Аннотация:The Garm Geodynamic Range, which includes parts of the Pamir and Tyan-Shan mountain
ranges and the Tajik Depression that lies between them [1], is regarded by many investigators
as the zone of junction between the European Plate (including the southern Tyan-Shan Range)
and the Pamir Microplate, whose southern boundary adjoins the Jhelum projection of the Indian
Plate. There are fundamental disagreements regarding the tectonic structure of the region, its
history, and the conditions under which it was formed [11] (Fig. 1). Adherents of the fixist
(or, more precisely, the verticalist) view believe that the structure of the region has developed by differentiated vertical movements of crustal blocks that are joined to each other via zones of flexural sagging of interior layers, or are separated by subvertical deep (marginal) faults (Fig.la). Mobilists (i.e., those adhering to the plate tectonic theory) believe that the structure of the region is the result of fold-and-thrust dislocations, imbricate thrust dislocations, and sheet dislocations (with the thrust sheets moving from the south toward the north) as a result of the collision of crustal plates and microplates (Fig. lb).