Aladağlar Mountain Range: A Landscape-Shaped by the Interplay of Glacial, Karstic, and Fluvial Erosion

C. Serdar Bayarı; Alexander Klimchouk; Mehmet Akif Sarıkaya; Lütfi Nazik

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03515-0_22

Aladağlar Mountain Range: A Landscape-Shaped by the Interplay of Glacial, Karstic, and Fluvial Erosion

C. Serdar Bayarı^*, Alexander Klimchouk, Mehmet Akif Sarıkaya, Lütfi Nazik

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Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences

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Abstract

The Aladağlar Mountain Range (AMR) is a large massif mainly composed of carbonate rocks hosting beautiful examples of glacial, karstic, and fluvial erosion. Extreme variations in climate and topography as well as the multitude of diverse geochemical conditions since the early Paleocene allowed development of huge hypogenic and epigenic karst systems. The interplay between the surface and karst drainage systems resulted in an attractive fluvial morphology with large karst springs, travertine bridges, gorges, and valleys. All of the karst valleys spreading from the heights of the AMR-hosted valley glaciers that once flowed down to 1100 m elevation. With its diverse landscape, the AMR is a promising land for tourists, backpackers, trekkers, and mountaineers. Large hanging karst springs, long rafting routes along gorges, travertine bridges, U-shaped glacial valleys and lakes, and challenging peaks are the major landscape attractions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	World Geomorphological Landscapes
Publisher	Springer
Pages	423-435
Number of pages	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03515-0_22
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Name	World Geomorphological Landscapes
ISSN (Print)	2213-2090
ISSN (Electronic)	2213-2104

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© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

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Acknowledgements The authors thank the following institutions for their support/funding through various projects: General Directorate of Mineral Resources of Turkey (MTA), Hacettepe University Research Fund, The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK project 112Y087), National Science Foundation (USA) and Ukrainian Speleological Association.

Funders	Funder number
TÜBİTAK	112Y087
Ukrainian Speleological Association
National Science Foundation
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu
Hacettepe Üniversitesi

Keywords

Aladağlar Mountain Range
Glacio-karst
Hanging karst spring
Quaternary glaciation
Travertine bridge

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