Title: Tectonic geomorphology in the Hexi Corridor, north‐west China
Abstract: The Hexi Corridor is a Cenozoic foreland basin system at the north‐eastern margin of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Active faults, having clear geomorphological expression, are mainly NW‐trending reverse‐sinistral faults and NNW‐trending reverse‐dextral faults. From the south‐west to the north‐east, landforms can be divided into three parallel zones arranged along the WNW faults. Longitudinally, three transverse uplifted blocks divide the Hexi Corridor into four subbasins. North‐eastward motion of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and eastward motion of the north‐east part of the Plateau resulted in compressive and shear deformations and controlled the geomorphological pattern in the Hexi Corridor.
Publication Year: 1998
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
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