Karakoram fault system

Topographical map of India and Himalaya region with Karakoram fault superimposed on top of it. Karakoram overlay modified from[1]

The Karakoram fault is an oblique-slip fault system in the Himalayan region across India and Asia. The slip along the fault accommodates radial expansion of the Himalayan arc,[2] northward indentation of the Pamir Mountains,[3] and eastward lateral extrusion of the Tibetan plateau.[4][5] Current plate motions suggest that the convergence between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate is around 44±5 mm per year in the western Himalaya-Pamir region and approximately 50±2 mm per year in the eastern Himalayan region.[6]

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  2. ^ Murphy, M. A.; P. Copeland (2005). "Transtentional deformation in the central Himalay and its role in accommodating growth of the Himalayan orogeny". Tectonics. 24 (4): n/a. Bibcode:2005Tecto..24.4012M. doi:10.1029/2004TC001659. S2CID 106406740.
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  5. ^ Murphy, Mike A.; A. Yin; P. Kapp; T. M. Harrison; C. E. Manning (2002). "Isotopic characteristics of the Gurla Mandhata metamorphic core complex: Implications for the architecture of the Himalayan orogen". Geology. 35 (114): 428–447. doi:10.1130/G23774A.1.
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