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"Roof of world" Tibet moving northeast

www.chinanews.cn 2005-08-17 10:54:38

( Source: Xinhuanet)

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, dubbed "the roof of the world", is moving
northward and eastward at seven to 30 millimeters a year, syas a Chinese
researcher.

XI'NING, Aug. 16 - The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, dubbed "the roof of the
world", is moving northward and eastward at seven to 30 millimeters a
year, a Chinese researcher announced Tuesday.
"The plateau is moving because it's being pushed by the Indian plate,"
said Dr. Tan Kai, a researcher with China Seismological Bureau who is
collecting data for a global positioning system (GPS) survey in the
towering Kunlun Mountains in Golmud city of northwest China's Qinghai
Province.
Dr. Tan and his colleagues have found through the survey that Lhasa, on
the southern end of the plateau, is moving 30 millimeters a year
northeast at an angle of 38 degrees. Meanwhile, the Kunlun Mountains in
the central plateau is moving 21 millimeters a year at 61 degrees. The
Qilian Mountains further north is moving between seven and 14 millimeters
a year, at an angle of 80 degrees.

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