Cenozoic deformation of the Tarim Basin and surrounding ranges (**njiang, China): A regional overview

A Laborde, L Barrier, M Simoes, H Li, T Coudroy… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
With its central position between the Tibetan Plateau and the Tian Shan Range, the Tarim
Basin is a key element of the Cenozoic Asian orogenic system. However, a comprehensive …

Spatiotemporal patterns of the Late Quaternary deformation across the northern Chinese Tian Shan foreland

H Lu, B Li, D Wu, J Zhao, X Zheng, J **ong, Y Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
The investigations of active deformation across a mountain foreland can provide important
insights into the pattern and dynamics of deformation of an active orogenic belt. Here we …

Was the Pamir salient built along a Late Paleozoic embayment on the southern Asian margin?

YP Li, AC Robinson, M Gadoev… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
While the northward convex Pamir salient has been interpreted to be a Cenozoic feature,
resulting from terranes of the Pamir experiencing∼ 300 km of northward translation relative …

Using migrating growth strata to confirm a∼ 230-km-long detachment thrust in the southern Tarim Basin

H Chen, Y Zhang, X Cheng, X Lin, H Deng… - Journal of Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
The amount of fault slip and timing of fault activation are two fundamental elements of
quantitatively structural analysis. Currently, these two parameters are mainly determined by …

Cenozoic sedimentary evolution of the Tiereke section on the northern Tarim Basin: implications for the intracontinental mountain building of the Eastern Tian Shan

J Huang, X Lin, K An, Y Qu, L Li, L Jiang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
The Tian Shan is one of the world's largest intracontinental orogens and provides an
excellent example for deciphering the intracontinental responses to the tectonics of plate …

Early Cretaceous foreland-like Northeastern Qaidam Basin, Tibetan Plateau and its tectonic implications: insights from sedimentary investigations, detrital zircon U–Pb …

C Zhang, L Wu, W Chen, Y Zhang, A **ao… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Early Cretaceous collision between the Lhasa and Qiangtang terranes is one
of the critical tectonic events that shaped the southern margin of the Eurasian continent, and …

[HTML][HTML] Prospects for Eocene potash deposition in the East Tethyan domain: New evidence from fluid inclusions and chlorine isotope of halite crystals in the Kuqa …

HD Yu, H Zou, JH Wu, L Bagas, DX Gong… - Ore Geology …, 2023 - Elsevier
The level of the Tethys Sea increased several times during the deposition of Mesozoic to
Cenozoic sediments in the Kuqa Basin in the Tarim Block. The basin contains Paleogene to …

Tectonic and climatic controls on topographic spatial variability across the Pamir Plateau and implications for drainage evolution

S Chen, ML Chevalier, H Li - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pamir Plateau, NW prolongation of the Tibetan Plateau, experienced late
Cenozoic thrusting and extensional shearing/faulting and mainly receives moisture from the …

[HTML][HTML] Mesozoic evolution of the eastern Pamir

DB Imrecke, AC Robinson, LA Owen, J Chen… - …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We present field and analytical results from the Tashkurgan and Waqia valleys in the
southeastern Pamir that shed new light on the tectonic evolution and terrane architecture of …

Late Miocene to present synchronous extension and contraction in the eastern Pamir: Insights from inversion of thermochronologic data across the southern …

S Chen, MG Fellin, SD Willett… - Geological …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Late Cenozoic gneiss domes cover~ 30% of the surface of the Pamir salient in the
northwestern end of the India–Asia collision zone. The highest peaks of the Pamir are in the …