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5. CONCLUSION 
ASTER and Landsat TM mosaic images of the Shagryn Basin in 
Western Mongolia were evaluated for neotectonic studies. 
Various geomorphic features indicative of active faults such as, 
recent fault line scarps, triangular facets, uphill facing scarps, 
pressure-ridgés, abrupt change in topographic slope angles along 
fault traces, offset drainage, truncated fan and beheaded drainages 
were delineated from these datasets. Most of these features were 
examined in the field and revealed movements that have occurred 
during the Holocene period (past 10,000 years) The field 
measurements also assisted the determination of the fault types 
(e.g., dextral or sinistral strike-slip faults), displacement 
parameters of fault scarps and continuity of fault systems. In 
general, the NNW-SSE trending faults are characterised by 
right- lateral strike-slip while the sublatitudinal faults are of left 
lateral strike-slip origin. The present work complements the 
work done by other research using the conventional mapping 
approach. 
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