Fig. 1From: Relationship between tectonism and desertification inferred from provenance and lithofacies changes in the Cenozoic terrestrial sequence of the southwestern Tarim BasinTectonic setting in this study. a Location of the Pamir (Google Earth). b Simplified tectonic setting of the Tarim Basin and surrounding areas (modified after Cowgill 2010). c Geological map of the eastern Pamir (after Robinson et al. 2007; Cowgill 2010; Cao et al. 2015)Back to article page