Tianshan Gallery
In 2005, I was invited to participate in an international conference on “Theory and Application of Fault-Related Folding in Foreland Basins”, a meeting in Beijing which included a spectacular field trip to Xinjiang Province of western China. The photos in this gallery are from that field trip.
Near Kuqa, northern margin of the Tarim Basin
Near Kuqa, northern margin of the Tarim Basin
Near Kuqa, northern margin of the Tarim Basin
A well-exposed fault
The Tianshan Mountains from the Junggar Basin
The Tianshan Mountains, with a high point of 7,400 meters, is one of the highest landlocked mountain ranges on earth
Minaret in Ürümqi