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The structural and geodynamic features of the Pamirs and the Hissar–Alay have been revealed based on geological and geophysical evidence supplemented by experimental data. It has been shown that both the Pamirs and the Hissar–Alay are geodynamic systems, the formation of which is related to interference of two geodynamic regimes: (i) global orogeny covering extensive territories of Eurasia and determining their similarity and (ii) regional regimes differing for the Pamirs and the Alay, which act independently within Central Asian and Apline–Himalayan mobile belts, respectively. The Pamirs do not act as an indentor during the formation of structure of the Hissar–Alay and areas to the north. It is stated that the Pamir–Alay segment of Asia is a reflection of the geodynamic countermotion setting (3D flow of mountain masses) of several distinct segments of the continental lithosphere, while the Pamirs are an intracontinental subduction domain at the surface, which represents a special tectonic–geodynamic type of structures.
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Leonov, M.G., Rybin, A.K., Batalev, V.Y. et al. The Hissar–Alay and the Pamirs: Deep-Seated Structure, Geodynamic Model, and Experimental Evidence. Geotecton. 52, 157–172 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S001685211802005X
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