Quantifying the migration rate of drainage divides from high-resolution topographic data

C Zhou, X Tan, Y Liu, F Shi - Earth Surface Dynamics, 2024 - esurf.copernicus.org
The lateral movement of drainage divides is co-influenced by tectonics, lithology, and
climate and therefore archives a wealth of geologic and climatic information. It also has wide …

Drainage reorganization and divide migration driven by basin subsidence: An example from the Micang Shan, outskirts of eastern Tibet and its implications for …

Y Ye, X Tan, Y Liu, S Bian, C Zhou, X Zeng, F Shi… - Basin …, 2024 - earthdoc.org
Abstract The Cenozoic India‐Asia collision has elevated the Tibetan Plateau and produced
large strike‐slip faults in the interior and margins of the plateau, which profoundly influenced …

[HTML][HTML] Westward Migration of the Chenghai–**sha Drainage Divide and Its Implication for the Initiation of the Chenghai Fault

S Bian, X Tan, Y Liu, F Shi, J Gong - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Chenghai Fault in the Chuan–Dian block terminates at the northwestern segment of the
Red River Fault, and is a significant seismogenic structure. The kinematic evolution of this …

Geomorphic indicators of continental-scale landscape transience in the Hengduan Mountains, SE Tibet, China

KD Gelwick, SD Willett, R Yang - Earth Surface Dynamics, 2024 - esurf.copernicus.org
Landscapes are sculpted by a complex response of surface processes to external forcings,
such as climate and tectonics. Several major river captures have been documented in the …

How does the newly-formed drainage divide migrate after a river capture event?

S Bian, X Tan, AV Zuza, C Zhou, F Shi, Y Liu… - Earth and Planetary …, 2025 - Elsevier
Tectonic and climatic perturbations can drive drainage adjustment. A river capture event is
usually a landmark shift in drainage evolution, which significantly changes the river network …

Drainage divide migration between the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers at Eastern Qinling Mountains (central China): Insights from U-Pb ages of detrital rutile

Y Chen, Y Li, X Wang, R Zhang, W Lai, H Zhang, H Lyu… - Geomorphology, 2024 - Elsevier
Drainage divide migration, influenced by tectonic processes and climate change,
significantly shapes geomorphological dynamics and sediment dispersal patterns. However …

Tectonic and climatic controls on topographic spatial variability across the Pamir Plateau and implications for drainage evolution

S Chen, ML Chevalier, H Li - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pamir Plateau, NW prolongation of the Tibetan Plateau, experienced late
Cenozoic thrusting and extensional shearing/faulting and mainly receives moisture from the …

Drainage-divide migration at the Qinling and its implications for the drainage reorganization and rift evolution of the Weihe graben, Central China

X Zeng, X Tan, Y Liu, M Wang, S Bian, F Shi - Geomorphology, 2025 - Elsevier
The east-trending Qinling horst and Weihe graben system in Central China is an important
tectonic transition zone between the transpressional Northeastern Tibetan Plateau and the …

Eastward drainage-divide migrations driven by the spatial variations in precipitation and tectonic uplift contribute to the formation of the Parallel Rivers in the …

F Gao, X Tan, C Zhou, S Bian, F Shi - Geomorphology, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Hengduan Mountains (Southeastern Tibet), the south-draining Nmai Hka
(Upper Irrawaddy), Nu (Upper Salween), Lancang (Upper Mekong), and **sha (Upper …

Evolution of the proto-Weihe River system during the Eocene–Oligocene: Evidence from sediment provenance of the Weihe Basin

Z Chen, H Zhang, H Lu, F Lyu, H Lyu, R Gao, Y Chen… - Geomorphology, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Weihe River, originating from the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, is one of the
most important tributaries of the Yellow River. The Cenozoic evolution of the Weihe River …