Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 12 July 2019 doi:10.20944/preprints201907.0164.v1 Peer-reviewed version available at Remote Sens. 2019, 11, 2037; doi:10.3390/rs11172037 1 Article Investigating fold-river interactions for major rivers using a scheme of remotely sensed characteristics of river and fold geomorphology Kevin P. Woodbridge1, Saied Pirasteh2*, Daniel R. Parsons1 1 Energy and Environment Institute, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK, Email:
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[email protected], Phone: +86-13183819193 (S.P.) Abstract: There are frequently interactions between active folds and major rivers (mean annual water discharges > 70 m3s-1). The major river may incise across the fold, to produce a water gap across the fold, or a bevelling (or lateral planation) of the top of the fold. Alternatively, the major river may be defeated to produce a diversion of the river around the fold, with wind gaps forming across the fold in some cases, or ponding of the river behind the fold. Why a river incises or diverts is often unclear,