La cuenca de recepción como factor de control en el desarrollo y degradación de abanicos aluviales: ejemplos recientes, sub-recientes y antiguos
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Está ampliamente aceptado que los factores más importantes en el desarrollo
de abanicos aluviales son la tectónica, los cambios del nivel de base
local, las dimensiones de la cuenca de recepción y la tasa de suministro sedimentario:
la tectónica y el nivel de base local determinan las necesarias diferencias
topográficas entre las cuencas de recepción y depósito y, si existe
suficiente aporte sedimentario, los abanicos de mayores dimensiones son
los alimentados desde cuencas de recepción extensas. La degradación de
abanicos aluviales, sin embargo, ha sido menos estudiada. Ejemplos de
campo de diferente edad, tipo y escala discutidos en este trabajo indican
que, por su carácter erosional, las cuencas de recepción son muy duraderas,
pudiendo forzar la degradación de sus abanicos aluviales tras una disminución
significativa de la tasa de aporte sedimentario y/o un descenso del nivel
de base local, causando incisión de los mismos y/o el desarrollo corriente
abajo de abanicos secundarios
It is widely acknowledged that the most important factors in the development of alluvial fans are tectonics, changes of local base level, dimension of the catchment basin and rate of sedimentary supply: tectonics and local base level determine the necessary topographic differences between the catchment and depositional basins and, given a sufficient sedimentary supply, the largest fans are those fed from the more extensive catchment basins. Degradation of alluvial fans, however, is less well studied. Field examples of different ages, types and scales discussed in this paper indicate that, because of their erosional character, catchment basins are long-lasting features which may force the degradation of their linked alluvial fans after a significant decrease in the rate of sedimentary supply and/or a lowering of the local base level, causing their entrenchment and/or the down-current development of secondary fans
It is widely acknowledged that the most important factors in the development of alluvial fans are tectonics, changes of local base level, dimension of the catchment basin and rate of sedimentary supply: tectonics and local base level determine the necessary topographic differences between the catchment and depositional basins and, given a sufficient sedimentary supply, the largest fans are those fed from the more extensive catchment basins. Degradation of alluvial fans, however, is less well studied. Field examples of different ages, types and scales discussed in this paper indicate that, because of their erosional character, catchment basins are long-lasting features which may force the degradation of their linked alluvial fans after a significant decrease in the rate of sedimentary supply and/or a lowering of the local base level, causing their entrenchment and/or the down-current development of secondary fans







