• 责任者：Li Tao (State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics ; Institute of Geology ; China Earthquake Administration ; Beijing 100029 ; China) ; Chen Jie
• 刊名：Seismology and Geology
• 出版年：2011
• 卷期：33(2)
• 关键词：逆断层 ; reverse faults ; 天山 ; Tianshan Mountains ; 帕米尔高原 ; Pamirs ; 塔里木盆地 ; Tarim Basin
• 页码：p.277-288
• 图表：6 illus., 23 refs.
• 分类号：0300
• 出版序号：702
• issnNo：ISSN0253-4967
• isbnNo：CN11-2192/P

The western Tarim Basin is a convergent zone of the Southwestern Tianshan Mountains and the Pamir, and there have been big debates about its exact boundary. However, in the Mayikake Basin, the boundaries of two tectonic systems are very clear: the north-vergent Pamir Front Thrust is the leading edge of the Pamir, and south-vergent thrust at south limb of the Wulagen anticline, which was discovered in recent field study, is the south margin of the Southwestern Tianshan.  Regional correlation indicates the high terrace is the same surface as the T₂ located at north limb of the Mushi anticline with the age of ～16 ka, which indicates the average shortening rate of south limb of the anticline in Late Quaternary is ～4.5 mm/a.