Records of Quaternary River Behaviour in Glaciated Catchments of the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Abstract

The glaciated catchments of the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco hold a valuable record of Quaternary river behaviour and environmental change. The Tamatert Valley is a small (< 10 km2) headwater tributary of the Rheraya River on the northern slopes of Jebel Toubkal (4167 m a.s.l.), joining the Mizane Valley at the village of Imlil. The geomorphology of the region is defined by steep sided valleys filled by deeply incised alluvial fans. Luminescence dating (feldspar-IRSL, n = 8) of alluvial sediments in the Tamatert Valley, combined with assessment of the morpho-stratigraphy, suggest net river aggradation during the late Pleistocene (~40-10 ka) and incision during the Holocene (

Date of Award	1 Aug 2022
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	The University of Manchester
Supervisor	Jamie Woodward (Supervisor) & Philip Hughes (Supervisor)