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Research article
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28 Jul 2021
Research article |
| 28 Jul 2021
| 28 Jul 2021
Stochastic alluvial fan and terrace formation triggered by a high-magnitude Holocene landslide in the Klados Gorge, Crete
Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Richard F. Ott
Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Vincenzo Picotti
Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Negar Haghipour
Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich,
Switzerland
Karl W. Wegmann
Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina
State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Centre for Geospatial Analytics, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC, USA
Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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The Klados River catchment contains seemingly overlarge, well-preserved alluvial terraces and fans. Unlike previous studies, we argue that the deposits formed in the Holocene based on their position relative to a paleoshoreline uplifted in 365 CE and seven radiocarbon dates. We also find that constant sediment supply from high-lying landslide deposits disconnected the valley from regional tectonics and climate controls, which resulted in fan and terrace formation guided by stochastic events.
The Klados River catchment contains seemingly overlarge, well-preserved alluvial terraces and...
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