanisms show the focal mechanisms of the 2016 and 2022 events reported by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The yellow circular points indicate the relocated aftershocks (M ≥ 0.5) that occurred within 10 days after the 2022 Menyuan earthquake, reported by Fan et al. (2022). The white rectangles depict both the descending and ascending footprints of the Sentinel‐1 A/B images. The black lines depict active faults (China Earthquake Disaster Prevention Center [CEDPC], 2022). The deep‐red square points indicate the main cities in the northern Qilian Shan region (after Wang, Liu‐Zeng et al., 2017). The red line indicates the ruptured segment of the 1927 Gulang earthquake along the Qilian–Haiyuan fault (Guo et al., 2019). (c) Interseismic slip rates on different segments of the Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone reported in previous studies (Zhang et al., 1988; Burchfiel et al., 1991; He et al., 1994, 2000; Gaudemer et al., 1995; Dai et al., 1999; Lasserre et al., 1999, 2002; Yuan et al., 2008; Li et al., 2009; Zheng et al., 2013; Guo, Han, An, et al., 2017; Guo, Han, Jiang, et al., 2017; Jiang et al., 2017; Shao et al., 2021; Gao et al., 2021) (modeled after Zheng et al., 2013; Guo, Han, An, et al., 2017; Gao et al., 2021).]()
![Seismotectonic setting of the 2022 Mw 6.7 Menyuan earthquake. The inset shows the tectonic location of the study area. Black arrows indicate the direction of the block movement. ATF, Altyn Tagh fault; KF,Kunlun fault; QHF, Qilian–Haiyuan fault; XF, Xianshuihe fault. Main active faults and the M ≥ 6.0 earthquakes in the study area. Active faults were modified from Deng et al. (2007) and Xu et al. (2016). The earthquake data were obtained from the China Earthquake Information Network. The trench locations were obtained from Guo, Han, Mao, et al. (2019, 2020). CMF, Changma fault; F1, Huangcheng‐Shuangta fault; F2, Southern Wuwei basin fault; F3, Minle‐Damaying fault; F4, Longshoushan fault; F5, Yumushan fault; F6, Fodongmiao‐Hongyazi fault; HYF, Haiyuan fault; JQHF, Jinqianghe fault; LHSF, Laohushan fault; LLLF, Lenglongling fault; MMSF, Maomaoshan fault; TLSF, Tuolaishan fault. The color version of this figure is available only in the electronic edition.]()
![Map view of the target area. The inset map on the top right indicates the location of the target region (red rectangle). The black thick solid line denotes the Qilian–Haiyuan fault (QHF) and its two segments Lenglongling fault (LLLF) and Tuolaishan fault (TLSF). The black thin line denotes the north Tuolaishan fault (NTLSF). The red segments mark the surface ruptures of the LLLF and TLSF from Pan et al. (2022), and the red star indicates the epicenter of the 2022 Menyuan earthquake reported by the China Earthquake Network Center. The blue and purple triangles represent the 12 microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) stations and 4 strong‐motion stations used in the study. The red and blue coupled arrows depict the maximum and minimum horizontal stresses, respectively. The color version of this figure is available only in the electronic edition.]()
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![A digital elevation map of the northeast Tibetan Plateau showing the topographic features of the Qilian Shan and location of the Qaidam Basin and Hexi Corridor basin in the south and north flanks of the Qilian Shan, respectively. SQLS—southern Qilian Shan, CQLS—central Qilian Shan, NQLS—northern Qilian Shan, ATF—Altyn Tagh fault, KLF—Kunlun fault, HYF—Haiyuan fault, CMF—Changma fault, NQLF—northern Qilian fault, HX—Hexi, QD—Qaidam.]()
![The progressive deformational model of the Qilian Shan in the Cenozoic. See Figure 1B for location of the swath. The southern part of the Qilian Shan uplifted probably since the Oligocene; deformation then propagated toward the north (Hexi Corridor basin) from the middle Miocene. HXC—Hexi Corridor basin, SQLS—southern Qilian Shan, CQLS—central Qilian Shan, NQLS—northern Qilian Shan, NQLF—northern Qilian fault, HYF—Haiyuan fault, CMF—Changma fault, NQDF—north Qaidam fault.]()
