Map of the Ordos Block showing the active fault systems that form its boundaries
The Ordos Block is a crustal block, that forms part of the larger North China Block (NCB). It is surrounded by active fault systems and has been a distinct block since at least the Mesozoic. It is bordered to the west by the Alxa Block, the westernmost part of the NCB, to the south by the Qinling orogenic belt, to the north by the Yanshan-Yinshan orogenic belt, part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and to the east by the Taihangshan mountain range, which forms part of the Trans-North China Orogen.[1] The block is currently stable and large earthquakes are restricted to the bordering fault zones. It has been suggested that the block is currently undergoing anti-clockwise rotation with respect to the Eurasian Plate, as a result of the ongoing eastward spreading of the Tibetan Plateau,[2] although this view has been challenged.[3]
^Chen, W.; Liufu, Y.; Wu, L.; Zhang, C.; Zhang, H.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, Q.; Xiao, A. (2021). "Early Cretaceous extensional allochthons in the Taihang Shan associated with destruction of the North China Craton". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2021.104933.
^Zhao, B.; Zhang, C.; Wang, D.; Huan, Y.; Tan, K.; Du, R.; Liu, J. (2017). "Contemporary kinematics of the Ordos block, North China and its adjacent rift systems constrained by dense GPS observations". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 135: 257–267. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2016.12.045.
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The OrdosBlock is a crustal block, that forms part of the larger North China Block (NCB). It is surrounded by active fault systems and has been a distinct...
The Ordos Plateau, also known as the Ordos Basin or simply the Ordos, is a highland sedimentary basin in parts of most Northern China with an elevation...
of active extensional tectonics that forms the eastern margin of the OrdosBlock in northern China. The zone extends for at least 900 km (560 mi) and...
the rift basins that form the southern and eastern boundaries of the OrdosBlock. To the east the basin is continuous with the Shanxi Rift System. The...
was formed from 4 blocks, the Yinshan Block, the OrdosBlock, the Longgang Block and the Langrim Block. The Yinshan and OrdosBlocks collided and formed...
proposed that the Yinshan Block and OrdosBlock collided at around 1.92 billion years ago, with Yinshan Block subducted under OrdosBlock. An accretionary wedge...
rifting. The rift system forms the southern and eastern borders of the OrdosBlock. This zone of extensional tectonics is a reaction to the ongoing collision...
Taihang Mountains, the Shanxi Rift forms the eastern boundary of the OrdosBlock; a fragment of continental crust within the Eurasian Plate. Within the...
volcanism may originate in the tectonic effects of the movement of the OrdosBlock. Seismic tomography indicates the presence of a low velocity region at...
Taihang Mountains, the Shanxi Rift forms the eastern boundary of the OrdosBlock; a fragment of continental crust within the Eurasian Plate. Within the...
Atreides, the Harkonnen or the Ordos, with the objective of wresting control of Arrakis from the other two houses. House Ordos is not featured in the Dune...
where it accommodates shortening between the Tibetan Plateau and the OrdosBlock. The earthquake is known to have ruptured the central segment of the...
"Ordos, China: A Modern Ghost Town". Time. Archived from the original on 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015. Day, Peter (17 March 2012). "Ordos: The...
much-contested Ordos region as far as the Qin fortifications set up by Meng Tian. In this way, Wei Qing reconquered the irrigable lands north of the Ordos and restored...
speculated that in this period a century may have referred to a Phalanx block and was perhaps the main tactical unit on the battlefield. After the adoption...
modern Mongolia since the 15th century. The Khalkha, together with Chahars, Ordos and Tumed, were directly ruled by Borjigin khans until the 20th century;...
Grand Theatre, China Wood Sculpture Museum, 2012 – Harbin, China Ordos Museum, 2011 – Ordos, China National Art Museum of China - Beijing, China Hutong Bubble...
include 1.5 kg large and 1/2 kg small "wheels", as well as various slices and blocks. The original French recipe is still manufactured today, under the trademark...
spoken to the east in eastern Inner Mongolia and Manchuria. Ordos is spoken to the south, in Ordos City in Inner Mongolia. Oirat, is spoken to the west, in...
in the Ordos Desert, where maternal DNA corresponds to the Mongol Daur people and the Tungusic Evenks. The Zhukaigou Xianbei (part of the Ordos culture...
Esen's death to 1481 different warlords of the Kharchin, the Belguteids and Ordos Mongols fought over succession and had their Genghisid khans enthroned....
District". Forbes. Retrieved December 5, 2023. Spanning just about 20 square blocks between Times Square and Penn Station along Seventh Avenue (also known as...
"Historical statutes of Ordo Equester Templi - Templari Oggi". www.templarstoday.us. Retrieved 15 September 2023. "Historical statutes of Ordo Equester Templi...
100 architects gathered in Ordos for a first site visit. The film Ordos 100 documents the total of three site visits to Ordos, during which time the master...
Warring States-period Qin figurines and a similar type of artifact from the Ordos region, and they all date to the fifth to third centuries BCE. Nickel, Lukas...
often falling asleep on the phone together. However, Alicia lives just 70 blocks from Aaliyah and is refusing to meet her in the flesh. Alicia claims that...
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