Author, as appears in the article.: Benito-Calvo A; Haddoumi H; Aouraghe H; Oujaa A; Chacón MG; Sala-Ramos R
Department: Història i Història de l'Art
URV's Author/s: Sala Ramos, Robert
Keywords: Valley evolution Suav Sfm Middle Lower moulouya river Late pleistocene Holocene High plateaus basin Fluvial terraces Eastern morocco Deposits Atlas Age
Abstract: © 2020, © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Journal of Maps. The High Plateaus Basin is an important region to understand landscape evolution and human occupation in North Africa during the Quaternary. We focused on the Gara Soultana area, applying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, photogrammetry and a submeter Global Navigation Satellite System, for large scale geomorphological mapping. This work in the upper Moulouya catchment has allowed us to define the landform sequence. Conglomerate platforms previously considered to be fluvial terraces, are interpreted here as exhumed bedrock layers of the Plio-Pleistocene stacked series. The El Haï river incision consists of a first phase, represented only by the exhumation of Gara Soultana butte, and a second phase when five strath terraces developed from +20-22 m to the thalweg, formed since the Middle Pleistocene. Holocene terraces could be associated with brief aggradation phases in the lower Moulouya catchment due to rapid climate changes. Fluvial incision led to the formation of mantled pediments and talus flatirons.
Thematic Areas: Interdisciplinar Geography, planning and development Geography, physical Geography Geografia i urbanisme Geografía Geociências Earth and planetary sciences (miscellaneous) Ciencias sociales Antropologia / arqueologia
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: robert.sala@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-7168-824X
Record's date: 2023-03-11
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Papper original source: Journal Of Maps. 16 (2): 459-467
APA: Benito-Calvo A; Haddoumi H; Aouraghe H; Oujaa A; Chacón MG; Sala-Ramos R (2020). Geomorphological analysis using small unmanned aerial vehicles and submeter GNSS (Gara Soultana butte, High Plateaus Basin, Eastern Morocco). Journal Of Maps, 16(2), 459-467. DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2020.1773329
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2020
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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