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Assessing Alluvial Fan of Bergama Using High Resolution DEM Generated from Airborne LiDAR Data

Version 1 : Received: 10 September 2020 / Approved: 13 September 2020 / Online: 13 September 2020 (11:25:59 CEST)

How to cite: Hocaoğlu, B.; Ağca, M. Assessing Alluvial Fan of Bergama Using High Resolution DEM Generated from Airborne LiDAR Data. Preprints 2020, 2020090260. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0260.v1 Hocaoğlu, B.; Ağca, M. Assessing Alluvial Fan of Bergama Using High Resolution DEM Generated from Airborne LiDAR Data. Preprints 2020, 2020090260. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0260.v1

Abstract

Topography represented by high resolution digital elevation models are able to inform past and present morphological process on the terrain. High resolution LiDAR data taken by the General Directorate of Map at the surroundings of the Bergama city shows great opportunities to understand the morphological process on alluvial fan on which the city is located and the flood plain of Bakırçay river near the alluvial fan. In this paper the LiDAR data collected in 2015 have been used to create DEM’s to understand the geomorphological evolution of the alluvial fan and the flood plain around it. Since the proximal roots and medial parts of the alluvial fan have been the scene for a long human settlement most topographical traces of the morphological process have been distorted. Nevertheless, the traces of past and present morphological process at the distal fan which consist the contact zone with the flood plain are very clear on the DEM created from LiDAR data. The levees and some old courses of Bergama and Bakırçay rivers have been shown on the maps which are also important to understand the ancient roads which follows these levees.

Keywords

LiDAR; Bergama; Alluvial Fan; Geomorphology; Bakırçay River

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Geography

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