Numerical simulation of the evolutionary process of Danxia landforms

	Numerical simulation of the evolutionary process of Danxia landforms
	Yan, Zhenzhen 1; Du, Xiaoping 1; Fan, Xiangtao 1
刊名	PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
	2015
卷号	36 期号:4 页码:431-450
关键词	Danxia landforms landscape evolution numerical simulation tectonic uplift fluvial erosion
通讯作者	Du, XP (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Remote Sensing & Digital Earth, Key Lab Digital Earth Sci, Beijing 100094, Peoples R China.
英文摘要	Danxia landforms are defined as a landscape type that developed in red terrestrial clastic rocks generally with near-horizontal strata. Lithology, vertical joint sets, tectonic history, and rainfall play important roles in shaping Danxia landforms, leading to increased difficulty and complexity in quantitatively understanding their evolution. Integrating the factors mentioned above, this study represents the first attempt to investigate the evolutionary process of Danxia landforms using a numerical simulation. Parameters used in this study were employed from earlier studies on Danxia Mountain in southeastern China. The results quantitatively present a complete dynamic course shaping Danxia landforms that could not be seen from field observation alone. The process arises from interactions between tectonics and fluvial erosion and displays typical characteristics of Danxia landforms in different evolutionary stages. The results also show that the features of fractures and joints have significant constraints on the evolutionary process. Through comparative analysis of the earlier conceptual results and our simulation, we conclude that the model used in this study can reasonably represent the typical, physical formation process of Danxia landforms. Although the model is robust and thus might not be precise, our results still reveal the interesting dynamic behavior shaping Danxia landforms.
研究领域[WOS]	Environmental Sciences ; Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000356699600005
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.ceode.ac.cn/handle/183411/38154]
专题	遥感与数字地球研究所_SCI/EI期刊论文_期刊论文
作者单位	1.[Yan, Zhenzhen 2.Du, Xiaoping 3.Fan, Xiangtao] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Remote Sensing & Digital Earth, Key Lab Digital Earth Sci, Beijing 100094, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yan, Zhenzhen,Du, Xiaoping,Fan, Xiangtao. Numerical simulation of the evolutionary process of Danxia landforms[J]. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY,2015,36(4):431-450.
APA	Yan, Zhenzhen,Du, Xiaoping,&Fan, Xiangtao.(2015).Numerical simulation of the evolutionary process of Danxia landforms.PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY,36(4),431-450.
MLA	Yan, Zhenzhen,et al."Numerical simulation of the evolutionary process of Danxia landforms".PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 36.4(2015):431-450.