POSITION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SIGNIFICANT FAULTS IN MYANMAR

With field survey and processing of previous data, nine faults are identified as the tectonic boundaries in Myanmar, which are:Naga Yoma-Rakhine Yoma thrust fault (F₁), Pinlebu-Pye extensional fault (F₂), Sagaing-Bago dextral strike-slip fault (F₃), Putao-Kadu thrust fault (F₄), Ringhkung-Phamo extensional fault (F₅), Namhkam-Mogok dextral strike-slip fault (F₆), Mandalay-Bago sinistral strike-slip fault (F₇), Xidang-Santa sinistral strike-slip fault (F₈) and Mong Ping-Chiang Mai thrust fault (F₉)