Thermo-tectonic history of the Issyk-Kul basement (Kyrgyz Northern Tien Shan, Central Asia)

► Issyk-Kul Basin (Kyrgyz N. Tien Shan) formed on Early Palaeozoic granitic basement. ► Punctuated Meso-Cenozoic reactivation is constrained by low-T thermochronology. ► Several Permo-Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous and Neogene phases are documented.