Open AccessA relação entre litogia e morfologia das encostas das montanhas Tucson, Arizona
Author(s) -
Kamel Khanchoul,
Robert Altschul
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
anuário do instituto de geociências
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.202
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1982-3908
pISSN - 0101-9759
DOI - 10.11137/2008_1_30-42
Subject(s) - lithology , geology , bedrock , sedimentary rock , geomorphology , andesite , arid , geochemistry , volcano , paleontology , volcanic rock
The relationship between lithology and slope morphology is investigated at eight sites on granitic, andesitic, and sedimentary hillslopes in the Tucson Mountains, Arizona. Several methods are used in the study. Topographic profiles are constructed. Skewness indices, slope length, and mean slope angles of the different slope profiles are computed and compared with each other. Debris size analysis has permitted for some profiles, the determination of hillfront/piedmont junctions. The nature and structural characteristics of the bedrock are the ones that determine the hillslope morphology in this semi-arid region. There are, as a matter of fact, variations in profiles on the same bedrock nature but differently exposed. More precise morphologic studies have been also done in comparing the different lithologic pairs. They have permitted to show some similarities in shapes. The granitic-andesitic slopes and andesiic-sedimentary slopes are the best comparisons which show the relationship between lithology and slope morphology. The granitic-sedimentary slope relationship is shown in the hillfront concavities, mountain front and piedmont mean slope angles.