Research Article

Glaciation traces in Kızıldağ (Sivas)

Number: 69 December 15, 2017
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Glaciation traces in Kızıldağ (Sivas)

Abstract

In Turkey, the discovery of mountains which were glacierized in Pleistocene but not mentioned yet both in the glacier inventory and literature has recently become feasible with the aid of high resolution satellite imagery. In this study, which contributes a new discovery made in this framework, we carried out a similar approach in Kızıldağ (between Akıncılar and İmranlı Districts) in Sivas province, which is located within the Kösedağ ranges and has the elevation of 3025 m. Traces of glaciation in Kızıldağ has been first discovered from the satellite images, afterwards, it has been determined that the site was subjected to glaciation by an on-site investigation in the field study. Even though there have not been known any glaciations phenomenon in Kızıldağ until this work, in other words, there have not been any studies on the Kızıldağ glaciation, the presence of cirques and moraines on the northward slopes of the peaks line extending in northwest-southeast direction are concrete evidence of glaciation in the mountain. After the field studies, nine different sized cirques, one of them has elongated cirque form, and the frontal and lateral moraines (descending to 2300 m levels) in front of the cirques were observed in Kızıldağ. The glaciations that occurred in Kızıldağ have a peculiar character that can be included in the type of Pyrenees Glaciation, which is characterized by largely cirques rather than an obvious valley glacier. This has been the first research of Pleistocene glaciation in Kızıldağ which was supported by remote sensing methods and field studies. Maps and relevant outputs were created by geographic information systems using and analyzing the spacial data obtained from the field studies, unmanned aerial vehicles, satellite images and base maps. In the light of the obtained data, it reveals that the glaciation in Kızıldağ had a surface area of about 2.33 km2 and occurred at the elevations of 2300 m to 2960 and equilibrium line altitude (ELA) was 2655 m. We preliminarily evaluated that the height and aspect of the cirques were effective in the occurrence of glaciations in Kızıldağ.

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Primary Language

Turkish

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Zeynel Çılğın
MUNZUR ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye

Cihan Bayrakdar This is me
İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 15, 2017

Submission Date

September 15, 2017

Acceptance Date

November 15, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Number: 69

APA
Çılğın, Z., & Bayrakdar, C. (2017). Kızıldağ’da (Sivas) buzullaşma izleri. Türk Coğrafya Dergisi, 69, 101-107. https://doi.org/10.17211/tcd.338314

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Publisher: Türk Coğrafya Kurumu / Turkish Geographical Society