@article{BufeBekaertHussainetal.2017,
  author    = {Bufe, Aaron and Bekaert, David P. S. and Hussain, Ekbal and Bookhagen, Bodo and Burbank, Douglas W. and Jobe, Jessica Ann Thompson and Chen, Jie and Li, Tao and Liu, Langtao and Gan, Weijun},
  title     = {Temporal changes in rock uplift rates of folds in the foreland of the Tian Shan and the Pamir from geodetic and geologic data},
  series = {Geophysical research letters},
  volume    = {44},
  journal   = {Geophysical research letters},
  publisher = {American Geophysical Union},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {0094-8276},
  doi       = {10.1002/2017GL073627},
  pages     = {10977 -- 10987},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Understanding the evolution of continental deformation zones relies on quantifying spatial and temporal changes in deformation rates of tectonic structures. Along the eastern boundary of the Pamir-Tian Shan collision zone, we constrain secular variations of rock uplift rates for a series of five Quaternary detachment- and fault-related folds from their initiation to the modern day. When combined with GPS data, decomposition of interferometric synthetic aperture radar time series constrains the spatial pattern of surface and rock uplift on the folds deforming at decadal rates of 1-5mm/yr. These data confirm the previously proposed basinward propagation of structures during the Quaternary. By fitting our geodetic rates and previously published geologic uplift rates with piecewise linear functions, we find that gradual rate changes over >100kyr can explain the interferometric synthetic aperture radar observations where changes in average uplift rates are greater than similar to 1 mm/yr among different time intervals (similar to 10(1), 10(4-5), and 10(5-6) years).},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BufeBurbankLiuetal.2017,
  author    = {Bufe, Aaron and Burbank, Douglas W. and Liu, Langtao and Bookhagen, Bodo and Qin, Jintang and Chen, Jie and Li, Tao and Jobe, Jessica Ann Thompson and Yang, Huili},
  title     = {Variations of Lateral Bedrock Erosion Rates Control Planation of Uplifting Folds in the Foreland of the Tian Shan, NW China},
  series = {Journal of geophysical research : Earth surface},
  volume    = {122},
  journal   = {Journal of geophysical research : Earth surface},
  publisher = {American Geophysical Union},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {2169-9003},
  doi       = {10.1002/2016JF004099},
  pages     = {2431 -- 2467},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Fluvial planation surfaces, such as straths, commonly serve as recorders of climatic and tectonic changes and are formed by the lateral erosion of rivers, a process that remains poorly understood. Here we present a study of kilometer-wide, fluvially eroded, low-relief surfaces on rapidly uplifting folds in the foreland of the southwestern Tian Shan. A combination of field work, digital elevation model analysis, and dating of fluvial deposits reveals that despite an arid climate and rapid average rock-uplift rates of 1-3mm/yr, rivers cut extensive (>1-2km wide) surfaces with typical height variations of <6m over periods of >2-6kyr. The extent of this beveling varies in space and time, such that different beveling episodes affect individual structures. Between times of planation, beveled surfaces are abandoned, incised, and deformed across the folds. In a challenge to models that link strath cutting and abandonment primarily to changes in river incision rates, we demonstrate that lateral erosion rates of antecedent streams crossing the folds have to vary by more than 1 order of magnitude to explain the creation of beveled platforms in the past and their incision at the present day. These variations do not appear to covary with climate variability and might be caused by relatively small (much less than an order of magnitude) changes in sediment or water fluxes. It remains uncertain in which settings variations in lateral bedrock erosion rates predominate over changes in vertical erosion rates. Therefore, when studying fluvial planation and strath terraces, variability of both lateral and vertical erosion rates should be considered.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{JobeLiBookhagenetal.2018,
  author    = {Jobe, Jessica Ann Thompson and Li, Tao and Bookhagen, Bodo and Chen, Jie and Burbank, Douglas W.},
  title     = {Dating growth strata and basin fill by combining Al-26/Be-10 burial dating and magnetostratigraphy},
  series = {Lithosphere},
  volume    = {10},
  journal   = {Lithosphere},
  number    = {6},
  publisher = {American Institute of Physics},
  address   = {Boulder},
  issn      = {1941-8264},
  doi       = {10.1130/L727.1},
