Morphological features of river valleys in the source region of the Yangtze River, northern Tibet, and their response to neotectonic movement

Geology in China

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 381-382

  Li, Ya Lin ^a   Wang, Cheng Shan ^a   Wang, Mou ^b   Yi, Hai Sheng ^b   Li, Yong ^b  

^a China University of Geosciences   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Neotectonic movement; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Source region of the Yangtze River; Valley geomorphology

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EXTENSION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FOLDING; GRABEN; NEOGENE; NEOTECTONICS; RIVER TERRACE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST; VALLEY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 33846078900     PISSN: 10003657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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