Damming is a major geomorphological event characterized by catastrophic consequences and profound impacts on fluvial landscape evolution.Extensive Quaternary detrital deposits(DD)have been discovered in the Daju Basin...Damming is a major geomorphological event characterized by catastrophic consequences and profound impacts on fluvial landscape evolution.Extensive Quaternary detrital deposits(DD)have been discovered in the Daju Basin.Some research suggests that these deposits are potentially associated with Great Flood events in the mainstream region.However,considering the multiplicity and complexity of the deposition,they may also result from catastrophic debris flows in local gullies.Consequently,we conducted a comprehensive investigation of detrital deposits and collected 64 provenance samples.The sediment provenance was analyzed by grain size distribution and elemental composition characterization.The results are as follows:(1)The detrital deposits in the basin are predominantly composed of sand and gravel,with some clay.(2)The results of the elemental ratios and multivariate statistical analysis confirmed the similarity in material composition between the detrital deposits in the basin and those from the Muduoluo Gully.(3)The discovery of palaeolandslides and lacustrine deposits in the study area indicates the existence of ancient dammed lakes and historical river damming events.The detrital deposits likely represent fan delta sediments formed by water-land interactions caused by damming events.Our study highlights new insights into discriminating the provenances of detrital deposits in localized regions,providing a new perspective for investigating geological hazards in the Jinsha River Basin.展开更多
基金This work was jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China projects[grant numbers 42305178 and U2344224]the National Key Scientific and Technological Infrastructure project“Earth System Numerical Simulation Facility”(EarthLab).
基金The National Key R&D Program of China,No.2023YFC3008300The Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(STEP),No.2019QZKK0903+1 种基金The Science and Technology Research Program of Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment,CAS,No.IMHE-ZDRW-03National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.42071017。
文摘Damming is a major geomorphological event characterized by catastrophic consequences and profound impacts on fluvial landscape evolution.Extensive Quaternary detrital deposits(DD)have been discovered in the Daju Basin.Some research suggests that these deposits are potentially associated with Great Flood events in the mainstream region.However,considering the multiplicity and complexity of the deposition,they may also result from catastrophic debris flows in local gullies.Consequently,we conducted a comprehensive investigation of detrital deposits and collected 64 provenance samples.The sediment provenance was analyzed by grain size distribution and elemental composition characterization.The results are as follows:(1)The detrital deposits in the basin are predominantly composed of sand and gravel,with some clay.(2)The results of the elemental ratios and multivariate statistical analysis confirmed the similarity in material composition between the detrital deposits in the basin and those from the Muduoluo Gully.(3)The discovery of palaeolandslides and lacustrine deposits in the study area indicates the existence of ancient dammed lakes and historical river damming events.The detrital deposits likely represent fan delta sediments formed by water-land interactions caused by damming events.Our study highlights new insights into discriminating the provenances of detrital deposits in localized regions,providing a new perspective for investigating geological hazards in the Jinsha River Basin.
