Late Eocene stepwise seawater retreat from the Pamir-Tian Shan convergence zone (Alay Valley) in the western Tarim Basin, China

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Sun, Jimin, Sha, Jingeng, Windley, Brian F., Zhang, Zhiliang, Fu, Bihong
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER 2023
• Subjects: Paleogene; Turan Sea; Land -sea distribution; Far -field effect; Indo-Eurasian collision; TIBETAN PLATEAUCRUSTAL STACKING; TIEN-SHAN; EXTENSIONAL COLLAPSE; ANTARCTIC GLACIATION; CENOZOIC EVOLUTION; FORELAND BASIN; SEA RETREAT; ARIDIFICATION; PARATETHYS; EXHUMATION; Physical Geography; Geology; Paleontology; Geography; Physical; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Antarctic; Turan; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/42679; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111603

Inner Asia underwent dramatic changes in sea-land distributions and paleoenvironment in the Cenozoic that were marked by the westward retreat and finally demise of the proto-Paratethys and the subsequent formation of the largest mid-latitude dryland in Central Asia in the Northern Hemisphere. The pr...