Gravity anomalies over the Ferghana Valley (central Asia) and intracontinental deformation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 18137-18152

  Burov, Evgene B ^a,c,e   Molnar, Peter ^b,d  

^a Direction de la Recherche   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^e Direction de la Recherche   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GRAVITY ANOMALY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ASIA; FERGHANA VALLEY; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 0032504743     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01079     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Abdrakhmatov, K. Y. et al., Relatively recent construction of the Tien Shan inferred from GPS measurements of present-day crustal deformation rates, Nature, 384, 450-453, 1996.
2. Artemjev, E.M., M.K. Kaban, V.A. Kucherinenko, G.V. Demyanov, and V.A. Taranov, Subcrustal density inhomogeneities of Northern Eurasia as derived from the gravity data and isostatic models of the lithosphere, Tectonophysics, 240, 249-280, 1994.
3. Avouac, J.-P., and E.B. Burov, Erosion as a driving mechanism of intracontinental mountain growth?, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 17747-17769, 1996.
4. Avouac, J.-P., and P. Tapponnier, Cinématique des déformations actives en Asie Centrale, C. R. Acad. Sci., Sér. II, 315, 1791-1798, 1992.
5. Bazhenov, M.L., Cretaceous paleomagnetism of the Ferghana Basin and adjacent ranges, central Asia: Tectonic implications, Tectonophysics, 221, 251-267, 1993.
6. Beekman, F., Tectonic modelling of thick-skinned compressional intraplate deformation, Ph.D. thesis, 152 pp., Free Univ., Amsterdam, 1994.
7. Bilham, R., K. Larson, J. Freymueller, and Project Idylhim Members, GPS measurements of present-day convergence across the Nepal Himalaya, Nature, 386, 61-64, 1997.
8. Biot, M.A., Theory of folding of stratified viscoelastic media and its implications in tectonics and orogenesis, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 72, 1595-1620, 1961.
9. Brace, W.F., and D.L. Kohlstedt, Limits on lithospheric stress imposed by laboratory experiments, J. Geophys. Res., 85, 6248-6252, 1980.
10. Burg, J.-P., P. Davy, and J. Martinod, Shortening of analogous models of the continental lithosphere: New hypothesis for the formation of the Tibetan plateau, Tectonics, 13, 475-483, 1994.
11. Burov, E.B., and M. Diament, Flexure of the continental lithosphere with multilayered rheology, Geophys. J. Int., 109, 449-468, 1992.
12. e) of continental lithosphere: What does it really mean?, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 3905-3927, 1995.
13. Burov, E.B., and M. Diament, Isostasy, effective elastic thickness (EET) and inelastic rheology of continents and oceans, Geology, 24, 419-423, 1996.
14. Burov E.B., and M.G. Kogan, Gravitational-mechanical model of the continental plate collision in Tien Shan region, Dokl. Acad. Nauk, Phys. Solid Earth, 313 (6), 1439-1444, 1990.
15. Burov, E. B., M. G. Kogan, H. Lyon-Caen, and P. Molnar, Gravity anomalies, the deep structure, and dynamic processes beneath the Tien Shan, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 96, 367-383, 1990.
16. Burov, E.B., L.I. Lobkovsky, S. Cloetingh, and A.M. Nikishin, Continental lithosphere folding in Central Asia, II, Tectonophysics, 226, 73-87, 1993.
17. Burtman, V.S., The Talaso-Fergana and San Andreas strike-slip faults (in Russian), in Faults and Horizontal Movements of the Earth's Crust, Tr. Geol. Inst. Akad. Nauk USSR, 80, 128-151, 1963.
18. Burtman, V.S., The Talaso-Fergana Strike-Slip Fault (in Russian), Tr. Geol. Inst. Akad. Nauk USSR, 104, 143 pp., 1964.
19. Burtman, V.S., Structural geology of the Variscan Tien Shan, USSR, Am. J. Sci., 272A, 157-186, 1975.
20. Burtman, V.S., and P. Molnar, Geological and geophysical evidence for deep subduction of continental crust beneath the Pamir, Spec. Pap. Geol. Soc. Am., 281, 76 pp., 1993.
21. Burtman, V.S., S.F. Skobelev, and P. Molnar, Late Cenozoic slip on the Talas-Ferghana fault, the Tien Shan, central Asia, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 108, 1004-1021, 1996.
22. Cobbold, P. R., P. Davy, D. Gapais, E. A. Rosello, E. Sadybakasov, J. C. Thomas, J. J. Tondji, and M. de Urreiztieta, Sedimentary basins and crustal thickening, Sediment. Geol., 86, 77-89, 1993.
23. Cobbold, P.R., E. Sadybakasov, and J.C. Thomas, Cenozoic transpression and basin development, Kyrghyz Tienshan, Central Asia., in Geodynamic Evolution of Sedimentary Basins, edited by F. Roure et al., 181-202, Editions Technip, Paris, 1996.
