Slip partitioning and crustal deformation patterns in the Tianshan orogenic belt derived from GPS measurements and their tectonic implications

C Wu, P Zhang, Z Zhang, W Zheng, B Xu, W Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
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) …

Cenozoic exhumation of the Tianshan as constrained by regional low-temperature thermochronology

Y Wang, J Zhang, X Huang, Z Wang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The Tianshan range, located in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB),
represents an excellent natural laboratory for investigating intracontinental deformation. The …

Episodic long‐term exhumation of the Tianshan Orogenic Belt: New insights from multiple low‐temperature thermochronometers

J Yin, Y Wang, KV Hodges, W **ao, SN Thomson… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Tianshan orogenic belt, part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, offers an opportunity to
examine the complexities of an orogenic system that records long‐term intracontinental …

Mesozoic building of the Eastern Tianshan and East Junggar (NW China) revealed by low-temperature thermochronology

Z He, B Wang, S Glorie, W Su, X Ni, G Jepson, J Liu… - Gondwana …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Eastern Tianshan and East Junggar orogenic belts are major constituents of
the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. This study applies low-temperature …

[HTML][HTML] Exhuming the Meso–Cenozoic Kyrgyz Tianshan and Siberian Altai-Sayan: a review based on low-temperature thermochronology

S Glorie, J De Grave - Geoscience Frontiers, 2016 - Elsevier
Thermochronological datasets for the Kyrgyz Tianshan and Siberian Altai-Sayan within
Central Asia reveal a punctuated exhumation history during the Meso–Cenozoic. In this …

Planation surfaces of the Tian Shan Range (Central Asia): Insight on several 100 million years of topographic evolution

J Morin, M Jolivet, L Barrier, A Laborde, H Li… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract In Central Asia, numerous fragments of planation surfaces are visible within the
present day topography. However, their precise timing of formations is still poorly …

Closure time of the Junggar‐Balkhash Ocean: Constraints from Late Paleozoic volcano‐sedimentary sequences in the Barleik Mountains, West Junggar, NW China

B Liu, BF Han, JF Chen, R Ren, B Zheng, ZZ Wang… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Junggar‐Balkhash Ocean was a major branch of the southern Paleo‐Asian
Ocean. The timing of its closure is important for understanding the history of the Central …

Thermochronological and geochemical footprints of post-orogenic fluid alteration recorded in apatite: Implications for mineralisation in the Uzbek Tian Shan

S Glorie, G Jepson, D Konopelko, R Mirkamalov… - Gondwana …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Uzbek Tian Shan is a prominent metal-rich belt, hosting world-class orogenic
Au deposits such as Muruntau. However, its post-collisional history in relation to fluid …

Long-term topographic evolution of the Central Tianshan (NW China) constrained by low-temperature thermochronology

Z He, B Wang, S Nachtergaele, S Glorie, X Ni, W Su… - Tectonophysics, 2021 - Elsevier
The Tianshan belt forms the southwestern part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, and its
current topography is a product of punctuated Meso-Cenozoic intra-continental deformation …

Tracking the multi-stage exhumation history of the western Chinese Tianshan by apatite fission track (AFT) dating: implication for the preservation of epithermal …

Y Wang, K Cai, M Sun, W **ao, J De Grave, B Wan… - Ore Geology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The western Chinese Tianshan, located in the southern domain of the Central
Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), was originally established by multiple accretion-collision …