Shansi Graben

References

Shansi Graben

graben, China

Written by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Learn about this topic in these articles:

mountain
The Himalayan chain
…Zone in Siberia and the Shansi Graben in northern China seem to have resulted from the east-southeastward extrusion of material out of India’s path. Moreover, crustal thickening in the Tibetan Plateau has ceased, and now east–west extension of the plateau contributes to the eastward extrusion. The plateau is laced with…
Read More
…Zone in Siberia and the Shansi Graben in northern China seem to have resulted from the east-southeastward extrusion of material out of India’s path. Moreover, crustal thickening in the Tibetan Plateau has ceased, and now east–west extension of the plateau contributes to the eastward extrusion. The plateau is laced with…
Read More