Response of modern fluvial sediments to regional tectonic activity along the upper Min River, eastern Tibet

Shi, Wei; Jiang, Hanchao; Xu, Hongyan; Ma, Siyuan; Fan, Jiawei; Zhang, Siqi; Guo, Qiaoqiao; Wei, Xiaotong

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-1195-2022

Articles | Volume 10, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-1195-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-1195-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 6

Research article

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01 Dec 2022

Research article |

| 01 Dec 2022

Response of modern fluvial sediments to regional tectonic activity along the upper Min River, eastern Tibet

Wei Shi, Hanchao Jiang, Hongyan Xu, Siyuan Ma, Jiawei Fan, Siqi Zhang, Qiaoqiao Guo, and Xiaotong Wei

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-1195-2022-supplement

Data sets

Grain size component, Relief & hillslope angle along the upper Min River Wei Shi https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.17111402

Short summary

Alpine valleys reduce the preservation potential of Quaternary sediment in bedrock valley regions, which seriously hinders the study of modern tectonic activity. We report a new method to reveal regional tectonic activity by analyzing fluvial sediments in tectonically active regions. Our analyses identify three segments of different tectonic activities along the upper Min River, eastern Tibet. This method provides a key framework to reveal tectonic activity in other regions of the world.