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Underthrusting of Tarim beneath the Tien Shan and deep structure of their junction zone: Main results of seismic experiment along MANAS Profile Kashgar-Song-Köl

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The results of reflection CMP seismic profiling of the Central Tien Shan in the meridional tract 75–76° E from Lake Song-Köl in Kyrgyzstan to the town of Kashgar in China are considered. The seismic section demonstrating complex heterogeneous structure of the Earth’s crust and reflecting its near-horizontal delamination with vertical and inclined zones of compositional and structural differentiation was constructed from processing of initial data of reflection CMP seismic profiling, earthquake converted-wave method (ECWM), and seismic tomography. The most important is the large zone of underthrusting of the Tarim Massif beneath the Tien Shan.

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  1. Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geosciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Ulansky per., bldg. 2, Moscow, 101000, Russia

    V. I. Makarov

  2. Geological Institute (GIN), Russian Academy of Sciences, 7 Pyzhevskii per., Moscow, 119017, Russia

    D. V. Alekseev & M. G. Leonov

  3. Scientific Station, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bishkek-49, 720049, Kyrgyzstan, Russia

    V. Yu. Batalev, E. A. Bataleva, V. D. Bragin, A. K. Rybin & G. G. Shchelochkov

  4. FGUNPP Sevmorgeo, Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, 36 ul. Rozenshteina, St. Petersburg, 198095, Russia

    I. V. Belyaev, N. T. Dergunov, N. N. Efimova & Yu. V. Roslov

  5. Pulkovo Seismic Station, Geophysical Survey, Russian Academy of Science, 65 Pulkovskoe sh., St. Petersburg, Russia

    L. M. Munirova

  6. All-Russia Research Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources of the World Ocean, 1 Angliiskii pr., St. Petersburg, 190121, Russia

    A. D. Pavlenkin

  7. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, New York, 12180-3590, USA

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Original Russian Text © V.I. Makarov, D.V. Alekseev, V.Yu. Batalev, E.A. Bataleva, I.V. Belyaev, V.D. Bragin, N.T. Dergunov, N.N. Efimova, M.G. Leonov, L.M. Munirova, A.D. Pavlenkin, S. Roecker, Yu.V. Roslov, A.K. Rybin, G.G. Shchelochkov, 2010, published in Geotektonika, 2010, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 23–42.

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Makarov, V.I., Alekseev, D.V., Batalev, V.Y. et al. Underthrusting of Tarim beneath the Tien Shan and deep structure of their junction zone: Main results of seismic experiment along MANAS Profile Kashgar-Song-Köl. Geotecton. 44, 102–126 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016852110020020

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