![(A) Geologic map and (B) cross section of the central segment of the Qilian Shan, northern Tibetan Plateau. f1—Jiangcang-Muli fault; f2—South margin thrust fault of central Qilian Shan; f3—Haiyuan fault; f4—Tuolai Nan Shan thrust fault; f5—Tuolai Shan thrust fault; ESR—electron spin resonance.]()
![Geological map of the Qilian Basin and its adjacent mountains (A) and geological cross section along profile P-P′ (B). Geological map is modified from QBGMR (1968). Red lines are major faults in the region: southern Qilian Basin fault and Haiyuan fault. Black dots are the locations of apatite fission-track samples.]()
![Schematic 3D structure of the north Tibet crust showing the relation between the main blocks and the surface deformation pattern. The wide dotted line between the Kunlun and Haiyuan faults represents the potential new shear zone accommodating the differential motion between the NW and SE Qaidam–South Qilian Shan blocks. ATF, Altyn Tagh fault; NCB, North China Block; EF, Elashan fault; HF, Haiyuan fault; KF, Kunlun fault; NATF, North Altyn Tagh fault; TB, Tarim Block.]()
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Holocene Earthquake Cycles of an Active Tectonic Block Boundary Fault Zone: A Case Study in the Qilian–Haiyuan Fault Zone, Northeastern Tibet Plateau
Journal: Lithosphere
Publisher: GSW
Published: 17 August 2023
Lithosphere (2023) 2023 (1): 7919174.
..., which serve as valuable sedimentary evidence for identifying and dating of paleoearthquakes. In this study, we aimed to reconstruct the earthquake history of the Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau during the Holocene. We reanalyzed forty-four trenches and used the sedimentary...
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The 2022 Delingha, China, Earthquake Sequence and Implication for Seismic Hazard near the Western End of the Qilian–Haiyuan Fault
Journal: Seismological Research Letters
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 16 March 2023
Seismological Research Letters (2023) 94 (4): 1733–1746.
...Wei Li; Xiaohui He; Yipeng Zhang; Yue Wang; Bin Liu; Sidao Ni; Peizhen Zhang Abstract Although the Qilian–Haiyuan fault is known to be responsible for major earthquakes up to M 8, the potential of damaging earthquakes near its western end is not well understood. Since January 2022, three moderate...
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The 2022 M w 6.6 Menyuan Earthquake in the Northwest Margin of Tibet: Geodetic and Seismic Evidence of the Fault Structure and Slip Behavior of the Qilian–Haiyuan Strike‐Slip Fault
Journal: Seismological Research Letters
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 15 September 2022
Seismological Research Letters (2023) 94 (1): 26–38.
... displacements of >50 cm in the line‐of‐sight InSAR observations and >1 m in the east–west POT observations. Our preferred uniform‐slip model indicates that the causative fault of this 2022 event ruptured the middle segment of the Qilian–Haiyuan fault (i.e., the LLLF) with a strike of 108.0°, a dip angle...
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Exhumation of the Qilian Shan and Miocene activity of the Haiyuan fault: insights from apatite (U–Th)/He thermochronology in the Laolongwan basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 05 April 2024
Journal of the Geological Society (2024) 181 (3): jgs2023-111.
... and when the Tibetan Plateau propagated to its present-day margins remain unclear. The Qilian Shan and Haiyuan fault, which serve as the topographic and geological boundaries of the high plateau, are key to revealing the uplift and expansion of the Tibetan Plateau. Here, we present detrital apatite (U–Th...
