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ment of 100 ± 20 km, and assuming a constant long-term slip rate of ca.10 mm/yr for several millions of years. And this timing (Figs. 1a,b). In northern Tibet, the Kunlun and the Altyn Tagh faults are two major strike-slip faults that help has a long-term slip rate of 9–10 mm/yr (Wang, 1997; Yin et al., 2002). This long-term slip rate estimated from geologic data is similar to the rate shown by GPS measure-ments (Bendick et al., 2000). However, an important tec-tonic element in the India-Asia collision system, the timing of left-lateral faulting for the Kunlun Fault Zone