The surface uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) offers a key testing ground for
evaluating models of collisional tectonics and holds important implications for processes …

As one of the largest Phanerozoic orogens in the world, the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
(CAOB) is a natural laboratory for studies of continental dynamics and metallogenesis. This …

Argon isotopic dating is one of the most important techniques for estimating the ages of
rocks and can be used on very small samples. It has been used to assign reliable ages to …

The Tian Shan of Central Asia is located in the southwestern part of the Central Asian
Orogenic Belt (CAOB, also known as the Central Asian Orogenic System or CAOS) …

Asia has been a major testing ground for various competing models of continental
deformation due to its relatively well-understood plate boundary conditions in the Cenozoic …

The conventional view of crustal deformation in the reactivated Tianshan orogenic belt is
strong north–south (NS) compression accommodated by a series of east–west (E–W) …

Abstract The early Paleozoic Wuyi-Yunkai orogen in South China is a major orogenic belt in
East Asia that formed at a similar time as the classic Caledonian orogeny in Europe. Despite …

The primary pattern of the late Cenozoic to the present tectonic deformation of China is
characterized by relative movements and interactions of tectonic blocks. Active tectonic …

The active left-slip Altyn Tagh fault defines the northern edge of the Tibetan plateau. To
determine its deformation history we conducted integrated research on Cenozoic …

Measurements at∼ 400 campaign‐style GPS points and another 14 continuously recording
stations in central Asia define variations in their velocities both along and across the Kyrgyz …