关键词: 新构造, 地表过程和地壳过程, 造山带, 裂谷段, 横向水系, 夷平面

Abstract: During the past more than ten years, the research front on neotectonics concentrated on the field observations and theoretical models of the interaction between surface and crustal processes. This paper reviews for and comments on the current advance of overseas research on neotectonics in terms of four aspects: interaction between tectonics, surface erosion processes, and climate in orogens, interaction between rift segments in continental rift zones, transverse drainages, and planation surfaces. The including of surface processes in geodynamic models is a remarkable progress in understanding the development of orogens and rifted margins. The classical geomorphogical concepts on the geneses of transverse drainages and planation surfaces still have their vitality.

Key words: neotectonics, surface process and crustal process, orogen, rift segment, transverse drainage, planation surface