Landform effect on rockfall and hazard mapping in Cappadocia (Turkey)

Kivanc Zorlu; M. Celal Tunusluoglu; Tolga Gorum; Hakan A. Nefeslioglu; Ali Yalcin; Dilek Turer; Candan Gokceoglu

doi:10.1007/s12665-010-0653-9

Landform effect on rockfall and hazard mapping in Cappadocia (Turkey)

Kivanc Zorlu^*, M. Celal Tunusluoglu, Tolga Gorum, Hakan A. Nefeslioglu, Ali Yalcin, Dilek Turer, Candan Gokceoglu

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Abstract

The Cappadocia region has unique geomorphological features resulting from differential erosional processes which make it very attractive to tourists. Besides the fairy chimneys for which the area is best known, there are also impressive buttes and mesas. Buttes and mesas are formed in regions having flat-lying strata in which the uppermost levels are composed of well-cemented limestones and granular ignimbrites, whereas the lower parts and slopes consist of low-durability tuff and ignimbrites. This durability difference results in serious rockfall events. This study involves two-dimensional rockfall analyses in and near the Avanos, Zelve, and Çavusini areas, where volcano-sedimentary units of Neogene age outcrop, to provide a rockfall hazard map in which areas of tourism activity are also considered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1685-1693
Number of pages	9
Journal	Environmental Earth Sciences
Volume	62
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-010-0653-9
Publication status	Published - Apr 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Butte
Cappadocia
Ignimbrite
Mesa
Rockfall

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Landform effect on rockfall and hazard mapping in Cappadocia (Turkey)

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