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Three Pagodas Fault, the Glossary

Index Three Pagodas Fault

The Three Pagodas Fault is a right-lateral displacement strike-slip fault between Burma and Thailand named after the Three Pagodas Pass.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 17 relations: Bangkok, Dam, Earthquake, Eurasian Plate, Fault trace, Homoclinal ridge, Indian Plate, Kanchanaburi province, Limestone, Mainland Southeast Asia, Myanmar, Paleozoic, Red River Fault, Tanintharyi Region, Tenasserim Hills, Thailand, Three Pagodas Pass.

  2. Geology of Myanmar
  3. Geology of Thailand
  4. Seismic faults of Southeast Asia
  5. Tenasserim Hills

Bangkok

Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.

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Dam

A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams.

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Earthquake

An earthquakealso called a quake, tremor, or tembloris the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves.

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Eurasian Plate

The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Europe and Asia), with the notable exceptions of the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian subcontinent and the area east of the Chersky Range in eastern Siberia.

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Fault trace

A fault trace describes the intersection of a geological fault with the Earth's surface, which leaves a visible disturbance on the surface, usually looking like a crack in the surface with jagged rock structures protruding outward.

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Homoclinal ridge

A homoclinal ridge or strike ridge is a hill or ridge with a moderate, generally between 10° and 30°, sloping backslope.

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Indian Plate

The Indian Plate (or India Plate) is a minor tectonic plate straddling the equator in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Kanchanaburi province

Kanchanaburi (กาญจนบุรี) is the largest of the western provinces (changwat) of Thailand.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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Mainland Southeast Asia

Mainland Southeast Asia (also known Indochina or the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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Paleozoic

The Paleozoic (or Palaeozoic) Era is the first of three geological eras of the Phanerozoic Eon.

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Red River Fault

The Red River Fault or Song Hong Fault (Đới Đứt Gãy Sông Hồng) is a major fault in Yunnan, China and Vietnam which accommodates continental China's (Yangtze Plate) southward movement. Three Pagodas Fault and Red River Fault are strike-slip faults and Structural geology stubs.

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Tanintharyi Region

Tanintharyi Region (တနင်္သာရီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး,; Mon: italics or italics; formerly Tenasserim Division and Tanintharyi Division) is a region of Myanmar, covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the northern Malay Peninsula, reaching to the Kra Isthmus.

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Tenasserim Hills

The Tenasserim Hills or Tenasserim Range (တနင်္သာရီ တောင်တန်း,; ทิวเขาตะนาวศรี,,; Banjaran Tanah Seri/Banjaran Tenang Sari) is the geographical name of a roughly 1,700 km long mountain chain, part of the Indo-Malayan mountain system in Southeast Asia.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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Three Pagodas Pass

Three Pagodas Pass (Phlone; ဘုရားသုံးဆူ တောင်ကြားလမ်း, Paya Thon Zu Taung Za Lang,; ด่านเจดีย์สามองค์) is a pass in the Tenasserim Hills on the border between Thailand and Myanmar (Burma), at an elevation of. Three Pagodas Fault and Three Pagodas Pass are Tenasserim Hills.

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See also

Geology of Myanmar

Geology of Thailand

Seismic faults of Southeast Asia

Tenasserim Hills

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Pagodas_Fault