Mesozoic-Cenozoic evolution of the Eastern Kunlun Range, central Tibet, and implications for basin evolution during the Indo-Asian collision

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Chen Wu1,2,*, Andrew V. Zuza3, Zhiguang Zhou1, An Yin1,2, Michael W. McRivette4, Xuanhua Chen5, Lin Ding6, and Jianzhen Geng7 1STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY GROUP, CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (BEIJING), BEIJING 100083, CHINA 2DEPARTMENT OF EARTH, PLANETARY, AND SPACE SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90095-1567, USA 3NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO, NEVADA, 89557, USA 4DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, ALBION COLLEGE, ALBION, MICHIGAN 49224, USA 5INSTITUTE OF GEOMECHANICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, BEIJING 100081, CHINA 6INSTITUTE OF TIBETAN PLATEAU RESEARCH, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, P.O. BOX 9825, BEIJING 100085, CHINA 7ISOTOPIC LABORATORY, TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TIANJIN 300170, PR CHINA