The North Tienshan piedmont tectonics has obvious E-W variations near Urumqi.The characteristics of the tectonic deformation on the surface are complicated here.Normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults are co-existing. This researchattempts to minimize the uncertainties in understanding of the late Quaternaryactivities of the tectonics, the relationship among the structures, and deformationmechanism of this area.
The main work and approaches are follows:
(1) Construction of the time sca...