Based on 1143 focal mechanisms in Tienshan area from 1900 to 2019, according the world stress map classification criterion, main types of dislocations are thrust and strike slip; The results parameter statistics show that nodal plane mechanism solution is basically consistent with tectonic area, orientation P axis perpendicular which shows horizontal nearly NS thrust. direction maximum principa...

W. Altermann writes: In their discussion of palaeotectonics and palaeogeography of Malay Peninsula, Harbury et al. propose an alternative interpretation to Sengor’s (1984) model of Triassic or early Jurassic collision of the Cimmerian (Sibumasu) block with the Indochina block in the east. Their interpretation depicts Malay Peninsula as part of Triassic and lower Jurassic Australian Gondwana. ...