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(a)
Eurasia

40 N
Tarim Basin

35 N
Tibetan Plateau Songpan-Ganzi

30 N Himalaya

India

25 N South
40 mm a -1
China

70 E 75 E 80 E 85 E 90 E 95 E 100 E 105 E 110 E

(b)
Himalaya

40 Indus-Zangbo Suture Across the profile 40
35 Ganzi - Mani Fault (Qiangtang) Along the profile 35
12 30 Jiali Fault 30

25 Kunlun Fault Qaidam Basin 25
Elevation (Km) 8 20 Rate (mm a¯1) 20

15
15
10 Alashan 10
5 5
4
0 0
India Eurasia
5 5
Tibetan Plateau
10
0 10
5 0 5 10 15
Distance along direction N21 E

Figure 10.16 (a) GPS velocity field relative to stable Siberia (image provided by Y. Yang and M. Liu and modified
from Liu & Yang, 2003, by permission of the American Geophysical Union. Copyright © 2003 American Geophysical
Union), combining data from Chen et al. (2000), Larson et al. (1999), and Wang et al. (2001). Error ellipses are 95%

confidence. Velocity scale is shown in lower left corner. (b) GPS velocity profile across the Tibetan Plateau in the

direction N21°E (after Wang et al., 2001, Science 294, 574–7, with permission from the AAAS). Black diamonds represent
the component of velocity perpendicular to the profile, light gray diamonds represent the component of the velocity

parallel to the profile.