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		Select from the links below to specific areas: Western Alai Valley View of Trans-Alai (northern Pamir) range from the Alai range (southern Tien Shan) Another view View looking southeast of the northern Pamir Area 51 (Birka and Erin's project area) Looking southeast at the anticline and the folded Cretaceous red beds Looking south at the anticline Looking to the north. Alai Range (southern Tien Shan) are composed of south-vergent thrust sheets Looking towards the northeast Looking at the fault contat on the north side of the map area Birka with area 51 in the background Fighting spyders next to our lunch site Not as viscious sandstone unit cut and filled by paleochannel and sediment Sandstone outcrop gypsum unit gypsum close-up a gypsum close-up b argillite outcrop argillite and the man's hand The oyster beds formed the youngest deformed layer The oyster bed with Rasmus on top for scale one last photo of the oyster bed Deformed oyster beds Close-up of the Eocene oysters Deformed shale unit (marker bed found throught mapped area, stratigraphically below limestone unit 7a Birka Birka and Rasmus Birka and Erin with Pamir in back ground George and the Total Station with Tien Shan in back ground Camp one Photo from the southern limb of the anticline looking north-northwest. Camp one was located just north of Kyzylsu (red river) in the heart of Area 51. Camp two Located to the south of "Rock Flower" in the northern Pamir, western Alai Valley. Camp three Camp three was located on the western side of Komansu. We camped on terrace Qt4 on which the trench was located. Nice view of Pik Lenin (7134m) and Pik Communism (7495m). Isabelle and Pk Lenin Shivesu trenching Pan view A looking northwest Pan view B looking north Stereo Pair of Ramon with the scarp The scarp George in the trench Nice caliche development Manfred taking orientations on strata along the Shivesu Komansu trenching The trench and Pik Communism George and Manfred in the samller trench that contains the "back thrust" We had some assistance from the local children making topographic profiles The kids and myself Another one of the kids with me Bishkek The group at Mederbek's The group outside of Mederbek's The dudes and their trades. Ramon, Manfred, Mederbek, and Mederbek's boss Pages maintained by Erin Young e-mail: erin.young@asu.edu Last modified Sunday, August 6, 2000 10:21 PM