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![Glacial landforms of different ages in Muztag Ata and <span class="search-highlight">Kongur</span> <span class="search-highlight">Shan</span>. (A) View...]()
![Figure 3. Geologic map of the <span class="search-highlight">Kongur</span> <span class="search-highlight">Shan</span> extensional system. For cross sec...]()
![Figure 5. (A) Geologic map of the southern <span class="search-highlight">Kongur</span> <span class="search-highlight">Shan</span> normal fault. (B) Lo...]()
![Figure 5. (A) Geologic map of the northern portion of the <span class="search-highlight">Kongur</span> <span class="search-highlight">Shan</span> exten...]()
![Figure 21. Late Cenozoic evolution of the <span class="search-highlight">Kongur</span> <span class="search-highlight">Shan</span> extensional system (m...]()
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![Field photo showing the geomorphologic features along the southern <span class="search-highlight">Kongur</span> S...]()
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![Tectonic map outlining the Pamir plateau gneiss domes, sample localities, a...]()
![Figure 2. Simplified geologic map of the northeastern Pamir (after Yin and...]()
![Simplified tectonic setting of the Pamir salient, showing the main fault sy...]()
![Figure 11. (A) Simplified tectonic map of the Pamir emphasizing Cenozoic hi...]()
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Quaternary glaciation of Muztag Ata and Kongur Shan: Evidence for glacier response to rapid climate changes throughout the Late Glacial and Holocene in westernmost Tibet
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 March 2009
GSA Bulletin (2009) 121 (3-4): 348–365.
...Yeong Bae Seong; Lewis A. Owen; Chaolu Yi; Robert C. Finkel Abstract The glacial geology of two massifs, Muztag Ata and Kongur Shan, in western Tibet was examined to help define the timing and style of glaciation in the semiarid regions of western Tibet. Remote sensing, geomorphic mapping, and 10...
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Tectonic evolution of the northeastern Pamir: Constraints from the northern portion of the Cenozoic Kongur Shan extensional system, western China
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 July 2004
GSA Bulletin (2004) 116 (7-8): 953–973.
...Alexander C. Robinson; An Yin; Craig E. Manning; T. Mark Harrison; Shuan-Hong Zhang; Xiao-Feng Wang Abstract The late Cenozoic Kongur Shan extensional system lies along the northeastern margin of the Pamir at the western end of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen, accommodating east-west extension...
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Kongur Shan normal fault: Type example of mountain building assisted by extension (Karakoram fault, eastern Pamir)
Journal: Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 August 1994
Geology (1994) 22 (8): 707–710.
... as twin crustal ramp anticlines formed en echelon on the eastern side of the Karakoram fault by subduction of the Tarim lithosphere under the Pamir. West-dipping S/C mylonitic gneisses that have downdip stretching lineations form the western flank of Kongur Mountain. Kinematic criteria consistently...
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Glacial landforms of different ages in Muztag Ata and Kongur Shan. (A) View...
in Quaternary glaciation of Muztag Ata and Kongur Shan: Evidence for glacier response to rapid climate changes throughout the Late Glacial and Holocene in westernmost Tibet
> GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 March 2009
Figure 3. Glacial landforms of different ages in Muztag Ata and Kongur Shan. (A) View looking along Olimde valley at moraines m 2A , m 6A , m 7A , and m 8A . (B) Glacial boulder (~2 m in diameter) produced by piedmont glacier during the penultimate or last glacial cycle located below the Yangbuk
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Figure 3. Geologic map of the Kongur Shan extensional system. For cross sec...
in Cenozoic evolution of the eastern Pamir: Implications for strain-accommodation mechanisms at the western end of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen
> GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 July 2007
Figure 3. Geologic map of the Kongur Shan extensional system. For cross sections
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Figure 5. (A) Geologic map of the southern Kongur Shan normal fault. (B) Lo...
in Cenozoic evolution of the eastern Pamir: Implications for strain-accommodation mechanisms at the western end of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen
> GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 July 2007
Figure 5. (A) Geologic map of the southern Kongur Shan normal fault. (B) Lower-hemisphere equal-area stereonet showing foliation planes (black lines), poles to planes (blue crosses), and lineations (red squares) from the Muztaghata massif.
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Figure 5. (A) Geologic map of the northern portion of the Kongur Shan exten...
in Tectonic evolution of the northeastern Pamir: Constraints from the northern portion of the Cenozoic Kongur Shan extensional system, western China
> GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 July 2004
Figure 5. (A) Geologic map of the northern portion of the Kongur Shan extensional system .
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Figure 21. Late Cenozoic evolution of the Kongur Shan extensional system (m...
in Tectonic evolution of the northeastern Pamir: Constraints from the northern portion of the Cenozoic Kongur Shan extensional system, western China
> GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 July 2004
Figure 21. Late Cenozoic evolution of the Kongur Shan extensional system (modified from Murphy et al., 2000 , and Cowgill et al., 2003 ). (A) Early Miocene initiation of Karakoram fault along the western margin of the Tibetan Plateau. The Main Pamir thrust is active, transporting the Pamir
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Cenozoic evolution of the eastern Pamir: Implications for strain-accommodation mechanisms at the western end of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 July 2007
GSA Bulletin (2007) 119 (7-8): 882–896.
...Figure 3. Geologic map of the Kongur Shan extensional system. For cross sections ...
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Uplift History of the Eastern Pamir Inferred from Inversion of Thermochronometric Data and River Profile
Journal: Lithosphere
Publisher: GSW
Published: 12 November 2024
Lithosphere (2023) 2023 (Special 14): lithosphere_2023_293.
