Paleogene evolution and demise of the proto‐Paratethys Sea in Central Asia (Tarim and Tajik basins): Role of intensified tectonic activity at ca. 41 Ma

Kaya, Mustafa; Dupont‐Nivet, Guillaume; Proust, Jean‐Noël; Roperch, Pierrick; Bougeois, Laurie; Meijer, Niels; Frieling, Joost; Fioroni, Chiara; Özkan-Altıner, Sevinç; Vardar, Ezgi; Barbolini, Natasha; Stoica, Marius; Aminov, Jovid; Mamtimin, Mehmut; Zhaojie, Guo

doi:10.1111/bre.12330

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Paleogene evolution and demise of the proto‐Paratethys Sea in Central Asia (Tarim and Tajik basins): Role of intensified tectonic activity at ca. 41 Ma

Published in Basin Research • Dec 16, 2018

Authors:

Mustafa Kaya

Guillaume Dupont‐Nivet

Jean‐Noël Proust

Abstract

Abstract The proto‐Paratethys Sea covered a vast area extending from the Mediterranean Tethys to the Tarim Basin in western China during Cretaceous and early Paleogene. Climate modelling and proxy studies suggest that Asian aridification has been governed by westerly moisture modulated by fluctuatio...

Subject

Aridification

Geology

Marine transgression

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