Dating growth strata and basin fill by combining 26Al/10Be burial dating and magnetostratigraphy: Constraining active deformation in the Pamir–Tian Shan convergence zone, NW China

New dating of Pliocene-Pleistocene sedimentary units in the western Tarim Basin reveals that deformation in the Pamir and Tian Shan orogens began between 5 and 1 million years ago, with eastward propagation rates reaching up to 115 km/m.y. and basinward growth rates up to 12 km/m.y. The study combined Al-26/Be-10 burial dating with magnetostratigraphy to constrain the timing of fold initiation and fault activity in this actively deforming region, addressing challenges posed by coarse-grained sediments that are difficult to date using traditional methods.

Thompson Jobe, J. A., Li, T., Bookhagen, B., Chen, J., & Burbank, D. (2018). Dating growth strata and basin fill by combining 26Al/10Be burial dating and magnetostratigraphy: Constraining active deformation in the Pamir–Tian Shan convergence zone, NW China. Lithosphere, 10(6), 806–828. https://doi.org/10.1130/l727.1