The northeastern Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings are a tectonically complex region resulting from the continuing collision of India with Eurasia. We studied the tectonic deformation of this region using a GPS block model, which was produced using the most recently published, dense, precise, and complete GPS velocities available combined with a detailed fault geometry. The comparison between our preferred model with numerous faults and a model with fewer faults demonstrates the need for inclusion of lesser active faults affords a closer examination of strain partitioning. The predicted senses of motion and slip rates of active faults in our preferred model are consistent with the geological estimates, supporting the assumption that the decadal GPS slip rates are representative of millennial‐scale geologic slip rates. The observed fault kinematics in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings can be interpreted as the consequence of relative motions between different blocks and block rotations.

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GPS块模拟显示的青藏高原东北部及其周边地区的构造变形

青藏高原东北部及其周围地区是印度与欧亚大陆持续碰撞造成的构造复杂区域。我们使用GPS块模型研究了该区域的构造变形，该模型是使用最新发布的，密集的，精确的和完整的GPS速度以及详细的断层几何结构生成的。我们的首选模型中有许多个断层与一个断层较少的模型之间的比较表明，需要包含较少的活动断层，以便对应变分配进行更仔细的研究。在我们的首选模型中，预测的活动断层运动和滑移率与地质估计值是一致的，支持这样的假设，即年代际GPS滑移率代表了千禧年规模的地质滑移率。