Geometrical imagery and kinematic dissipation of the late Cenozoic active faults in the West Qinling Belt: Implications for the growth of the Tibetan Plateau by ZHANG Yipeng, ZHENG Wenjun, YUAN Daoyang, WANG Weitao, ZHANG Peizhen

“…Regionally, mantle magmatism, geophysical and geological data show that the actively deforming WQB crust is dominated by main mountain building contraction shortening strain in the upper crust, decoupled plastic deformation in the lower crust and extrusion of the mantle lithosphere below to the high-strain domains in the crust above, and such a transition zone (high and low velocity/resistivity anomalies) is relatively easy to accumulate stress, leading to occurrence of major earthquake in this area.…”
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Moho depth of the Qilian orogen revealed by wide-angle reflection/refraction profiles by Guowei Wu, Xiaosong Xiong, Rui Gao, Xuanhua Chen, Yingkang Li, Guan Wang, Haidong Ren

“…It has played an important role in the collisional process between the Indian and Asian continental plates, and the mountain-building of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau since the Cenozoic. …”
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