24. Cundall, P.A., Numerical experiments on localization in frictional materials, Ingenieur-Arch., 59, 148-159, 1989
25. Djanuzaikov, K. D. et al., Seismic Regionalization of the Kyrgyz SSR, 53 pp., Ilim, Frunze, Russia, 1977.
26. England, P., Comment on "Brittle failure in the upper mantle during extension of continental lithosphere" by Dale Sawyer, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 10487-10490, 1986.
27. Guseva, T.G., Contemporary Movements of the Earth's Crust in the Transition Zone From the Pamir to the Tien Shan (in Russian), 171 pp., Inst. of Phys. of Earth, Akad. of Sci., Moscow, 1986.
28. Hendrix, M.S., S.A. Graham, A.R. Carroll, E.R. Sobel, C.L. McKnight, B.J. Schulein, and Z. Wang, Sedimentary record and climatic implications of recurrent deformation in the Tien Shan: Evidence from Mesozoic strata of the north Tarim, south Junggar, and Turpan basins, northwest China, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull, 104, 53-79, 1992.
29. Jordan, T.E., B.L. Isacks, R.W. Allmendinger, J.A. Brewer, V.A. Ramos, and C. J. Ando, Andean tectonics related to geometry of subduction of Nazca plate, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 94, 341-361, 1983.
30. Kirby, S.H., and A.K. Kronenberg, Rheology of the lithosphere: Selected topics, Rev. Geophys., 25, 1219-1244, 1987.
31. Kosarev, G. L., N.V. Petersen, L.P. Vinnik, and S.W. Roecker, Receiver functions for the Tien Shan analog broadband network: Contrasts in the evolution of the structures across the Talasso-Ferghana fault, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 4437-4448, 1993.
32. Kreydenkov, G.P., and V.A. Raspopin, Paleogene of Southern Kirgizia, in Geology of the USSR, Kirgiz SSR, Geological Description, Book 1, vol. 25, edited by K.D. Pomazkov et al., Nedra, Moscow, 237-250, 1972.
33. Kuzichkina, Y. M., Jurassic system, in Geology of the USSR, Kirgiz SSR, Geological Description, Book 1, vol. 25, edited by K.D. Pomazkov el al., Nedra, Moscow, 208-224, 1972.
34. Leith, W., A mid-Mesozoic extension across central Asia?, Nature, 313, 567-570, 1985.
35. Lyon-Caen, H., and P. Molnar, Constraints on the structure of the Himalaya from an analysis of gravity anomalies and a flexural model of the lithosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 8171-8191, 1983.
36. Lyon-Caen, H., and P. Molnar, Gravity anomalies, flexure of the Indian plate, and the structure, support and evolution of the Himalaya and Ganga Basin, Tectonics, 4, 513-538, 1985.
37. Makarov, V.I., New Tectonic Structures of the Central Tien Shan (in Russian), Trans. 307, 171 pp., Order of the Red Banner Geol. Inst., Akad. of Sci., Moscow, 1977.
38. Makeyeva, L.I., L.P. Vinnik, and S.W. Roecker, Shear-wave splitting and small-scale convection in the continental upper mantle, Nature, 358, 144-147, 1992.
39. Martinod, J., and P. Davy, Periodic instabilities during compression or extension of the lithosphere, 1, Deformation modes from an analytical perturbation method, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 1999-2014, 1992.
40. Martinod, J., and P. Davy, Periodic instabilities during compression or extension of the lithosphere, 2, Analogue experiments, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 12057-12070, 1994.
41. Melosh, H.J., Mechanical basis for low-angle normal faulting in the Basin and Range province, Nature, 343, 331-335, 1990.
42. Meyer, B., Mécanismes des Grands Tremblements de Terre et du Raccourcissement Crustal Oblique au Bord Nord-est du Tibet, thèse, 153 pp., Univ. Paris VI, 1991.
43. Molnar, P., and H. Lyon-Caen, Some simple physical aspects of the support, structure, and evolution of mountain belts, in Processes in Continental Lithospheric Deformation, Spec. Pap. Geol. Soc. Am., 218, 179-207, 1988.
44. Moretti, I., and L. Royden, Deflection, gravity anomalies and tectonics of doubly subducted continental lithosphere: Adriatic and Ionian Seas, Tectonics, 7, 875-893, 1988.
45. Nelson, M.R., R. McCaffrey, and P. Molnar, Source parameters for 11 earthquakes in the Tien Shan, Central Asia, determined by P and SH waveform inversion, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 12629-12648, 1987.
46. Nikonov, A. A., Holocene and Contemporary Movements of the Earth's Crust (in Russian), Nauka, Moscow, 240 pp., 1977.
47. Nikonov, A.A., A.V. Vakov, and I.A. Veselov, Seismotectonics and Earthquake Zones Near the Pamir and Tien Shan (in Russian), 240 pp, Nauka, Moscow, 1983.
