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 …

Metallogeny of Late Paleozoic lode gold mineralization of western Tien Shan: From orogenic shortening to intracontinental strike-slip shearing

X Zhao, C Xue, R Seltmann, W Zhao, G Ma… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Extending eastward from the Kyzylkum desert of Uzbekistan, through Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
and continuing into western China, the late Paleozoic Tien Shan orogen in the southwestern …

Using apatite to differentiate metallogenic potential and environment of granitic rocks: A case study from the Tongshanling W-Sn-Cu-Pb-Zn ore field, Nanling Range …

X Hu, H Li, MW Förster, SM Elatikpo, H Kong… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Tongshanling ore field is one of the most representative W–Sn–Cu–Pb–Zn polymetallic
deposits in the central-western Nanling Ore Belt, which developed multiple mineralization …

Late Miocene (10.0∼ 6.0 Ma) rapid exhumation of the Chinese South Tianshan: Implications for the timing of aridification in the Tarim Basin

J Chang, S Glorie, N Qiu, K Min… - Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cenozoic exhumation in the Tianshan is controlled by a complex interaction between
tectonics and climate. However, the timing and magnitude of exhumation of the Tianshan …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Thermo-tectonic history of the Junggar Alatau within the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (SE Kazakhstan, NW China): Insights from integrated apatite U/Pb, fission …

S Glorie, A Otasevic, J Gillespie, G Jepson… - Geoscience …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Junggar Alatau forms the northern extent of the Tian Shan within the Central
Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) at the border of SE Kazakhstan and NW China. This study …

Episodic exhumation and related tectonic controlling during Mesozoic in the Eastern Tian Shan, Xinjiang, northwestern China

Y Chen, G Wang, P Kapp, T Shen, P Zhang, C Zhu… - Tectonophysics, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Eastern Tian Shan (ETS), which is located in the southern margin of the Central
Asian orogenic belt, experienced multiple cooling episodes during the Mesozoic. However …

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 …