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Basins by Country: Basins of Bolivia, Basins of Brazil, Basins of Canada, Basins of China, Basins of Ecuador, Basins of Peru

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Paperback (General Books; Nov 24 2010)
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Basins by Country: Basins of Bolivia, Basins of Brazil, Basins of Canada, Basins of China, Basins of Ecuador, Basins of Peru
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Basins of Bolivia, Basins of Brazil, Basins of Canada, Basins of China, Basins of Ecuador, Basins of Peru, Basins of Slovenia, Tarim Basin, Queen Charlotte Basin, Amazon Basin, Juyan Lake Basin, Qaidam Basin, Buck Creek Basin, Ljubljana Basin. Excerpt: The Tarim Basin (Chinese: ; pinyin: Tlmù Péndì; Uyghur: 'Tarim Oymanliqi') is a large endorheic basin occupying an area of more than 400,000 km (150,000 sq mi). It is located in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China's far west. Its northern boundary is the Tian Shan mountain range and its southern is the Kunlun Mountains on the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. The Taklamakan Desert dominates much of the basin. The area is sparsely settled by the Uyghurs, other Turkic peoples and Tajiks. The Tarim Basin is the remains of an ancient microcontinent that amalgamated with the growing Eurasian continent during the Carboniferous to Permian. At present, deformation around the margins of the basin is resulting in the microcontinental crust being underthrust beneath the Tian Shan to the north, and the Kunlun Shan to the south. The Tarim Basin is believed to contain large reserves of petroleum and natural gas, with methane comprising over 70 percent of the natural gas reserve, up to 9.2 bb. A thick succession of Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic rocks occupy the central parts of the basin, locally exceeding thicknesses of 15 km (9 mi). The source rocks of oil and gas tend to be Permian mudstones. Below this level is a complex Precambrian basement believed to be the remnants of the original Tarim microplate, which accrued to the growing Eurasian continent in Carboniferous time. The snow on K2, the second highest mountain in the world, flows into glaciers which move down the valleys to
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