Transport and deposition: Deciphering the late Neogene and Quaternary evolution of alluvial fans along the coastal ranges in the Atacama and Namib deserts (C02)

• Subject Area: Physical Geography
• Term: since 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 268236062

The formation of alluvial fans mirrors (palaeo)environmental conditions. I; in consequence, variations in climate, tectonics, and base level are reflected in their morphology and sedimentology. Field investigation, remote sensing, sedimentological methods, as well as numerical dating will give insights into surface morphology, internal architecture, and spatio-temporal morphogenesis of alluvial fans across the Coastal Cordillera in northern Chile and along the Skeleton Coast in northwest Namibia. Comparison and evaluation of spatial variabilities along climatic and geologic gradients in combination with chronostratigraphies will allow to constrain the different effects of climate and tectonics on fan evolution in the two west-coast deserts.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1211: Earth - Evolution at the Dry Limit
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Co-Applicant Institution: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
• Project Heads: Dr. Dominik Brill, since 7/2020; Professor Dr. Helmut Brückner, until 6/2020; Professor Dr. Frank Lehmkuhl