Gas-hydrothermal activities impact on the relief formation of geothermal zones’ river valleys
https://doi.org/10.31857/S043542812205008X
Abstract
Solfataric gases outputs, mud volcanic manifestations and mineralized thermal waters contribute to the formation of various, sometimes very specific landforms on the slopes and the bottoms of river valleys in the modern volcanism territories. It has been carried out the typification of denudation and accumulative forms of predominantly micro- and mesorelief in river valleys of geothermal zones under the conditions of gas-hydrothermal activity manifestations. The features of gas hydrotherms influence on the nature of geomorphological processes within river valleys are considered, and analysed the reasons for intensification of the slope processes and erosion. The main patterns revealed are typical for the most valleys with gas-hydrothermal manifestations, which is confirmed by observations in the river valleys, draining the slopes of volcanoes of the Pacific Ring of Fire (including the Kuril Islands, Kamchatka, New Zealand, North and South America), as well as of Iceland.
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Lebedeva E.V. Gas-hydrothermal activities impact on the relief formation of geothermal zones’ river valleys. Geomorfologiya. 2022;53(5):116-126. https://doi.org/10.31857/S043542812205008X
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