Structurally Controlled Landscape Evolution in Kula Badlands, Western Turkey

Badlands are extensively eroded landscapes consisting of weakly consolidated deposits within highly dense drainage systems. Their controlling and shaping factors can differ in relation to various internal external conditions processes that not always well understood. This study focuses on the development a badland landscape affecting Miocene Quaternary sand-clay sediments extensional tectonic regime Western Turkey with multidisciplinary approach. The area between Kula Selendi towns exhibits topography surface features, deepened gullies poorly consolidated, sand clay-sized sediments. results structural field mapping morphometric analyses using 5 m resolution DEM role control badlands presented this study. Field data analysis supported by quantitative assessment longitudinal gully profiles illustrates pre-existing structures as faults, their orientation geometry net erosion-sedimentation networks. Representative illustrations, photographs block diagrams show relationship rock structure landscape. connection tectonics, erosional dynamics geomorphology point structurally-controlled Turkey.