Abstract The Eastern Tianshan and East Junggar orogenic belts are major constituents of
the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. This study applies low-temperature …

Most paleo‐reconstruction models agree that the South China Sea (SCS) opens within a
continental domain located at the trailing edge of the subducting plate of a vanished ocean …

The Cimmerian blocks are ribbons-like micro-continents that detached from the northern
margin of Gondwana during the closure of the Paleotethys ocean at the end of the Permian …

The role of the heterogeneous rheological architecture of rifted margins in the building of
mountain belts has challenged our view of how a collisional orogen formed. We show, using …

Many relics of passive margin are found in mountain belts sometimes together with pristine
exhume mantle. The reasons why these structures are preserved from tectonic reworking …

The Kalpin fold-and-thrust belt (FTB) was active during the Cenozoic and accommodated
crustal shortening between the Tian Shan and Tarim Basin. To constrain the timing of …

The active structures of the Iranian Makran, especially the presence of normal faults, vary
laterally in the upper plate of the subduction zone, and their relationship with the deep …

Intracratonic basins tend to subside much longer than the timescale predicted by thermal
relaxation of the lithosphere. Many hypotheses have been suggested to explain their …

Fluvial drainage patterns in orogenic belts reflect interactions among tectonics, climate, and
lithology. The central South Tian Shan displays a complex fluvial drainage pattern that shifts …

Geological study of the Khan Tengri and Pobedi massifs highlights two phases of
compressional fault displacements. A Late Permian/Triassic displacement phase is …