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 …

Final closure of the Paleo Asian Ocean basin in the early Triassic

Z Tan, W Xiao, Q Mao, H Wang, M Sang, R Li… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
The timing of the final welding of the southern Altaids to construct Pangea is a matter of
debate which has led to considerable uncertainty regarding the configuration of northeast …

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

J Yin, Y Wang, KV Hodges, W Xiao, 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 …

Meso-Cenozoic thermo-tectonic evolution of the Yili block within the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (NW China): Insights from apatite fission track thermochronology

Z He, B Wang, W Su, S Glorie, X Ni, J Liu, D Cai… - Tectonophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
The Yili block in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), forms the easternmost part of the
Kazakhstan collage system. Exploring its thermo-tectonic history is important to reconstruct …

A re-evaluation of the Meso-Cenozoic thermo-tectonic evolution of Bogda Shan (Tian Shan, NW China) based on new basement and detrital apatite fission track …

Z He, S Glorie, F Wang, W Zhu, A Fonseca… - International Geology …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Bogda Shan is a mountain belt located at the eastern extremity of the Chinese Tianshan and
records a complex and debated exhumation history. Previous studies have reported a young …

From left slip to transpression: Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the North Altyn Fault, NW margin of the Tibetan Plateau

S Gao, E Cowgill, L Wu, X Lin, X Cheng, R Yang… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Cenozoic North Altyn Fault (NAF) is a major splay of the Altyn Tagh Fault along
the northwestern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, but its role in the development of this …

Climate as the great equalizer of continental‐scale erosion

G Jepson, B Carrapa, J Gillespie… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Central Asia hosts the most extensive and highest topography on Earth, which is the result of
the feedbacks among rock uplift, atmospheric circulation and moisture transport, and …

Mesozoic thermo-tectonic evolution of the Western altai orogenic belt (NW China): insights from low-temperature thermochronology

M Wu, J Yin, Z He, W Xiao, Y Wang, W Chen… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Meso-Cenozoic tectonic activities of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB)
played an important role in controlling the present-day topography of Central Asia. The Altai …

Growth of the Tian Shan Drives Migration of the Conglomerate‐Sandstone Transition in the Southern Junggar Foreland Basin

C Li, S Wang, Y Li, Y Chen, H Sinclair… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The conglomerate‐sandstone transition (CST) preserved in foreland basins records the
stratigraphic equivalent of the gravel to sand transition (GST) which migrates in response to …

Mesozoic exhumation of the northern West Junggar, NW China: Insights from low-temperature thermochronometers

Y Wang, Y Wang, J Yin, SN Thomson, W Xiao, Z He… - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
As an important component of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), the West Junggar
represents a natural laboratory to explore intracontinental deformation in a complex terrane …