Daniel R. Parsons1
Geography and Environment, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Loughborough gh University, Ep, UK
Publications
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Research Article
Improved Scheme Using Remotely Sensed Geomorphological Characteristics to Investigate Fold-River Interactions for Major Rivers
Author(s): Daniel R. Parsons1*, Saied Pirasteh and Kevin P. Woodbridge
There are frequently interactions between active folds and major rivers (mean annual water discharges > 70 m3 s-1). The major river may incise across the fold, to produce a water gap across the fold, or a bevelling (or lateral planation) of the top of the fold. Alternatively, the major river may be defeated to produce a diversion of the river around the fold, with wind gaps forming across the fold in some cases, or ponding of the river behind the fold. Why a river incises or diverts is often unclear, though influential characteristics and processes have been identified. A new, improved scheme for investigating fold-river interactions has been devised — based on Woodbridge et al., Remote Sens. 2019, 11, 2037, though superseding this and described in full here for ease of use — involving a short description of the major river, climate, and structural geology, and 13 chara.. Read More»