Figure 4: The suture zones of Chinese tectonics and the ATF.
From: Lasting mantle scars lead to perennial plate tectonics
(a) A topographic map of the different tectonic blocks with paleo-suture zones (white lines) of the India–Eurasia collision zone (suture zones from Watson et al.50). CAOB, Central Asia Orogenic Belt; L, Lhasa block; Q, Qaidam Basin; QI, Qiantang block; SQ, Songpan–Ganzi complex; TB, Tarim Basin. (b) Grey boxed region in a showing the ATF with strike-slip faulting denoted in black, with thrust faulting in white26. NAF, North Altyn Fault. (c) Schematic seismic model of ATF28 from Zhang et al.27. Red and green regions indicate the crust and mantle, respectively. Regions that are more yellow or red in the model are low-velocity zones. Seismic line A to A′ is marked on b.
