ABSTRACT
Recent studies further confirm that the maximum horizontal displacement of the Tan-Lu fault zone is over 700 km. Rocks and strata offset or controlled by the Tan-Lu fault zone as well as isotopic dating suggest that large-scale sinistral strike-slip movement in the fault zone took place near the end of Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous interval, i.e. 110–140 Ma. Many studies demonstrate that the Tan-Lu fault zone is an intracontinental transcurrent fault zone with hundreds of km of displacement. Its development is closely related to oblique motion of the Izanagi Plate in the Pacific region.
