Rapid holocene bedrock canyon incision of Beida River, North Qilian Shan, China

• Main Authors: Wang, Yiran, Oskin, Michael E., Li, Youli, Zhang, Huiping
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Foreland Basin; Geochronology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164923
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Located at the transition between monsoon- and westerly-dominated climate systems, major rivers draining the western North Qilian Shan incise deep, narrow canyons into latest Quaternary foreland basin sediments of the Hexi Corridor. Field surveys and previously published geochronology show that the...