Geological development and Phanerozoic crustal accretion in the western segment of the southern Tien Shan (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan)

• Published in: Tectonophysics Vol. 328; no. 1; pp. 1 - 14
• Main Author: Brookfield, M.E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 20.12.2000
• Subjects: Phanerozoic crustal accretion; Southern Tien Shan; Southern Tien Shan; Phanerozoic crustal accretion

The Tien Shan form a high intracontinental mountain belt, lying north of the main India-Asia collision mountains, and consist of re-activated Paleozoic orogens. The western segment of the southern Tien Shan lies northwest of the Pamir and west of the Talas–Fergana fault. The stratigraphy, lithology,...