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标题：Landforms of the lower Hushe Valley (Central Karakoram, Pakistan)
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作者：Ane Zabaleta ; Irantzu Alvarez ; Arantza Aranburu 等
期刊名称：Journal of Maps
印刷版ISSN：1744-5647
出版年度：2020
卷号：16
期号：2
页码：724-735
DOI：10.1080/17445647.2020.1822939
出版社：Journal of Maps
摘要：This paper presents a new geomorphological map for the lower Hushe Valley (below 3400 m asl), located to the SE of the Central Karakoram in Baltistan (North Pakistan). Fieldwork and remote sensing were combined to improve understanding of the most recent surface landforms to produce a 1:50,000 scale map. Thirteen landform types associated with glacial, fluvial, gravitational and mass wasting processes were identified and mapped. Particular emphasis was made on currently dynamic processes that could pose a threat to the population. The distribution of the landforms on the valley (reworked tills, alluvial fans, rockfalls, among others) differs between the eastern and the western hillslopes, and from north to south, mainly due to bedrock types, location of geological structures and distribution of lateral tributaries. This map is the first and necessary step towards a deep assessment on geological risk related to external processes in the area.
关键词：Glacial landforms; fluvial landforms; gravitational landforms; mass wasting processes; Hushe valleyKarakoram; Pakistan