Karakorum fault slip-rate seems to be constant along strike over the last 200 ka.

The article determines the slip-rate of the Karakorum fault to explain its role in the deformation of the Tibetan plateau. Based on the surface exposure ages of 127 samples taken from the right-lateral segment of the Karakorum fault and at the Pulan Graben fault in western Tibet, the slip-rate along the 30° Karakorum Fault bend at Baer to Mount Kailas varies from 5.7±3.4 - 9.4±2.5 millimeters/year (mm/yr) and the slip-rate at the Pulan Graben fault was 1.5±0.3 mm/yr.