Fluvial Megafans on Earth and Mars

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Edited by Justin Wilkinson, Texas State University, Jacobs JETS Contract, NASA Johnson Space Center, Yanni Gunnell, Université Lumière Lyon 2

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: April 2023
Print publication year:: 2023
Online ISBN:: 9781108525923
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108525923

Subjects:: Earth and Environmental Sciences, Geomorphology and Physical Geography, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

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Megafans are partial cones of river sediment that reach unexpectedly large dimensions, with the largest on Earth being 700 km long. Due to recent developments in space-based observations, global mapping efforts have shown that modern megafan features cover vast landscapes on most continents. This book provides a new inventory of nearly 300 megafans across five continents. Chapters focus on regional studies of megafans from all continents barring North America and Antarctica. The major morphological attributes of megafans and multi-megafan landscapes are discussed, and the principal controls on megafan development are examined. The book also compares megafans with alluvial fans, deltas, floodplains and the recently recognised 'major avulsive fluvial system' (MAFS). The final part of the book discusses the application of megafan research to economic geology, aquifers and planetary geology including layered deposits on Mars. This is an invaluable reference for researchers in geomorphology, sedimentology and physical geography.

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Fluvial Megafans on Earth and Mars
pp i-ii

Fluvial Megafans on Earth and Mars - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Contents
pp v-xi

Contributors
pp xii-xiv

Foreword
pp xv-xviii

Part I - Introduction
pp 1-20

1 - Megafans as Major Continental Landforms
pp 3-12

2 - A Global Megafans Map
pp 13-20

Part II - Regional Studies
pp 21-260

3 - Megafans of Africa
pp 23-47

4 - Megafans of the Northern Kalahari Basin (Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia)
pp 48-77

5 - The Chaco Megafans, South America
pp 78-99

6 - Megafans of the Pantanal Basin, Brazil
pp 100-118

7 - Geomorphic and Chronological Assessment of Aggradation Patterns on the Río Grande (Guapay) Megafan, Eastern Bolivia
pp 119-140

8 - Megafans of Southern and Central Europe
pp 141-164

9 - The Loire Megafan, Central France
pp 165-183

10 - Megafans of the Gangetic Plains, India
pp 184-201

11 - The Kosi Megafan, India
pp 202-218

12 - The Holocene Mitchell Megafan, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia
pp 219-241

13 - Megafans of the Northern Victorian Riverine Plains, SE Australia
pp 242-260

Part III - Applications in Other Sciences
pp 261-336

14 - Geology of Fluvial-Fan Deposits
pp 263-286

15 - An Investigation of Lithology, Hydrogeology, Bioturbation, and Pedogenesis in a Borehole through the Cubango Megafan, Northern Namibia
pp 287-307

16 - Megafans on Mars
pp 308-336

Part IV - Megafans in World Landscapes
pp 337-388

17 - Megafans in World Landscapes
pp 339-371

18 - Some Future Megafan Research Directions
pp 372-388

Index
pp 389-398

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