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Reply to comment by Tan et al. on “Sandbox modeling of evolving thrust wedges with different preexisting topographic relief: Implications for the Longmen Shan thrust belt, eastern Tibet”
Author(s) -
Sun Chuang,
Jia Dong,
Yin Hongwei,
Chen Zhuxin,
Li Zhigang,
Li Shen,
Wei Dongtao,
Li Yiquan,
Yan Bin,
Wang Maomao,
Fang Shaozhi,
Cui Jian
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: solid earth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.983
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 2169-9356
pISSN - 2169-9313
DOI - 10.1002/2016jb013604
Subject(s) - sandbox (software development) , geology , thrust , fault (geology) , seismology , thrust fault , scale (ratio) , cartography , geography , computer science , engineering , software engineering , aerospace engineering
Abstract Tan et al. comment that the preexisting topographic relief in our sandbox is opposed to its prototype in the central Longmen Shan. Therefore, the comparison between our sandbox modeling and the natural topography is questionable and does not agree with our conclusion that the Xiaoyudong fault is a tear fault. First, we are grateful to the authors for their approval of our sandbox modeling and its contribution to understanding fault behavior within thrust wedges. However, after reading the comment carefully, we found that they misunderstood the meaning of topographic relief we conveyed. In response, we would like to address the differences between the topography in their comment and the orogen‐scale topography we investigated in our modeling to defend our conclusion.