Evolution of eastern Tibetan river systems is driven by the indentation of India

Yi Chen; Baosheng Wu; Zhongyu Xiong; Jinbo Zan; Bangwen Zhang; Ruoyin Zhang; Yuan Xue; Minhui Li; Bingshuai Li

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00330-4

Communications Earth & Environment (Dec 2021)

Evolution of eastern Tibetan river systems is driven by the indentation of India

Yi Chen,
Baosheng Wu,
Zhongyu Xiong,
Jinbo Zan,
Bangwen Zhang,
Ruoyin Zhang,
Yuan Xue,
Minhui Li,
Bingshuai Li

Affiliations

Yi Chen: State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University
Baosheng Wu: State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University
Zhongyu Xiong: Key Laboratory of Continental Collision and Plateau Uplift, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, and Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jinbo Zan: Key Laboratory of Continental Collision and Plateau Uplift, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, and Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bangwen Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University
Ruoyin Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University
Yuan Xue: State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University
Minhui Li: State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University
Bingshuai Li: School of Earth Sciences, East China University of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00330-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The evolution of river systems in the eastern Tibetan Plateau is controlled by the indentation of India at the large-scale but by fluvial self-organization at the scale of lower-order river networks, according to geomorphological analyses of river systems.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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