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- Title
Geomorphic characteristics of the Minjiang drainage basin (eastern Tibetan Plateau) and its tectonic implications: New insights from a digital elevation model study.
- Authors
Hui-Ping Zhang; Shao-Feng Liu; Nong Yang; Yue-Qiao Zhang; Guo-Wei Zhang
- Abstract
The Minshan Mountain and adjacent region are the major continental escarpments along the eastern Tibetan Plateau. The Minjiang drainage basin is located within the plateau margin adjacent to the Sichuan Basin. Based on the analysis of the digital elevation model (DEM) acquired by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), we know that the Minjiang drainage basin has distinct geomorphic characteristics. The regular increasing of local topographic relief from north to south is a result of the Quaternary sediment deposition within the plateau and the holistic uplift of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau versus the Sichuan Basin. Results from DEM-determined Minjiang drainage sub-basins and channel profiles show that the tributaries on the opposite sides are asymmetric. Lower perimeter and area of drainage sub-basins, total channel length and bifurcation ratio within eastern flank along the Minjiang mainstream are the result of the Quaternary differential uplift of the Minshan Mountain region. Shorter stream lengths and lower bifurcation ratio might be the indications of the undergrowth and newborn features of these eastern streams, which are also representative for the eastern uplift of the Minshan Mountain.
- Subjects
TIBETAN Plateau; CHINA; MORPHOTECTONICS; DETECTORS; ENGINEERING instruments; GEOMORPHOLOGY; EDUCATION
- Publication
Island Arc, 2006, Vol 15, Issue 2, p239
- ISSN
1038-4871
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1440-1738.2006.00524.x