Cenozoic deformation of the Tarim Basin and surrounding ranges (Xinjiang, 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 …

Geomorphology of contractional salt tectonics along the Kuqa fold-thrust belt, northwestern China: Testing pre-kinematic diapir versus source-fed thrust and …

B Adeoti, AAG Webb - Journal of Structural Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
The Kuqa fold-thrust belt arguably hosts Earth's highest density of diverse surface salt
structures, including salt-cored anticlines, strike-slip faults that double as salt walls, salt …

Effects of fault slip distribution on the geometry and kinematics of the southern Junggar fold-and-thrust belt, northern Tian Shan

J Qiu, G Rao, X Wang, D Yang, L Xiao - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
At the foreland edge of fold-and-thrust belts (FTBs), tectonic shortening could either be
accommodated by thick-skinned faulting and/or structural wedges developed near range …

Effect of basement structure and salt tectonics on deformation styles along strike: an example from the Kuqa fold–thrust belt, West China

Y Neng, H Xie, H Yin, Y Li, W Wang - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
The Kuqa fold–thrust belt (KFTB) has a complex thrust-system geometry and comprises
basement-involved thrusts, décollement thrusts, triangle zones, strike-slip faults …

Effect of mechanical stratigraphy on the structure and kinematics of salt-bearing fold-and-thrust belts: Insights from scaled analogue experiments with optical strain …

G Feng, S Chen, J Adam, Y Yamada, X Wang - Journal of Structural …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract 2D contractional scaled analogue experiments with composite materials including
silica-sand and mica-flakes for overburden and silicone for salt analogue are used to …

[PDF][PDF] 先存断裂与膏盐岩发育对库车坳陷东部构造变形的影响

成亚, 吴超, 李龙江, 谢会文, 陈汉林, 魏红兴, 林秀斌… - 地质科学, 2020 - dzkx.org
先存断裂和膏盐岩发育对构造变形具有重要的控制作用. 库车坳陷东部在褶皱数量, 构造样式,
构造演化过程等方面具有较大的空间差异性, 表现出明显的构造分段性. 本文在野外地质调查 …

Geomorphic analysis of active fold growth and landscape evolution in the central Qiulitage fold belt, southern Tian Shan, China

B Delcaillau, F Graveleau, D Saint Carlier, G Rao… - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
The Qiulitage fold-and-thrust system in the Kuqa foreland is a prominent NE-SW trending
relief associated with active thrust-related folding in the southern Tian Shan. Based on open …

Cenozoic Shortening and Propagation in the Eastern Kuqa Fold‐And‐Thrust Belt, South Tian Shan, NW China

F Li, X Cheng, H Chen, X Shi, Y Li, J Charreau… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In an orogen‐foreland basin system, syn‐orogenic sedimentation and deformation records
within the foreland basin provide critical evidence for understanding uplift and erosion …

Neogene paleomagnetic study of the western Baicheng Depression: Implications for the intensified deformation of Tian Shan since the latest Miocene

Z Zhang, J Sun, L Lü, W Wang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The fold‐and‐thrust belts in the southern forelands of Tian Shan were tectonically deformed
as a result of intracontinental deformation in response to the India‐Asia collision; therefore …

Structural coupling between the Qiman Tagh and the Qaidam Basin, northern Tibetan Plateau: A perspective from the Yingxiong Range by integrating field mapping …

K Huang, L Wu, J Zhang, Y Zhang, A Xiao, X Lin… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Qiman Tagh and the Qaidam Basin within the northern Tibetan Plateau are
contrasting in geomorphological, geological, and geophysical features. The Yingxiong …