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Seismotectonic setting and distribution map of the Qilian–Haiyuan fault zon...
in Holocene Earthquake Cycles of an Active Tectonic Block Boundary Fault Zone: A Case Study in the Qilian–Haiyuan Fault Zone, Northeastern Tibet Plateau
> Lithosphere
Published: 17 August 2023
Figure 1 Seismotectonic setting and distribution map of the Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone. ( a ) The study area is on the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau with the blue-dashed box indicating the position of panel b. ( b ) Main active faults on the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau
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Cenozoic geological map surrounding the Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone. The blue...
in Holocene Earthquake Cycles of an Active Tectonic Block Boundary Fault Zone: A Case Study in the Qilian–Haiyuan Fault Zone, Northeastern Tibet Plateau
> Lithosphere
Published: 17 August 2023
Figure 2 Cenozoic geological map surrounding the Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone. The blue lines indicate the drainage basins involving paleoearthquake trenches (green blocks). The dashed boxes from west to east display the locations of Figures 3(a) - 5(a), , respectively.
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( a ) Map of the central–eastern Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone and the Gulang f...
in Holocene Earthquake Cycles of an Active Tectonic Block Boundary Fault Zone: A Case Study in the Qilian–Haiyuan Fault Zone, Northeastern Tibet Plateau
> Lithosphere
Published: 17 August 2023
Figure 8 ( a ) Map of the central–eastern Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone and the Gulang fault (red lines). The paleoearthquake trenches are represented by black circles. ( b ) The occurrence timings and rupture extents of the paleoearthquakes (bars) and historical earthquakes (red lines
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An active transtensional fault system across the NE margin of the Tibetan Plateau and its influence on surrounding blocks
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 10 March 2025
GSA Bulletin (2025)
... transtensional fault system, weakening the stability of the Gobi-Alashan block. Our results challenge the conventional understanding of continuous deformation along the Qilian-Haiyuan fault zone, provide new insights into the extension patterns of the NE Tibetan Plateau and its influence on the surrounding...
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The 2022 M w 6.7 Menyuan Earthquake on the Northeastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau, China: Complex Surface Ruptures and Large Slip
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 13 March 2023
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2023) 113 (3): 976–996.
...Pengfei Niu; Zhujun Han; Kechang Li; Lixing Lv; Peng Guo ABSTRACT On 8 January 2022, the M w 6.7 Menyuan earthquake occurred near the stepover of the Lenglongling (LLLF) and Tuolaishan (TLSF) faults of the Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone in the middle of the northeastern Tibetan plateau. Field...
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Dynamic Rupture and Strong Ground‐Motion Simulations of the 8 January 2022 M s 6.9 Qinghai Menyuan Earthquake
Journal: Seismological Research Letters
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 14 August 2024
Seismological Research Letters (2025) 96 (1): 65–77.
...Fang Ouyang; Zhigang Shao; Wei Zhang; Zhenguo Zhang Abstract The 2022 M s 6.9 Qinghai Menyuan, China, earthquake is the most destructive earthquake to have occurred near the Lenglongling fault at the western segment of the Qilian–Haiyuan fault since 2016 M s 6.4 Menyuan earthquake. The 2022...
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( a ) Earthquake clusters and earthquake migrations traversing the central–...
