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Projects
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2017 - Present
Badland development in a Temperate Mediterranean setting, western Turkey
Wageningen University & Research (WUR), the Netherlands
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
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The Badlands project is an attempt to identify the causes and conditioning factors of the development of badlands in a Temperate Mediterranean environment, aiming to generate a high resolution four-dimensional model using a multidisciplinary approach to set up a new benchmark for badlands research. The chronological framework will be developed using dating techniques (e.g. OSL dating) in combination with detailed stratigraphic and geological examination of fluvial, lacustrine, alluvial and colluvial sediments intercalated with alkali basalts and tuff deposits in Kula. Having established a comprehensive age control using dating techniques, we aim to conduct numerical surface modelling to test our hypothesis for the influence of climate, tectonics and land-use in Kula Badlands.
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2014 - 2015
The geomorphological evolution of a mountain slope in a tectonically active region: the Sennwald Landslide, Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Switzerland
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The Sennwald project is an investigation of a palaeo-rockslide occurred along the Rhine valley associated with the Lower Cretaceous Helvetic limestones in the south-eastern wall of the Säntis Nappe. The Sennwald landslide is examined with a multidisciplinary approach with cosmogenic nuclide dating combined with mapping of landslide deposits and the topography, and dynamic run-out modelling, as well as an analysis of trigger causes and mechanisms of the landslide.
2011 - 2012
Structure and the development of karst topography in a gently deformed region, Güme, central Taurus Mountain, Turkey
Istanbul Technical University (Ä°TÜ), Turkey
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The Güme project aims to understand the role of the rock structure and tectonic uplift on the formation and development of karst topography in gently deformed Miocene sediments in central Taurus Mountain. The development of the karst topography is examined with the first detailed geological mapping in the entire study area combined with facies analysis of carbonate rocks, mapping of the rock structure and drainage network analysis. The classification of the karstic landform features is made to understand the influence of the uplift rate on the extent and rate of erosion in this Mediterranean setting.
