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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.
Zhang F, Ning C, Scott A, Fu Q, Bjørn R, Li W, Wei D, Wang W, Fan L, Abuduresule I, Hu X, Ruan Q, Niyazi A, Dong G, Cao P, Liu F, Dai Q, Feng X, Yang R, Tang Z, Ma P, Li C, Gao S, Xu Y, Wu S, Wen S, Zhu H, Zhou H, Robbeets M, Kumar V, Krause J, Warinner C, Jeong C, Cui Y.   +33 more
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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, Zhao W, Wang NZ, Smith MM, Li Q, Cui X, Zhu M, Sansom IJ.   +7 more
europepmc   +9 more sources

Indentation of the Pamirs with respect to the northern margin of Tibet: constraints from the Tarim basin sedimentary record [PDF]

, 2016
The Pamirs represent the indented westward continuation of the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, dividing the Tarim and Tajik basins. Their evolution may be a key factor influencing aridification of the Asian interior, yet the tectonics of the ...
Ando, S., Blayney, T., Carter, Andrew, Dupont-Nivet, G., Garzanti, E., Guo, Z., Miller, I., Najman, Y., Rittner, M., Sobel, E., Vezzoli, G.   +10 more
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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, Ziqi Zhong, Shaoying Huang, Caiming Luo, Hong Lou, Haining Chang, Xiang Li, Lunyan Wei   +7 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, Zhou X, Spengler RN, Zhao K, Liu J, Bao Y, Jia PW, Li X.   +7 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, Guiting Hou, Shaoying Huang, Caiming Luo, Jinkai Xia, Ziqi Zhong, Xiang Li, Lunyan Wei   +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, Zhang Z, Wang X, Zhou Z, Chen D, Zeng H, Zhao S, Chen L, Hu Y, Zhang C, Liang Y, She Q, Zhang Y, Peng N.   +13 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Mechanisms of Zooplankton Community Assembly and Their Associations with Environmental Drivers in Arid-Region Reservoirs of Northwest China [PDF]

Biology
This study investigates the mechanisms of zooplankton community assembly and their relationship to environmental factors in high-latitude arid regions.
Xuelian Qiu, Fangze Zi, Long Yun, Qiang Huo, Liting Yang, Yong Song, Shengao Chen   +6 more
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Socio-hydrologic perspectives of the co-evolution of humans and water in the Tarim River basin, Western China: the Taiji–Tire model [PDF]

, 2013
This paper presents a historical socio-hydrological analysis of the Tarim River basin (TRB), Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in Western China, from the time of the opening of the Silk Road to the present.
F. Tian, H. Hu, M. Sivapalan, Y. Liu
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The world's earliest Aral-Sea type disaster: the decline of the Loulan Kingdom in the Tarim Basin. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2017
Remnants of cities and farmlands in China’s hyperarid Tarim Basin indicate that environmental conditions were significantly wetter two millennia ago in a region which is barren desert today.
Mischke S, Liu C, Zhang J, Zhang C, Zhang H, Jiao P, Plessen B.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources