Landform effect on rockfall and hazard mapping in Cappadocia (Turkey) |
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| Authors: | Kivanc Zorlu M. Celal Tunusluoglu Tolga Gorum Hakan A. Nefeslioglu Ali Yalcin Dilek Turer Candan Gokceoglu |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Geological Engineering, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey;(2) Department of Geological Engineering, Canakkale 18 Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey;(3) Natural Science Research Center, Yildiz Technic University, Istanbul, Turkey;(4) Department of Geological Research, General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Ankara, Turkey;(5) Department of Geological Engineering, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey;(6) Department of Geological Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey |
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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. |
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