RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES VOL. 7, ES6002, doi:10.2205/2005ES000187, 2005

Figure 17. The geological and geophysical profile reflecting the modern structure, crustal structure,
and Alpine geodynamics of the South Tien Shan region. This model was derived using the data published
in the literature (more than 40 references given in [Leonov, 1993]), and my own data.
(1) Neogene-Quaternary molasse; (2) the Mesozoic-Paleogene deposits of the Fergana and Afgan-Tajik basins;
(3) salt-bearing rocks; (4) subsalt rocks; (5) Mz-Kz deposits in the internal basins of the
Gissar-Alai mountain system; (6) Paleozoic deposits of the sedimentary-metamorphic rock complex that had
accumulated by the end of the Paleozoic; (7) "granite-metamorphic" (upper crust) layer; (8) potential
regions of melt origin, inferred from geothermal and gravity data (with Paleozoic granites found at shallow
depths); (9) lower-crust "basic" rock layer; (10) relatively cold upper mantle; (11) relatively hot
low-density mantle (asthenospheric layer); (12) potential trace of the Paleozoic marginal subduction zone;
(13) the surface of the pre-Mesozoic basement (pre-Mesozoic peneplane); (14) Conrad discontinuity;
(15) Moho discontinuity; (16) overthrusts and faults in the top of the crustal layer; (17) the conventional
boundary between the low-conductivity (cold) and high-conductivity (hot and low-density) mantle (the
cross-hatched areas denote the boundary zones recorded by magnetotelluric sounding); (18) tectonic flow
trends; (19) general subhorizontal compression stress; (20-22) the values of resistivity (20), seismic
velocity (21), and density (22).

Citation: Leonov, M. G. (2005), The Post-Oceanic Geodynamics of the South Tien Shan Region, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 7, ES6002, doi:10.2205/2005ES000187.
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