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The paper presents a geodynamic iutelpretatioo of tbedeep strucillreand active tectonicsof the northernTien Shan, with particullll'emphasis 00 strike-slipm~tioos,whidt prndu-ced a pull-apart in the centreof the L,>syk-Kull:min. The stud)'is based 00 a detailed interpretation of satellite imagery, fault plane solutions of earthquakes, seismic. and geodetic data. Seismicand magnetotelluric studies showtectonic layeringof the Tien Shan lithosphere, with several nearly horizontal viscoelastic layers and the lower layer underthrust northward in the northern Tien Shan.This active process may be responsible for the intricate present-day tectonic framework of the northern Tien Shan. The recent tectonics of the northern Tien Shan inherits the earlier structure: The lens-shaped Issyk-Kul microcontinent comprising Precambrian-Palaeozoic metamorphic and magmaticrocks is surrounded by thick shear zones which have been involved in the activity over most of the Cenozoic. In the Quaternary the strain propagated as far as the central part of the Issyk-Kul basin.

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