Articles | Volume 15, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-1203-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-1203-2024
Research article
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30 Sep 2024
Research article |  | 30 Sep 2024

Geomorphic expressions of active rifting reflect the role of structural inheritance: a new model for the evolution of the Shanxi Rift, northern China

Malte Froemchen, Ken J. W. McCaffrey, Mark B. Allen, Jeroen van Hunen, Thomas B. Phillips, and Yueren Xu

Data sets

Geomorphic expressions of active rifting reflect the role of structural inheritance: A new model for the evolution of the Shanxi Rift, North China Malte Froemchen et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10058450

Model code and software

MFroemchen/R_Hypsometry: R_Hypsometry_1.0 (v.1.0) Malte Froemchen https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13794544

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Short summary
The Shanxi Rift is a young, active rift in northern China that formed atop a Proterozoic orogen. The impact of these structures on active rift faults is poorly understood. Here, we quantify the landscape response to active faulting and compare it with published maps of inherited structures. We find that inherited structures played an important role in the segmentation of the Shanxi Rift and in the development of rift interaction zones, which are the most active regions in the Shanxi Rift.