Schematic diagram of tectonic deformation in the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau since the Late Eocene (IMAGE)

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Schematic diagram of tectonic deformation in the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau since the Late Eocene

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 (A) Simplified tectonic map showing different latitudinal displacement and the upper mantle deformation field along the southeastern Tibetan Plateau; (B) Schematic diagram showing the amount of offsets along the Zhongdian Fault based on paleomagnetic rotation; (C) Cartoon diagram showing northernmost boundary of the southeastward extrusion in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau; (D) Cartoon diagram showing different subduction directions of the Indian plate through Deqin.

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