Table of Contents - SPE281: Geological and Geophysical Evidence for Deep Subduction of Continental Crust Beneath the Pamir

Acknowledgments

Abstract

Introduction

Geological Constraints on the Magnitude of Convergence Between the Pamir and the Rest of Eurasia

Deflections of Paleozoic and Mesozoic Sutures in the Pamir
Late Paleozoic Suturing of Continental Fragments to Asia
Late Mesozoic Suturing of Continental Fragments to Asia
Indus-Tsang-po Suture Zone
Summary of Deflections of Sutures Around the Pamir Paleomagnetic Declinations and the Bending of the Pamir Arc
Cenozoic Crustal Shortening Within the Pamir
Southern Pamir and Rushan-Pshart Zone
Central Pamir Convergence of the Outer Margin of the Pamir with the South Tien Shan
Displacements of Cretaceous and Paleogene Facies Belts from the Tadjik Sedimentary Basin
Cenozoic Crustal Shortening Within the Outer Zone of the Pamir

Bounds on the Present and Initial Crustal Thicknesses

Isostasy, Seismic Refraction, and Present Crustal Thicknesses
Subsidence of the Tadjik Depression Inferred from Stratigraphic Sections

Active and Quaternary Deformation

Shallow-Focus Seismicity and Fault Plane Solutions of Earthquakes
Geologic, Geomorphic, and Archaeologic Evidence for Recent Deformation Active Faults Along the Western Margin of the Pamir
The Trans-Alai Belt of Active Faulting
Active Faulting Along the North Slope of the Western
Peter the First Range
Active Faults in the Tadjik Depression Active Faults Within the High Pamir
Summary of Quaternary and Holocene Faulting
Geodetic Evidence of Rates of Deformation in the Garm Region
Runou Valley
Sari-Pul' Network
Regional Triangulation and Trilateration Network
Summary of Geodetic Results Partitioning of India's Convergence with Eurasia Across the Pamir

Intermediate-Depth Seismicity, Upper Mantle Structure, and Evidence of Subducted Lithosphere

Summary and Synthesis

Appendix A: Discussion of Earthquakes in the Pamir Region

References Cited