@article{HetzelTaoNiedermannetal.2004,
  author    = {Hetzel, Ralf and Tao, MX and Niedermann, Samuel and Strecker, Manfred and Ivy-Ochs, Susan and Kubik, Peter W. and Gao, B.},
  title     = {Implications of the fault scaling law for the growth of topography : mountain ranges in the broken foreland of north-east Tibet},
  issn      = {0954-4879},
  year      = {2004},
  abstract  = {A fault scaling law suggests that, over eight orders of magnitude, fault length L is linearly related to maximum displacement D. Individual faults may therefore retain a constant ratio of D/L as they grow. If erosion is minor compared with tectonic uplift, the length and along-strike relief of young mountain ranges should thus reflect fault growth. Topographic profiles along the crests of mountain ranges in the actively deforming foreland of north-east Tibet exhibit a characteristic shape with maximum height near their centre and decreasing elevation toward the tips. We interpret the along-strike relief of these ranges to reflect the slip distribution on high-angle reverse faults. A geometric model illustrates that the lateral propagation rate of such mountain ranges may be deciphered if their length- to-height ratio has remained constant. As an application of the model, we reconstruct the growth of the Heli Shan using a long-term uplift rate of similar to1.3 mm yr(-1) derived from Ne-21 and Be-10 exposure dating},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HetzelNiedermannTaoetal.2006,
  author    = {Hetzel, Ralf and Niedermann, Samuel and Tao, Mingxin and Kubik, Peter W. and Strecker, Manfred},
  title     = {Climatic versus tectonic control on river incision at the margin of NE Tibet: Be-10 exposure dating of river terraces at the mountain front of the Qilian Shan},
  series = {Journal of geophysical research : Earth surface},
  volume    = {111},
  journal   = {Journal of geophysical research : Earth surface},
  publisher = {Union},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {2169-9003},
  doi       = {10.1029/2005JF000352},
  pages     = {13},
  year      = {2006},
  abstract  = {[1] We document late Pleistocene - Holocene aggradation and incision processes at the mountain front of the Qilian Shan, an active intracontinental fold-and-thrust belt accommodating a significant portion of the India-Asia convergence. The Shiyou River cuts through a NNE vergent fault propagation fold with Miocene red beds in the core and Pliocene - Quaternary growth strata on the northern forelimb. South of the anticline, Miocene strata dip 20 degrees SSW, suggesting a similar orientation for the basal decollement. After aggradation of an similar to 150-m-thick, late Pleistocene valley fill, the Shiyou River formed three terraces. The highest terrace, located 170 m above the river, constitutes the top of the fill. The other terraces are fill cut terraces: their treads are located 130 - 105 m and 37 m above the river, respectively. The 10 Be exposure dating of the terraces suggests that river incision accelerated from 0.8 +/- 0.2 mm yr(-1) to similar to 10 mm yr(-1) at 10 - 15 kyr. We interpret fast Holocene river incision as largely unrelated to tectonic forcing. The late Pleistocene incision rate of 0.8 +/- 0.2 mm yr(-1) places an upper limit of 2.2 +/- 0.5 mm yr(-1) on the horizontal shortening rate, assuming that incision is solely caused by rock uplift above a decollement dipping 20 degrees. However, the actual shortening rate may lie between similar to 2.2 mm yr(-1) and zero because deformation of the terraces and the valley fill cannot be unequivocally demonstrated. Our estimate is consistent with the bulk shortening rate of similar to 5 - 10 mm yr(-1) across several faults in NE Tibet derived from neotectonic and GPS data, although in case of the Shiyou River, Holocene deformation is barely discernible owing to intense climate-induced river incision.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchildgenRobinsonSavietal.2016,
  author    = {Schildgen, Taylor F. and Robinson, Ruth A. J. and Savi, Sara and Phillips, William M. and Spencer, Joel Q. G. and Bookhagen, Bodo and Scherler, Dirk and Tofelde, Stefanie and Alonso, Ricardo N. and Kubik, Peter W. and Binnie, Steven A. and Strecker, Manfred},
  title     = {Landscape response to late Pleistocene climate change in NW Argentina: Sediment flux modulated by basin geometry and connectivity},
  series = {Journal of geophysical research : Earth surface},
  volume    = {121},
  journal   = {Journal of geophysical research : Earth surface},
  publisher = {American Geophysical Union},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {2169-9003},
  doi       = {10.1002/2015JF003607},
  pages     = {392 -- 414},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Fluvial fill terraces preserve sedimentary archives of landscape responses to climate change, typically over millennial timescales. In the Humahuaca Basin of NW Argentina (Eastern Cordillera, southern Central Andes), our 29 new optically stimulated luminescence ages of late Pleistocene fill terrace sediments demonstrate that the timing of past river aggradation occurred over different intervals on the western and eastern sides of the valley, despite their similar bedrock lithology, mean slopes, and precipitation. In the west, aggradation coincided with periods of increasing precipitation, while in the east, aggradation coincided with decreasing precipitation or more variable conditions. Erosion rates and grain size dependencies in our cosmogenic Be-10 analyses of modern and fill terrace sediments reveal an increased importance of landsliding compared to today on the west side during aggradation, but of similar importance during aggradation on the east side. Differences in the timing of aggradation and the Be-10 data likely result from differences in valley geometry, which causes sediment to be temporarily stored in perched basins on the east side. It appears as if periods of increasing precipitation triggered landslides throughout the region, which induced aggradation in the west, but blockage of the narrow bedrock gorges downstream from the perched basins in the east. As such, basin geometry and fluvial connectivity appear to strongly influence the timing of sediment movement through the system. For larger basins that integrate subbasins with differing geometries or degrees of connectivity (like Humahuaca), sedimentary responses to climate forcing are likely attenuated.},
  language  = {en}
}