  pages     = {806 -- 828},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Cosmogenic burial dating enables dating of coarse-grained, Pliocene-Pleistocene sedimentary units that are typically difficult to date with traditional methods, such as magnetostratigraphy. In the actively deforming western Tarim Basin in NW China, Pliocene-Pleistocene conglomerates were dated at eight sites, integrating Al-26/Be-10 burial dating with previously published magnetostratigraphic sections. These samples were collected from growth strata on the flanks of growing folds and from sedimentary units beneath active faults to place timing constraints on the initiation of deformation of structures within the basin and on shortening rates on active faults. These new basin-fill and growthstrata ages document the late Neogene and Quaternary growth of the Pamir and Tian Shan orogens between >5 and 1 Ma and delineate the eastward propagation of deformation at rates up to 115 km/m.y. and basinward growth of both mountain belts at rates up to 12 km/m.y.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{JobeLiBookhagenetal.2018,
  author    = {Jobe, Jessica Ann Thompson and Li, Tao and Bookhagen, Bodo and Chen, Jie and Burbank, Douglas W.},
  title     = {Dating growth strata and basin fill by combining 26Al/10Be burial dating and magnetostratigraphy},
  series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  journal   = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  number    = {1044},
  issn      = {1866-8372},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-46806},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-468067},
  pages     = {806 -- 828},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Cosmogenic burial dating enables dating of coarse-grained, Pliocene-Pleistocene sedimentary units that are typically difficult to date with traditional methods, such as magnetostratigraphy. In the actively deforming western Tarim Basin in NW China, Pliocene-Pleistocene conglomerates were dated at eight sites, integrating Al-26/Be-10 burial dating with previously published magnetostratigraphic sections. These samples were collected from growth strata on the flanks of growing folds and from sedimentary units beneath active faults to place timing constraints on the initiation of deformation of structures within the basin and on shortening rates on active faults. These new basin-fill and growthstrata ages document the late Neogene and Quaternary growth of the Pamir and Tian Shan orogens between >5 and 1 Ma and delineate the eastward propagation of deformation at rates up to 115 km/m.y. and basinward growth of both mountain belts at rates up to 12 km/m.y.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ThompsonBurbankLietal.2015,
  author    = {Thompson, Jessica A. and Burbank, Douglas W. and Li, Tao and Chen, Jie and Bookhagen, Bodo},
  title     = {Late Miocene northward propagation of the northeast Pamir thrust system, northwest China},
  series = {Tectonics},
  volume    = {34},
  journal   = {Tectonics},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {American Geophysical Union},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {0278-7407},
  doi       = {10.1002/2014TC003690},
  pages     = {510 -- 534},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Piggyback basins on the margins of growing orogens commonly serve as sensitive recorders of the onset of thrust deformation and changes in source areas. The Bieertuokuoyi piggyback basin, located in the hanging wall of the Pamir Frontal Thrust, provides an unambiguous record of the outward growth of the northeast Pamir margin in northwest China from the Miocene through the Quaternary. To reconstruct the deformation along the margin, we synthesized structural mapping, stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and cosmogenic burial dating of basin fill and growth strata. The Bieertuokuoyi basin records the initiation of the Pamir Frontal Thrust and the Takegai Thrust similar to 5-6Ma, as well as clast provenance and paleocurrent changes resulting from the Pliocene-to-Recent uplift and exhumation of the Pamir to the south. Our results show that coeval deformation was accommodated on the major structures on the northeast Pamir margin throughout the Miocene to Recent. Furthermore, our data support a change in the regional kinematics around the Miocene-Pliocene boundary (similar to 5-6Ma). Rapid exhumation of NE Pamir extensional domes, coupled with cessation of the Kashgar-Yecheng Transfer System on the eastern margin of the Pamir, accelerated the outward propagation of the northeastern Pamir margin and the southward propagation of the Kashi-Atushi fold-and-thrust belt in the southern Tian Shan. This coeval deformation signifies the coupling of the Pamir and Tarim blocks and the transfer of shortening north to the Pamir frontal faults and across the quasi-rigid Tarim Basin to the southern Tian Shan Kashi-Atushi fold-and-thrust system.},
  language  = {en}
}