Abstract
The Neotectonic Stress Field in the Regions of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai (China) Geological, seismological, geodetic and geomorphological data were used to determine the orientation of the principal large scale regional neotectonic normal stress directions in North-Central China. It is shown that the maximum pressure is oriented NE-SW (N 40° E). In detail, there appears to be a rotation of the maximum pressure direction from N 7° E in Ladakh to N 33° E in Chinese Western Xizang and ca. N 70° E in the Southwestern part of our region investigated: This may be an indication that apart from the effect of the collision between the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates, there may also be felt an effect of the collision between the Eurasian and Pacific plates.
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