The Altun (or Altyn Tagh) fault displays a geometry of overlapping of linear and arcuate segments and shows strong inhomogeneity in time and space. It is a giga
Karst aquifers supply a significant fraction of the world's drinking water. These types of aquifers are also highly susceptible to pollution from the surfac
Almost all intraplate caprocks experienced strong deformation during the convergence of microplates, and then disintegrated into many secondary geologic units w
As a kind of abnormal natural gas formed with special mechanism, the deep-basin gas, accumulated in thelower parts of a basin or syncline and trapped by a tight
Many rare metal and REE deposits have been found in the Altay orogenic belt, on the northern margin of theTarim massif and in the Kunlun-Altun orogenic belt, co