Continental drift in eastern Asia and Alaska

The Niushoushan–Luoshan fault zone (NLF) separates two major tectonic units: the Ordos Block and the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. The deformational processes within this fault zone recorded the uplift and expansion of the northeastern margin of the plateau. However, the tectonic transition mechanisms during the end Miocene–Pleistocene, and the characteristics of deformation at the end Pliocene and their tectonic significances,...