New U-Th/Pb constraints on timing of shearing and long-term slip-rate on the Karakorum fault

• Main Authors: Liu, Dunyi, Deloule, Etienne, Xu, Zhiqin, Mahéo, Gweltaz., Guillot, Stéphane, Valli, Franck, Leloup, Philippe Hervé, Paquette, Jean-Louis, Arnaud, Nicolas, Li, Haibing, Tapponnier, Paul, Lacassin, Robin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95119; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8731
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Zircons and monazites from 6 samples of the North Ayilari dextral shear zone (NAsz), part of the Karakorum fault zone (KFZ), have been dated with the U-Th-Pb method, using both ID-TIMS and SIMS techniques. The ages reveal (1) inheritance fr...