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“Noah’s Ark”: its relationship to the Telçeker earthflow, Mount Ararat, Eastern Turkey
Abstract The southern slopes of Mount Ararat are formed of an interbedded sequence of limestones and mudrocks in which a 1,000 m deep valley has been eroded. During the glacial/periglacial climates of the past, mass movements took place in this mountainous area, resulting in a debris mantle on the slopes and a blocky colluvium in the valley floor. The 150 m × 50 m × 4 m high ship-like feature, sometimes referred to as “Noah’s Ark”, is considered to be a large discontinuity-bounded block of Miocene limestone which has slumped and crept downslope on the weak Eocene clays. The shape of the feature has been modified by abrasion caused by passing earthflow material as well as ice melt and limestone dissolution processes.
“Noah’s Ark”: its relationship to the Telçeker earthflow, Mount Ararat, Eastern Turkey
Abstract The southern slopes of Mount Ararat are formed of an interbedded sequence of limestones and mudrocks in which a 1,000 m deep valley has been eroded. During the glacial/periglacial climates of the past, mass movements took place in this mountainous area, resulting in a debris mantle on the slopes and a blocky colluvium in the valley floor. The 150 m × 50 m × 4 m high ship-like feature, sometimes referred to as “Noah’s Ark”, is considered to be a large discontinuity-bounded block of Miocene limestone which has slumped and crept downslope on the weak Eocene clays. The shape of the feature has been modified by abrasion caused by passing earthflow material as well as ice melt and limestone dissolution processes.
“Noah’s Ark”: its relationship to the Telçeker earthflow, Mount Ararat, Eastern Turkey
Avci, Murat (author)
2007
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
BKL:
56.00$jBauwesen: Allgemeines
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38.58
Geomechanik
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38.58$jGeomechanik
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56.20
Ingenieurgeologie, Bodenmechanik
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56.00
Bauwesen: Allgemeines
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56.20$jIngenieurgeologie$jBodenmechanik
RVK:
ELIB18
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