in Holocene Earthquake Cycles of an Active Tectonic Block Boundary Fault Zone: A Case Study in the Qilian–Haiyuan Fault Zone, Northeastern Tibet Plateau
> Lithosphere
Published: 17 August 2023
Figure 9 ( a ) Earthquake clusters and earthquake migrations traversing the central–eastern Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone. The dashed line on the left of the green lines depicting migration Mg7 means that this latest earthquake migration may not be complete. ( b ) The rupture distribution
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![Distribution of active faults and seismicity on the northeast margin of the Tibetan plateau. (a) Active blocks and tectonic map of the Tibetan plateau. The blue arrows represent Global‐Positioning‐System‐derived interseismic velocities with respect to a stable Eurasia (Zhang et al., 2003). The red rectangle and yellow star indicate the study region and the epicenter of the 2022 Menyuan earthquake, respectively. (b) Large earthquakes and local topographic map around the Qilian–Haiyuan fault. The colored circles with years denote the M ≥ 6 active earthquakes that have occurred on the Tibetan plateau since 1900, as reported by the National Earthquake Data Center (NEDC) (2022). The blue and red focal mechanisms show the focal mechanisms of the 2016 and 2022 events reported by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The yellow circular points indicate the relocated aftershocks (M ≥ 0.5) that occurred within 10 days after the 2022 Menyuan earthquake, reported by Fan et al. (2022). The white rectangles depict both the descending and ascending footprints of the Sentinel‐1 A/B images. The black lines depict active faults (China Earthquake Disaster Prevention Center [CEDPC], 2022). The deep‐red square points indicate the main cities in the northern Qilian Shan region (after Wang, Liu‐Zeng et al., 2017). The red line indicates the ruptured segment of the 1927 Gulang earthquake along the Qilian–Haiyuan fault (Guo et al., 2019). (c) Interseismic slip rates on different segments of the Qilian–Haiyuan fault zone reported in previous studies (Zhang et al., 1988; Burchfiel et al., 1991; He et al., 1994, 2000; Gaudemer et al., 1995; Dai et al., 1999; Lasserre et al., 1999, 2002; Yuan et al., 2008; Li et al., 2009; Zheng et al., 2013; Guo, Han, An, et al., 2017; Guo, Han, Jiang, et al., 2017; Jiang et al., 2017; Shao et al., 2021; Gao et al., 2021) (modeled after Zheng et al., 2013; Guo, Han, An, et al., 2017; Gao et al., 2021).](https://gsw.silverchair-cdn.com/gsw/Content_public/Journal/srl/94/1/10.1785_0220220192/2/s_0220220192fig1.png?Expires=2147483647&Signature=cxnGhoo5W~6IoWpatPPOgPJtuUvfn75vRnkNZ9yWjvRC3Dg0A7rcDDqcEQ1EQDC~1PyAqa9XX2jFCf5oPfXiOyrVjYd~DH2GURiLaULdNumybc0go0c3gf63CO4ZG3kZiGtOZ0FbBWhlIL-jMockL4fwUZN2NLFjwJK4a0HtMzMU29P92RHwolGvDyGEGNJlNSDWIofupjtJ5Jdy7QUea0AMIP8tCj0BCQQVEpBSDDpUP3Mt5u9rF1n-MN0l6J2al3a1LVVsPmURg-wmx1XeHKpchbfn45QalEu12otUiOusBmfiym0tRTfT70mYlMrdeGvN65jvCuzGV0S0hQW3-Q__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA)
Distribution of active faults and seismicity on the northeast margin of the...
in The 2022 M w 6.6 Menyuan Earthquake in the Northwest Margin of Tibet: Geodetic and Seismic Evidence of the Fault Structure and Slip Behavior of the Qilian–Haiyuan Strike‐Slip Fault
> Seismological Research Letters
Published: 15 September 2022
. , 2003 ). The red rectangle and yellow star indicate the study region and the epicenter of the 2022 Menyuan earthquake, respectively. (b) Large earthquakes and local topographic map around the Qilian–Haiyuan fault. The colored circles with years denote the M ≥ 6 active earthquakes that have occurred
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Seismotectonic setting of the 2022 M w 6.7 Menyuan earthquake. The...
in The 2022 M w 6.7 Menyuan Earthquake on the Northeastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau, China: Complex Surface Ruptures and Large Slip
> Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Published: 13 March 2023
Figure 1. Seismotectonic setting of the 2022 M w 6.7 Menyuan earthquake. The inset shows the tectonic location of the study area. Black arrows indicate the direction of the block movement. ATF, Altyn Tagh fault; KF,Kunlun fault; QHF, Qilian–Haiyuan fault; XF, Xianshuihe fault. Main
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Map view of the target area. The inset map on the top right indicates the l...
