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The Quaternary landforms of the Büyük Menderes Graben System: the southern Menderes Massif, western Anatolia, Turkey

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  • Emrah Özpolat
  • Cengiz Yıldırım
  • Tolga Görüm

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We present the first detailed Quaternary landform map of the Büyük Menderes Graben System, located in western Turkey which is one of the most active extensional domains in the world. The main map was produced with a combination of TanDEM-X (12.5 m resolution), Red Relief Image Map, unmanned aerial vehicle, Google Earth images, and multiple fieldworks. The main map is presented at a scale of 1:160,000 although landforms were mapped at a scale of 1:15,000. The ten Quaternary landforms were defined considering their surface morphology and depositional environment. The alluvial fans, river terraces, and floodplains are the most common landforms. The spatial pattern of the alluvial fans and river terraces showed the variable rates of tectonics and surface processes along the strike of the graben system. The distribution of the meander cut-offs and paleo-shorelines imply that Büyük Menderes Graben System is vulnerable to geohazards like flash-flood sedimentation and flood events.

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  • Emrah Özpolat & Cengiz Yıldırım & Tolga Görüm, 2020. "The Quaternary landforms of the Büyük Menderes Graben System: the southern Menderes Massif, western Anatolia, Turkey," Journal of Maps, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(2), pages 405-419, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tjomxx:v:16:y:2020:i:2:p:405-419
    DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2020.1764874
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