The neotectonics of the Tibetan Plateau.

Part of the continuing northward convergence between India and Eurasia is probably taken up by strike slip displacement, with Tibet as a whole moving eastward away from the collision zone and undergoing east-west extension (Molnar and Tapponnier, 1975; Ni and York, 1978). On the basis of our interpretation of Landsat images we propose that strike slip faulting occurs throughout the Tibetan plateau such that its north-south cross section is being shortened, with little contemporary folding or thrusting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]