in Dynamic Rupture and Strong Ground‐Motion Simulations of the 8 January 2022 M s 6.9 Qinghai Menyuan Earthquake
> Seismological Research Letters
Published: 14 August 2024
Figure 1. Map view of the target area. The inset map on the top right indicates the location of the target region (red rectangle). The black thick solid line denotes the Qilian–Haiyuan fault (QHF) and its two segments Lenglongling fault (LLLF) and Tuolaishan fault (TLSF). The black thin line
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Slip rate and recurrence intervals of the east Lenglongling fault constrained by morphotectonics: Tectonic implications for the northeastern Tibetan Plateau
Journal: Lithosphere
Publisher: GSW
Published: 01 June 2017
Lithosphere (2017) 9 (3): 417–430.
..., and Haiyuan faults, the LLLF is part of the Qilian-Haiyuan fault zone ( Zheng et al., 2013 ) ( Fig. 1A ), an important left-lateral strike-slip fault system in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. This active tectonic zone accommodates eastward movement of Tibet relative to the Gobi–Ala Shan platform (GASP...
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A digital elevation map of the northeast Tibetan Plateau showing the topogr...
in Progressive northward growth of the northern Qilian Shan–Hexi Corridor (northeastern Tibet) during the Cenozoic
> Lithosphere
Published: 01 June 2017
—northern Qilian Shan, ATF—Altyn Tagh fault, KLF—Kunlun fault, HYF—Haiyuan fault, CMF—Changma fault, NQLF—northern Qilian fault, HX—Hexi, QD—Qaidam.
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The progressive deformational model of the Qilian Shan in the Cenozoic. See...
in Progressive northward growth of the northern Qilian Shan–Hexi Corridor (northeastern Tibet) during the Cenozoic
> Lithosphere
Published: 01 June 2017
—Hexi Corridor basin, SQLS—southern Qilian Shan, CQLS—central Qilian Shan, NQLS—northern Qilian Shan, NQLF—northern Qilian fault, HYF—Haiyuan fault, CMF—Changma fault, NQDF—north Qaidam fault.
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(A) Geologic map and (B) cross section of the central segment of the Qilian...
in Two-phase kinematic evolution of the Qilian Shan, northern Tibetan Plateau: Initial Eocene–Oligocene deformation that accelerated in the mid-Miocene
> GSA Bulletin
Published: 27 October 2023
Figure 2. (A) Geologic map and (B) cross section of the central segment of the Qilian Shan, northern Tibetan Plateau. f 1 —Jiangcang-Muli fault; f 2 —South margin thrust fault of central Qilian Shan; f 3 —Haiyuan fault; f 4 —Tuolai Nan Shan thrust fault; f 5 —Tuolai Shan thrust fault; ESR
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Geological map of the Qilian Basin and its adjacent mountains (A) and geolo...
in Mid-Miocene uplift of the northern Qilian Shan as a result of the northward growth of the northern Tibetan Plateau
> Geosphere
Published: 16 January 2019
Figure 2. Geological map of the Qilian Basin and its adjacent mountains (A) and geological cross section along profile P-P′ (B). Geological map is modified from QBGMR (1968) . Red lines are major faults in the region: southern Qilian Basin fault and Haiyuan fault. Black dots are the locations
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Schematic 3D structure of the north Tibet crust showing the relation betwee...
in Large-scale topography of the north Tibetan ranges as a proxy for contrasted crustal-scale deformation modes
> Journal of the Geological Society
Published: 04 May 2022
Qaidam–South Qilian Shan blocks. ATF, Altyn Tagh fault; NCB, North China Block; EF, Elashan fault; HF, Haiyuan fault; KF, Kunlun fault; NATF, North Altyn Tagh fault; TB, Tarim Block.
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