Journal of the Geological Society, November 1st, 2001
Abstract: We document the neglected phenomenon of lateral erosion (`toe-cutting') of alluvial fans by non-incising axial river channels. Field examples from the Holocene of the Big Lost River basin, Idaho and the Plio-Pleistocene of the Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico help to establish architectural models with more general application to basin analysis. The process of toe-cutting can lead to complete fan destruction and may be a response to climate change, tectonic tilting, fault propagation or a combination of these variables. It gives rise to: near horizontal erosion surfaces cut in fan sedimen...
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