A massive ancient river-damming landslide triggered by buckling failure in the upper Jinsha River, SE Tibetan Plateau

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanyan Li ◽  
Xuyang Feng ◽  
Aijun Yao ◽  
Shan Lin ◽  
Rui Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Jinsha River ◽  
River Damming ◽  
Buckling Failure

Holocene landslide-dammed lake deposits in the Upper Jinsha River, SE Tibetan Plateau and their ages

2013 ◽  
Vol 298 ◽  
pp. 107-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Chen ◽  
Fuchu Dai ◽  
Tongyan Lv ◽  
Zhijiu Cui
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Jinsha River ◽  
Dammed Lake ◽  
Lake Deposits

scholarly journals Sequence Analysis of Several Ancient River Blocking Events in the Suwalong Reach of the Upper Jinsha River Based on Multidisciplinary Approaches, SE Tibetan Plateau

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiwei Zhang ◽  
Jianping Chen ◽  
Qing Wang ◽  
Chun Tan ◽  
Yongchao Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Mass Movement ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Tectonic Activity ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Jinsha River ◽  
Steep Terrain ◽  
Sbas Insar ◽  
Blocking Event

Abstract The temporary or permanent river blocking event caused by mass movement usually occurs on steep terrain. With the increase of mountain population and land use pressure and the construction of water conservancy and hydropower projects, river blocking event has gradually attracted people’s attention and understanding. The study area (Wangdalong-Gangda reach) is located in the upper reaches of the Jinsha River and the southeast edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Affected by strong tectonic activity in the Jinsha River suture zone and the rapid uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, in the past 6000 years, there have been at least five obvious river blocking events in the reach of about 30 km in the study area. The number and density are very rare. Combined with the field investigation, indoor interpretation, laboratory tests, optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating, SBAS-InSAR and previous studies, multidisciplinary approaches are used to systematically summarize the analysis methods and further the understanding of one river blocking event and multiple river blocking events from difference perspectives. Especially in multiple river blocking events, we could get the wrong results, even the opposite conclusion if interaction is not considered. Through this study, the general method of analyzing the river blocking event and the problems that should be paid attention to in sampling are given, and relatively reliable historical results of river blocking events are obtained. This method has extensive applicability to the identification and analysis of river blocking events in other areas.

Huge Landslides along the Jinsha River in Southeastern Tibetan Plateau and Their Association with the Recent Activity of Jinsha River Fault Zone

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zufeng Chang ◽  
Hao Chang ◽  
Zebin Mao ◽  
Ruojin Guo
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Fault Zone ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Average Rate ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Jinsha River ◽  
Water Storage Capacity ◽  
Barrier Lake

<p>     The Jinsha river fault zone in the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau is an old suture structure after the shutting of the proto-Tethys and a large scale ultra-lithosphere fault zone consisted of  5 to 6 fault branches with a width of 50km, have a long  geological evolution history. Since late Quatery, this fault zone is mainly dominated by dextral strike slip with partial thrusting component, absorbing  partial energy of the extrusion movement of  Tibetan Plateau. Along the fault zone, lower terraces of Jinsha river at Muronglou, Buzhong, Langzhong, Guxue, etc. were displaced, indicating the fault zone is active in late Quaternary, with an average rate of 3.5～4.3mm/ /yr. horizontally and 0.9-1.1mm/yr. vertically respectively in Holocene. Influenced by the intense fault activity of Jinsha river fault zone, this region is characterized by fractured rocks, strongly weathered surfaces.</p><p>      The Jinsha river, the upstream of the Yangtze river, parallel to Jinshajiang fault zone, flows from north to south, forming deep river valley and huge terrain elevation difference. Numerous huge landslides have developed along the river, for example, there are 23 giant avalanches in the 38 km long reach from Narong to Rongxue, with general volumes of 10~70 million m<sup>3</sup> and even up to several hundreds million m<sup>3</sup>. Moreover, the landslides produce many loose clastic fragments which detonate many debris flows and river blocking. The latest disaster event is the Baige barrier lake in 2018 caused by landslide, with a water storage capacity of 524 million m<sup>3</sup>, causing tens of billions of yuan of economic losses. These landslides are distributed along the fault and its two sides, suggesting that these huge avalanches are closely related to the intense activity of the fault zone and special topography.</p><p>Keywords: Huge landslide, Jinsha River, Jinsha River Fault Zone, late Quatery activity</p>

The evolution of the Samaoding paleolandslide river blocking event at the upstream reaches of the Jinsha River, Tibetan Plateau

Geomorphology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 351 ◽  
pp. 106970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiding Bao ◽  
Shijie Zhai ◽  
Jianping Chen ◽  
Peihua Xu ◽  
Xiaohui Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Jinsha River ◽  
Blocking Event

Chronology of relict lake deposits around the Suwalong paleolandslide in the upper Jinsha River, SE Tibetan Plateau: Implications to Holocene tectonic perturbations

Geomorphology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 217 ◽  
pp. 193-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengfei Wang ◽  
Jian Chen ◽  
Fuchu Dai ◽  
Wei Long ◽  
Chong Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Jinsha River ◽  
Lake Deposits

Mass movements along a rapidly uplifting river valley: an example from the upper Jinsha River, southeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau

2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiewei Zhan ◽  
Jianping Chen ◽  
Wen Zhang ◽  
Xudong Han ◽  
Xiaohui Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Mass Movements ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Jinsha River

scholarly journals Meso/Micro-texture analysis of the landslide-dam outburst sediments in the Upper Jinsha River, SE Tibetan Plateau

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (Special issue) ◽  
pp. 81-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Chen ◽  
Zhijiu Cui ◽  
Chao Liu ◽  
Wendy Zhou ◽  
Ruichen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Texture Analysis ◽  
Landslide Dam ◽  
Jinsha River
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