在河流网络中断的结果,现场低浮雕景观的形成
Rong Yang1, Sean D Willett1, Liran Goren2
1Geological Institute, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Nature
|April 24, 2015
概括
高海拔,低浮雕的景观可能不是古老的表面. 构造变形可以隔离河流网络,导致低浮地在现场发展,挑战传统的景观演变模型.
科学领域:
- 地质形态学 地质形态学
- 构造学 构造学 构造学 构造学
- 景观的演变 景观的演变
背景情况:
- 景观记录了构造学和气候历史.
- 平衡景观通常在低海拔处具有低浮雕表面,分级到海平面.
- 高海拔,低浮雕的表面往往被解释为提升的古老景观.
研究的目的:
- 测试风景演变模型的模型,用于所谓的遗迹景观.
- 为了分析西藏高原东南部高海拔,低浮雕表面的数字地形.
- 为了研究高半平原的形成机制.
主要方法:
- 对遗迹景观进行数字地形分析.
- 测试已建立的景观演变模型与观察到的地形数据对比.
- 数字实验来探索替代的景观演变模型.
主要成果:
- 研究的面积与逐渐建立新的,更的河流级别不一致.
- 表面并不一定代表旧的残余,低浮雕景观.
- 构造变形似乎破坏了区域河流网络,孤立了一些地区.
结论:
- 升高的低浮面可能不是过去低浮状况的残余.
- 一种替代模型表明,构造学破坏孤立了河流网络,导致了低地浮雕的现场开发.
- 低缓解和低侵蚀率可以在特定的构造条件下在现场发展,而不是保留过去的侵蚀状态.
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