Although geodetic measurements of interseismic deformation in interior Tibet suggest slow
strain accumulation, active slip along the right-lateral Gyaring Co Fault is suggested to be between 8
and 21 mm/yr. Reliable geologic constraints on the slip rate along this fault are sparse. Here we document
12 ± 2 m of...
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, central Tibet
Holocene slip rate along the Gyaring Co Fault, central Tibet
Shi, X., Kirby, E., Lu, H
In the Colorado Rocky Mountains, the association of high topography and low seismic
velocity in the underlying mantle suggests that recent changes in lithospheric buoyancy may have
been associated with surface uplift of the range. This paper examines the relationships among
late Cenozoic fluvial incision, channel steepness, and mantle velocity...
Controversial end member models for the growth and evolution of the Tibetan Plateau demand quantitative constraints of the lithospheric rheology. Direct determinations of bulk crustal rheology, however, remain relatively sparse. Here we use the flexural rebound of lacustrine shorelines developed during the Lingtong highstand around Siling Co, in central Tibet,...
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from Holocene shoreline
deflection around Siling Co
Shi, X., Kirby, E., Furlong, K. P., Meng, K
Although geodetic measurements of interseismic deformation in interior Tibet suggest slow
strain accumulation, active slip along the right-lateral Gyaring Co Fault is suggested to be between 8
and 21 mm/yr. Reliable geologic constraints on the slip rate along this fault are sparse. Here we document
12 ± 2 m of...
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along the Gyaring Co fault, central Tibet
Xuhua Shi1*, Eric Kirby2, Haijian Lu3, Ruth Robinson4
Controversial end member models for the growth and evolution of the Tibetan Plateau demand quantitative constraints of the lithospheric rheology. Direct determinations of bulk crustal rheology, however, remain relatively sparse. Here we use the flexural rebound of lacustrine shorelines developed during the Lingtong highstand around Siling Co, in central Tibet,...
Although geodetic measurements of interseismic deformation in interior Tibet suggest slow strain accumulation, active slip along the right-lateral Gyaring Co Fault is suggested to be between 8 and 21 mm/yr. Reliable geologic constraints on the slip rate along this fault are sparse. Here we document 12 ± 2 m of...
Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance and, hence, sea level change is affected by the floating extensions of outlet glaciers and ice streams that take up about 44% of the coastline (Drewry et al., 1982) and are referred to as "ice shelves". Ice sheet mass loss accelerates when these ice shelves...
Pleistocene drainage basin integration led to progressive excavation of
Tertiary-Quaternary sedimentary basins along the Yellow River in the northeastern Tibetan
Plateau. Cosmogenic burial dating of ancestral river deposits and basin fill from two key
watershed divides confirms a fluvial connection between basins at 0.5–1.2 Ma, prior to excavation
by the...
Subhorizontal lake shorelines allow a geodynamic test of the size and extent of a hypothesized paleolake in central Tibet, the East Qiangtang Lake (EQL), during the last interglacial period (marine isotope stage (MIS) 5e). Reconstructions based on relict lake deposits suggest that the EQL would have been ~400 m deep...
The idea that climatically modulated erosion may impact orogenic processes has challenged geoscientists for decades. Although modeling studies and physical calculations have provided a solid theoretical basis supporting this interaction, to date, field-based work has produced inconclusive results. The central-western Alborz Mountains in the northern sectors of the Arabia-Eurasia collision...