scholarly journals Surface-tectonic coupling at the Namche Barwa – Gyala Peri massif and geologic hazards associated with a proposed dam on the Yarlung-Tsangpo river in SE Tibet

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
Peter Zeitler ◽  
Anne Meltzer ◽  
Brian Zurek ◽  
Lucy Brown ◽  
Noah Finnegan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
Geologic Hazards ◽  
Yarlung Tsangpo ◽  
Yarlung Tsangpo River ◽  
Se Tibet ◽  
Namche Barwa

DOI = 10.3126/hjs.v5i7.1348 Himalayan Journal of Sciences Vol.5(7) (Special Issue) 2008 p.176

Enhanced Quaternary exhumation in the Namche Barwa syntaxis, eastern Himalaya

Geology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong Yang ◽  
Frédéric Herman ◽  
Ting Liu ◽  
Rabiul Haque Biswas ◽  
Maria Giuditta Fellin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Cosmogenic Nuclides ◽  
Eastern Himalaya ◽  
History Of ◽  
Northward Expansion ◽  
Yarlung Tsangpo ◽  
Yarlung Tsangpo River ◽  
Exhumation Rates ◽  
Namche Barwa ◽  
Exhumation History

The Namche Barwa syntaxis in the eastern Himalaya is rapidly evolving in terms of its tectonics and topography. Here we constrain the exhumation history of the Yigong River to the immediate north of the syntaxis across different time scales using a multidisciplinary approach. Our new thermochronometric data reveal an acceleration of exhumation rates since 2 Ma in the downstream of the Yigong. Cosmogenic nuclides and thermoluminescence thermochronometry analyses confirm persistent rapid exhumation in the lower Yigong over the Quaternary with further increased exhumation in the last 100 ka. Together with the analysis of the morphology of the Yigong River profile, we interpret that northward expansion of the syntaxis together with capture of the Yigong by the Yarlung Tsangpo River during this expansion is responsible for the exhumation history of the Yigong River in the Quaternary.

Changes of land cover in the Yarlung Tsangpo River basin from 1985 to 2005

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fapeng Li ◽  
Zongxue Xu ◽  
Youcan Feng ◽  
Mei Liu ◽  
Wenfeng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Yarlung Tsangpo ◽  
Yarlung Tsangpo River
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