Based on the studies of terraces and peneplains of the Changjiang three Gorge area,it is confirmed that the tectonic movement in this area is characterized by the slow uplift as a whole since the Neogene period.

• 根据长江三峡地区的阶地和夷平面的调查研究,该地区自新第三纪以来,构造运动具有缓慢抬升的特点。