Articles | Volume 9, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-895-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-895-2021
Research article
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03 Aug 2021
Research article |  | 03 Aug 2021

Topographic disequilibrium, landscape dynamics and active tectonics: an example from the Bhutan Himalaya

Martine Simoes, Timothée Sassolas-Serrayet, Rodolphe Cattin, Romain Le Roux-Mallouf, Matthieu Ferry, and Dowchu Drukpa

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Elevated low-relief regions and major river knickpoints have for long been noticed and questioned in the emblematic Bhutan Himalaya. We document the morphology of this region using morphometric analyses and field observations, at a variety of spatial scales. Our findings reveal a highly unstable river network, with numerous non-coeval river captures, most probably related to a dynamic response to local tectonic uplift in the mountain hinterland.