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| Convergence accommodated by lateral extrusion | ||||||||||
| In the late 70's, Tapponnier proposed that convergence is essentially accommodated by the lateral escape of continental blocks away from the indenter. Continental blocks are bounded by strike-slip faults accommodating hundreds of kilometer of displacement. This model successfully explains the presence of lithospheric scale strike-slip faults such as the Altyn Tagh fault and the Red River fault. |
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| @ Tapponnier, IPGP, Univ. Paris 6, fr | ||||||||||
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