extension. After a brief period of NE-SW directed extension in the Pleistocene, the current tectonic setting, NNW-SSE directed extension began. GPS data are unable to constrain current displacement rates.

Sanmenxia Basin

The Sanmenxia Basin trends WSW-ENE and lies between the Qinling orogenic belt to the south and the Zhongtiao Mountains to the north. The

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