Badkhyz-Karabil Upland: example of large inverted morphostructure at foreland of Alpine erogenous belt

Abstract

The Badkhyz-Karabil Upland resulted from a Quaternary tectonic inversion (regional upwarping) of a vast Murgab foredeep of platformian type. Most important in the process were neotectonic movements along deep-seated (mostly longitudinal) faults. Movements of the adjacent Alpine erogenous area involved the southernmost marginal part of the basin. Similar process of morphostructures inversion at erogenous belt forelands has been also described in other regions of western Central Asia.