Structural framework of a major intracontinental orogenic termination zone: the easternmost Tien Shan, China

From: Journal of the Geological Society | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Received 13 September 2002; revised typescript accepted 19 December 2002. Scientific editing by Alex Maltman

Abstract: The Barkol Tagh and Karlik Tagh ranges of the easternmost Tien Shan are a natural laboratory for studying the fault architecture of an active termination zone of a major intracontinental mountain range. Barkol and Karlik Tagh and lesser ranges to the north are bounded by active thrust faults that locally deform Quaternary sediments. Major thrusts in Karlik Tagh connect along strike to the east with the left-lateral Gobi-Tien Shan Fault System in SW Mongolia. From a Mongolian ...

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