Tectonic geomorphology in the Shanxi Graben System, northern China
- Li, YL
- Yang, JC
- Xia, ZK
- Mo, DW
DOIAbstract
The Shanxi Graben System is composed of a series of normal fault-controlled basins which are arranged in an s-shaped curve over a distance of about 1200 km. Active faults, mainly trending NNE-SSW, NE-SW, or ENE-WSW, caused blocks to become rotated and tilted, and river courses and terraces to become deformed. Volcanoes in the Datong Basin indicate that the formation of the Shanxi Graben System has a relationship to upper mantle activity and that the tectonic activity was intense during the middle Pleistocene. Arrangement and movement of the faults indicates there has been right-lateral shear in this area, which may have resulted from the northward push of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.http://gateway.webofknowledge...
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