Northward subduction of the STO generated Late Silurian magmatisms in the Zhaosu–Tekesi basin.
Collision between the Tarim Craton and the CTB–KYB occurred in the late Carboniferous.
SW Tianshan area involves four phases of intracontinental deformation.
Zhaosu–Tekesi basin records the dynamic processes from plate subduction to intracontinental deformation.