TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wang, Ping
A1  - Scherler, Dirk
A1  - Jing Liu-Zeng, 
A1  - Mey, Jürgen
A1  - Avouac, Jean-Philippe
A1  - Zhang, Yunda
A1  - Shi, Dingguo
T1  - Tectonic control of Yarlung Tsangpo Gorge revealed by a buried canyon in Southern Tibet
JF  - Science
N2  - The Himalayan mountains are dissected by some of the deepest and most impressive gorges on Earth. Constraining the interplay between river incision and rock uplift is important for understanding tectonic deformation in this region. We report here the discovery of a deeply incised canyon of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, at the eastern end of the Himalaya, which is now buried under more than 500 meters of sediments. By reconstructing the former valley bottom and dating sediments at the base of the valley fill, we show that steepening of the Tsangpo Gorge started at about 2 million to 2.5 million years ago as a consequence of an increase in rock uplift rates. The high erosion rates within the gorge are therefore a direct consequence of rapid rock uplift.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1259041
SN  - 0036-8075
SN  - 1095-9203
VL  - 346
IS  - 6212
SP  - 978
EP  - 981
PB  - American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science
CY  - Washington
ER  -