Three-dimensional control of alluvial fans by rock uplift in an extensional regime: Aydın Range, Aegean extensional province.

ABSTRACT: Tectonics imparts a first-order control on the overall morphology of alluvial fan systems in extensional settings by influencing sediment flux and accommodation space, while other factors such as climate, catchment lithology, and fault footwall characteristics are secondary. Previous alluvial fan modeling studies have focused on the link between the three-dimensional development of alluvial fans and rock uplift, however, despite the potential influence of tectonics on the overall three-dimensional morphology of alluvial fans, the controlling mechanisms, as well as their relative importance, remain largely unquantified in a natural setting with a targeted source-to-sink approach. Here, we examine 45 alluvial fans and their catchments along the southern mountain front of the Aydın Range, del

SUBMITTER: Ozpolat E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9468007 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature