Fieldwork Photos in W. China
North Tibetan Foreland Images
Faulted N front of Sanweishan
Lunch break, N front of Sanweishan
Tilted Pleistocene fanglomerates, N front of Sanweishan
N Tibetan mountain front and high peaks of the Qilian Shan
Fold and thrust belt along N Tibetan front near Yumen
Rural settlements along N Tibetan margin, Qilian Shan in distance
Beishan Images
Granite summits, Beishan
Zhang Jin with local man, Beishan, 2009
Regionally refolded Permian turbiditic sediments, Beishan, 2009
Regionally refolded folds, Beishan, 2009
Open syncline, refolded Permian turbidite succession, Beishan
refolded folds from space, Beishan
Refolded folds, central Beishan
Bedding (shallow), cleavage (steep), deformed Permian turbidite succession, Beishan
bedding/cleavage relations, deformed Beishan turbidite succession
Pencil cleavage, Permian turbidite succession, Beishan
Cross-cutting dike, Beishan
boudinage, central Beishan
unroofing joints, granite, Beishan
Zhang Jin in steep canyon, N flank Yushi Shan, Beishan, 2009
Langshan
normal faulted SW Langshan mountain front
Langshan footwall
rugged granite terrain of the central Langshan
impressive granitic dike swarm, central Langshan
typical slot canyon of the SW Langshan (photo by Zhang Jin)
steep Langshan slot canyon
steep Langshan slot canyon at mtn front
Langshan bounding normal fault, SW range front
Langshan footwall block
paleoseismological trench across SW Langshan frontal normal fault
intrafolial isoclinal folds, Langshan basement gneisses
folded basement gnesisses, Langshan
Overthrust zone (Cretaceous red beds in footwall), SW Langshan
inner Langshan canyon scenery
Helan Shan
steep east front of Helan Shan
extremely coarse alluvial bedload, eastern Helan Shan front
east dipping turbidites, eastern Helan Shan front
bharal, eastern Helan Shan
folds in Helan Shan
folded and tilted turbidite succession, inner Helan Shan
High peaks of the inner Helan Shan and hair-raising walkway to summit
new friend, Helan Shan cave
major overtrhrust NW Helan Shan
coal-rich succession, NW Helan Shan
extensional front, western Helan Shan
eroded frontal fans, western Helan Shan front
View E of the western Helan Shan mountain front
Northernmost Tibet
Changma Basin and Daxue Shan in distance
Glacier front, Daxue Shan
Daxue Shan view
view S across folded foreland sediments, N Tibetan front
along north Tibetan margin, 2009
Tibetan traffic jam
On the Altyn Tagh Fault - wide breccia zone, N Margin Tibet
approach to Changma Basin and Daxue Shan range in far distance
me and view towards eastern Altun Shan, north Tibet margin
Changma Basin scenery
