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Thrust Faulting

Thrust faulting is a type of brittle deformation characterized by the low-angle reverse movement of rock masses along a fault plane, in which the hanging wall moves upward over the footwall due to compressional stresses, typically occurring within the context of continental collision, lithospheric deformation, mountain building, and Quaternary tectonics.

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Active faulting and cenozoic tectonics of the Tien Shan, Mongolia, and Baykal Regions

Paul Tapponnier, Péter Molnár · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1979 · 866 citations

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Active tectonics of Tibet

Péter Molnár, Paul Tapponnier · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1978 · 781 citations

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Active thrusting and folding along the northern Tien Shan and Late Cenozoic rotation of the Tarim relative to Dzungaria and Kazakhstan

Jean‐Philippe Avouac, P. Tapponnier, Meixiang Bai et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1993 · 777 citations · Full text

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Temperatures, heat flux, and frictional stress near major thrust faults

Péter Molnár, Philip England · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1990 · 401 citations

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Modeling mountain building and the seismic cycle in the Himalaya of Nepal

Rodolphe Cattin, Jean‐Philippe Avouac · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2000 · 363 citations · Full text

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    Péter Molnár

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    12 publications · 3.4K citations

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    T. R. Watters

    Smithsonian Institution, United States

    7 publications · 852 citations

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    John B. Rundle

    University of California, Davis, United States

    6 publications · 320 citations

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    Enrico Tavarnelli

    University of Siena, Italy

    5 publications · 184 citations

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    Pierre Labaume

    Université de Montpellier, France

    5 publications · 185 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

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    Tucson, United States

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  4. China Earthquake Administration

    Beijing, China

    15 h-index

    51 publications

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  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    19 publications

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  6. Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration

    Beijing, China

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  7. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

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    Sparkill, United States

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  4. Geophysical Journal International

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