48. Poliakov, A.N.B., Y. Podladchikov, E.C. Dawson, and C. Talbot, Salt diapirism with simultaneous brittle faulting and viscous flow, in Salt Tectonics, Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ., 100, 291-302, 1996.
49. Roecker, S.W., T. M. Sabitova, L.P. Vinnik, Y.A. Burmakov, M.I. Golvanov, R. Mamatkanova, and L. Munirova, Three-dimensional elastic wave velocity structure of the western and central Tien Shan, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 15779-15795, 1993.
50. Sabitova, T.M., Structure of the earth crust based on seismic data, in The Lithosphere of the Tien Shan, edited by I. Y. Gubin, pp. 31-33, Nauka, Moscow, 1986.
51. Sabitova, T.M., Deep structure of the lithosphere according to geophysical data: Characteristic features of the velocity structure and block structure of the Earth crust (in Russian), in Sovremennaya Geodynamika Litosferi Tian-Shania (Current Geodynamics of the Lithosphere of Tien Shan), edited by N.P. Laverov, pp. 19-23, Nauka, Moscow, 1991.
52. Sadybakasov, I., Neotectonics of High Asia (in Russian), 176 pp., Nauka, Moscow, 1990.
53. Schwartzman, Y.G., Thermal energetics of bowels of the Earth (in Russian), in Sovremennaya Geodynamika Litosferi Tian-Shania (Current Geodynamics of the Lithosphere of Tien Shan), edited by N.P. Laverov, pp. 140-146, Nauka, Moscow, 1991.
54. Shaw, R.D., The tectonic development of the Amadeus Basin, central Australia, in Geological and Geophysical Studies in the Amadeus Basin, edited by R.J. Korsch and J.M. Kennard, Bur. Miner. Resour. Bull. 236, 429-461, 1991.
55. Shaw, R.D., M.A. Etheridge, and K. Lambeck, Development of the late Proterozoic to mid-Paleozoic, intracratonic Amadeus Basin in central Australia: A key to understanding tectonic forces in plate tectonics, Tectonics, 10, 688-721, 1991a.
56. Shaw, R.D., R.J. Korsch, C. Wright, and B.R. Goleby, Seismic interpretation and thrust tectonics of the Amadeus Basin, central Australia, along the BMR regional seismic line, in Geological and Geophysical Studies in the Amadeus Basin, edited by R.J. Korsch and J.M. Kennard, Bur. Miner. Resour. Bull. 236, 385-408, 1991b.
57. Sinitsyn, N. M., Paleogeography of Asia, 68 pp., Akad. Nauk, Moscow, 1962.
58. Sinitsyn, N. M., Tectonics of the Mountain Frame of Ferghana, 218 pp., Leningrad Univ. Press, Leningrad, 1960.
59. Smith, R.B., Unified theory of the onset of folding, boudinage and mullion structure, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 88, 1601-1609, 1975.
60. Tapponnier, P., and P. Molnar, Active faulting and Cenozoic tectonics of the Tien Shan, Mongolia and Baykal Regions, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 3425-3459, 1979.
61. Thomas, J.-C., H. Perroud, P.R. Cobbold, M.L. Bazhenov, V. S. Burtman, A. Chauvin, and E. Sadybakasov, A paleomagnetic study of Tertiary formations from the Kyrgyz Tien-Shan and its tectonic implications, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 9571-9589, 1993.
62. Timoshenko, S.P., and S. Woinowsky-Krieger, Theory of Plates and Shells, 580 pp., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1959.
63. Trifonov, V.G., Late Quaternary Tectogenesis (in Russian), 224 pp., Nauka, Moscow, 1983.
64. Ulomov, V.I., Dinamika Zemnoi Kori i Prognoz Zemlyatryasenii (Dynamics of the Earth's Crust and Prediction of Earthquakes) (in Russian), 448 pp., FAN, Acad. Sci. Uzbekskoi SSR, Inst. of Seismol., Tashkent, 1974.
65. Yudakhin, F.N., Geophysical Fields, Deep structure and Seismicity of Tien Shan (in Russian), 248 pp., Ilim, Frunze, 1983.
66. Yudakhin, F. N., Density (in Russian), in Litosfera Tien-Shania (Lithosphere of Tien Shan), edited by I. E. Gubin, pp. 31-32, Acad. Sci of Kirgiz SSR, Instit. of Seismol., Nauka, Moscow, 1986.
67. Yudakhin, F.N. et al., Sovremennaya Geodynamika Litosferi Tian-Shania (Current Geodynamics of the Lithosphere of Tien Shan), 192 pp., Nauka, Moscow, 1991.
68. Zuber, M.T., Compression of oceanic lithosphere: An analysis of intraplate deformation in the central Indian basin, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 4817-4825, 1987.
69. Zunnunov, F. K., The Lithosphere of Middle Asia From Seismic Data (in Russian), 108 pp., Fan, Tashkent, 1985.