干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Evaluation of the Fluvial Response to Tectonic Uplift From Grain-Size Distribution in Riverbed Gravels at the Northeastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau

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DOI	10.3389/feart.2022.824368
	Evaluation of the Fluvial Response to Tectonic Uplift From Grain-Size Distribution in Riverbed Gravels at the Northeastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau
	Dong, Zijuan; Pan, Baotian; Hu, Zhenbo; Mo, Qinhong; Bridgland, David; Li, Menghao; Li, Xiaohua; Yang, Yanan; Chen, Dianbao
通讯作者	Pan, BT ; Hu, ZB
来源期刊	FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
EISSN	2296-6463
出版年	2022
卷号	10
英文摘要	Downstream fining of riverbed gravels is generally linked with the processes of hydraulic sorting and abrasion. Hydraulic sorting is when larger gravel clasts stop moving in response to decreasing flow energy, whereas, finer grains will continue to be carried downstream. Furthermore, transportation of gravel clasts causes abrasion, bringing about a gradual decrease in grain size. Hydraulic sorting and abrasion have different dominant effects on the downstream fining of clasts in rivers with different climatic and tectonic backgrounds. At present, most studies focus on humid areas, and relatively few studies have explored this issue for the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau in arid and semi-arid areas. Detailed investigations of the grain size, lithology, and roundness of riverbed gravels have been performed here along the Taolai, Hongshuiba, and Fengle Rivers, which flow across the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and debouch into the arid inland of North China. The obtained data were subsequently employed in a hydraulic pattern of grain-size distribution of riverbed gravels in this area, which is characterized by the combined influences of tectonic activity and climatic aridity. Analysis reveals that there is no new rock type appearing in the lithological compositions of riverbed gravels along these rivers, only showing fluctuations in proportions of lithology even though they are adjacent to uplifting mountains. Fresh gravel material from these mountains does indeed mix into the fluvial bedload, inducing a notable decrease in roundness in the Taolai and Hongshuiba bedloads downstream from here. The downstream fining of gravel along the three rivers, with median grain sizes above 128 mm and falling into the range from 20 to 128 mm, can probably be attributed to hydraulic sorting and abrasion. Further analysis suggests that the former presents a high correlation with channel gradient, which may be sustained by fault activity at the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. The grain-size distribution in these riverbed gravels thus provides insights into the evaluation of fluvial responses to active tectonic uplift.
英文关键词	riverbed gravel grain size hydraulic sorting abrasion channel slope
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Accepted, gold, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000783651800001
WOS关键词	CRITICAL SHEAR-STRESS ; QILIAN SHAN ; NUMERICAL-SIMULATION ; SELECTIVE TRANSPORT ; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION ; BED RIVERS ; SEDIMENT ; ABRASION ; BASIN ; RATES
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/392685
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dong, Zijuan,Pan, Baotian,Hu, Zhenbo,et al. Evaluation of the Fluvial Response to Tectonic Uplift From Grain-Size Distribution in Riverbed Gravels at the Northeastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau[J],2022,10.
APA	Dong, Zijuan.,Pan, Baotian.,Hu, Zhenbo.,Mo, Qinhong.,Bridgland, David.,...&Chen, Dianbao.(2022).Evaluation of the Fluvial Response to Tectonic Uplift From Grain-Size Distribution in Riverbed Gravels at the Northeastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau.FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE,10.
MLA	Dong, Zijuan,et al."Evaluation of the Fluvial Response to Tectonic Uplift From Grain-Size Distribution in Riverbed Gravels at the Northeastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau".FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE 10(2022).