The genomic origins of the Bronze Age Tarim Basin mummies [PDF]
Nature, 2021 The identity of the earliest inhabitants of Xinjiang, in the heart of Inner Asia, and the languages that they spoke have long been debated and remain contentious1.
Fan Zhang, Chao Ning, Ashley Scott
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Early Silurian chondrichthyans from the Tarim Basin (Xinjiang, China). [PDF]
PLoS One, 2020 The Sinacanthida ordo nov. and Mongolepidida are spine- and scale-based taxa whose remains encompass some of the earliest reported fossils of chondrichthyan fish.
Andreev PS +7 more
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Tectonic evolution and paleokarstification of carbonate rocks in the Paleozoic Tarim Basin. [PDF]
Carbonates Evaporites, 2017 Thick carbonate rocks were developed in the depression of the Tarim craton during the Cambrian-Middle Ordovician periods. The compressional tectonic movement during the Middle Caledonian-Hercynian created the paleouplifts, which became the base for the paleokarst in the Ordovician carbonate rocks.
Xu X, Chen Q, Chu C, Li G, Liu C, Shi Z.
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The proto-type basin and tectono-paleogeographic evolution of the Tarim basin in the Late Paleozoic
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 The Tarim basin is a large composite and superimposed sedimentary basin that has undergone complex multi-period and polycyclic tectonic movements. Understanding the proto-type basin and tectono-paleogeographic evolution of this complex superimposed basin
Jinkai Xia +7 more
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Windblown dust in the Tarim basin, Northwest China. [PDF]
Sci RepTarim Basin in western China is home to the world's second-largest mobile dune desert, Taklimakan Desert, and it's one of Asia's primary sources of sand and dust storm. Observations of windblown dust are insufficient over this hyper-dry inland region. Here we present a comprehensive study based on consecutive in-situ field observations, meteorological ...
Zhang XX +11 more
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Prehistoric agriculture and social structure in the southwestern Tarim Basin: multiproxy analyses at Wupaer. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 The oasis villages of the Tarim Basin served as hubs along the ancient Silk Road, and they played an important role in facilitating communication between the imperial centers of Asia.
Yang Q +7 more
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Diversity and Contributions to Nitrogen Cycling and Carbon Fixation of Soil Salinity Shaped Microbial Communities in Tarim Basin. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2018 Arid and semi-arid regions comprise nearly one-fifth of the earth's terrestrial surface. However, the diversities and functions of their soil microbial communities are not well understood, despite microbial ecological importance in driving biogeochemical
Ren M +13 more
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Analysis of proto-type Tarim Basin in the late Precambrian and the dynamic mechanism of its evolution. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Tarim Basin has undergone an intricate tectonic evolution history ever since its formation from two discrete terranes in Neoproterozoic rather than in the Paleoproterozoic.
Haining Chang +7 more
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Geochemical Characteristics and the Origin of Superdeep Condensates in Tarim Basin, China. [PDF]
ACS Omega, 2021 A series of trace compounds (diamondoids, ethanodiamondoids, and thiadiamondoids) were detected through two-dimensional gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC × GC-TOFMS) analysis of Ordovician condensate samples from the Tazhong area.
Li J +6 more
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Seismic characterization of a carbonate reservoir in Tarim Basin [PDF]
GEOPHYSICS, 2017 Seismic characterization of carbonate reservoirs is a challenging task for geophysicists because of their special depositional environment and complex interior structures. We developed a case study of the seismic characterization of a karstified carbonate reservoir in the Tarim Basin, western China.
Yan Liu, Yanghua Wang
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