Open AccessTHE CONTRIBUTION OF THE MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF AN HYDROGRAPHIC NETWORK TO THE INVESTIGATION OF THE NEOTECTONIC ACTIVITY: AN APPLICATION TO THE UPPER ACHELOOS RIVER.
Author(s) -
E. Lykoudi,
M. Angelaki
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
deltio tīs ellīnikīs geōlogikīs etaireias/deltio tīs ellīnikīs geōlogikīs etaireias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2529-1718
pISSN - 0438-9557
DOI - 10.12681/bgsg.16913
Subject(s) - hydrography , drainage network , geology , streams , drainage basin , neotectonics , river terraces , stage (stratigraphy) , drainage system (geomorphology) , geomorphology , hydrology (agriculture) , drainage , fault (geology) , structural basin , paleontology , geography , fluvial , cartography , ecology , geotechnical engineering , oceanography , biology , computer network , computer science
In this paper the relationship between the morphometric parameters of a drainage system and the neotectonic activity is investigated. The hydrographie network of the Upper Acheloos River was chosen as the study area. The whole network and especially its western-southwestern part appears to be in the rejuvenated stage of evolution, as it is concluded by the analysis of the parameters, associated with the shape and slope of the basins, and the slope of the respective streams. Furthermore, the shape of the drainage network and the structure of the basins suggest that not only the Alpine orogenesis but also the neotectonic activity controls the morphogenetic processes in the area