... for exploring the orogenic tectonic evolution. Here, we focus on the Eastern Pamir where extensional deformation dominates during the late Cenozoic. We conducted low-temperature thermochronological dating on bedrock samples collected from the footwall of the Kongur Shan normal fault together with inversion...
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Late Miocene to present synchronous extension and contraction in the eastern Pamir: Insights from inversion of thermochronologic data across the southern Muztaghata dome
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 29 November 2023
GSA Bulletin (2024) 136 (7-8): 2906–2924.
..., where the ~250-km-long, ~N–S-trending Kongur Shan extensional system controls the topography. We combined 115 new apatite (U-Th-Sm)/He and zircon (U-Th)/He single-grain dates from 18 samples and previous thermochronologic data with three-dimensional thermokinematic models to constrain the thermo...
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Field photo showing the geomorphologic features along the southern Kongur S...
in Late Miocene to present synchronous extension and contraction in the eastern Pamir: Insights from inversion of thermochronologic data across the southern Muztaghata dome
> GSA Bulletin
Published: 29 November 2023
Figure 3. Field photo showing the geomorphologic features along the southern Kongur Shan fault and the Tahman fault. The dashed white triangles represent triangular facets along the southern Kongur Shan fault.
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Figure 20. Kinematic models for the development of the northern part of the...
in Tectonic evolution of the northeastern Pamir: Constraints from the northern portion of the Cenozoic Kongur Shan extensional system, western China
> GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 July 2004
Figure 20. Kinematic models for the development of the northern part of the Kongur Shan extensional system. Model 1: Extension initiates along the Kongur Shan massif but does not extend farther northwest to the Muji fault (A). Extension then propagates northward, along the Qimugang Creek and Muji
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Multisystem dating of modern river detritus from Tajikistan and China: Implications for crustal evolution and exhumation of the Pamir
Journal: Lithosphere
Publisher: GSW
Published: 01 December 2014
Lithosphere (2014) 6 (6): 443–455.
...), indicating younger or lower-magnitude exhumation of the northeastern Pamir compared to the central and southern Pamir. AFT data show strong Miocene–Pliocene signals at the orogen scale, indicating rapid erosion at the regional scale. Despite localized exhumation of the Mustagh-Ata and Kongur-Shan domes...
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Tectonic map outlining the Pamir plateau gneiss domes, sample localities, a...
in Early evolution of the Pamir deep crust from Lu-Hf and U-Pb geochronology and garnet thermometry
> Geology
Published: 01 December 2014
Figure 1. Tectonic map outlining the Pamir plateau gneiss domes, sample localities, and new Lu-Hf garnet ages, simplified from Stübner et al. (2013a) for the central and south Pamir and from Robinson et al. (2007) for the Muztagh Ata and Kongur Shan dome. Dome abbreviations: AL—Alichur, KS
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Figure 2. Simplified geologic map of the northeastern Pamir (after Yin and...
in Tectonic evolution of the northeastern Pamir: Constraints from the northern portion of the Cenozoic Kongur Shan extensional system, western China
> GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 July 2004
Figure 2. Simplified geologic map of the northeastern Pamir (after Yin and Bian, 1992 ; Brunel et al., 1994 ; Strecker et al., 1995 ) showing distribution of lithologic ages and major late Cenozoic faults. The active Kongur Shan extensional system is composed of four main fault segments based
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Simplified tectonic setting of the Pamir salient, showing the main fault sy...
in Uplift History of the Eastern Pamir Inferred from Inversion of Thermochronometric Data and River Profile
> Lithosphere
Published: 12 November 2024
Figure 1 Simplified tectonic setting of the Pamir salient, showing the main fault system and the distribution of Cenozoic granitic intrusions and gneiss domes (compiled from [ 6 , 9 , 11 , 27 , 28 , 64 ]). ALD, Alichur dome; DF, Darvaz fault; KES, Kongur Shan extensional system; KKF
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Figure 11. (A) Simplified tectonic map of the Pamir emphasizing Cenozoic hi...
in Cenozoic evolution of the eastern Pamir: Implications for strain-accommodation mechanisms at the western end of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen
> GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 July 2007
Figure 11. (A) Simplified tectonic map of the Pamir emphasizing Cenozoic high-grade rocks exposed in the cores of the Muskol and Sares domes and the footwall of the Kongur Shan normal fault, and the distribution of the Cenozoic Sares-Murgab belt of plutons in the Pamir. (B–D) Schematic cross
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Figure 4. (A and B) CORONA image and interpretation of the western portion ...
in Tectonic evolution of the northeastern Pamir: Constraints from the northern portion of the Cenozoic Kongur Shan extensional system, western China
> GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 July 2004
Shan fault segment to the north of the Kongur Shan massif. Smaller fault scarps of the Qiaklak fault are visible in Quaternary deposits west of the main fault trace. (E and F) Landsat image and interpretation of the Tashkorgan fault. The western range front is bounded by the fault to the north
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Modeled uplift rates for the fault-separated ( a ) eastern, ( b ) central, ...
in Uplift History of the Eastern Pamir Inferred from Inversion of Thermochronometric Data and River Profile
> Lithosphere
Published: 12 November 2024
Figure 5 Modeled uplift rates for the fault-separated ( a ) eastern, ( b ) central, and ( c ) western segments of the Gez River in the Kongur Shan. Color depicts the log-likelihood of the models.
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