摘要
Field investigations of the geomorphology of river valleys and tectonics in Gyaca sector of the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet show that the sector is characterized by a parallel type drainage pattern and narrow and wide valleys. The sector has undergone a tectonic evolution from collision through compression to extension, thus forming such tectonic deformation styles as folds-thrusts, strike-slip shear, rheological shear, normal faults and grabens. The geomorphology of river valleys in Gyaca sector has been controlled by tectonic movement and climate. The drainage system in Gyaca sector of the Yarlung Zangbo River has been formed by headward erosion along faults of different characteristics generated by tectonic movement and climate variation since Pliocene at least.