Tectonic controls on the ecosystem of the Mara River basin, East Africa, from geomorphological and spectral index analysis

Tectonic activity impacts the environment; therefore, identifying the influence of active faulting on environmental factors, such as soil development and vegetation growth patterns, is valuable in better understanding ecosystem functions. Here, we illustrate how tectonic activity and the lithology o...

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Published in:Biogeosciences 2023-05, Vol.20 (10), p.1991-2012
Main Authors: Ludat, Alina Lucia, Kübler, Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Alluvial fans
Analysis
Aquatic ecosystems
Bedrock
Biodiversity
Clay
Clay minerals
Climate change
Digital Elevation Models
Drainage systems
Earthquakes
Ecological effects
Ecosystem dynamics
Ecosystems
Environmental factors
Erosion rates
Escarpments
Fault lines
Faults
Geological faults
Geology
Geomorphology
Growth patterns
Hanging walls
Hydrology
Influence
Land use
Lead
Lithofacies
Lithology
Moisture effects
Moisture stress
National parks
Neogene
Normalized difference vegetative index
Plant cover
Precipitation
River basins
River channels
River ecology
Rivers
Sediments
Sediments (Geology)
Seismic activity
Sinuosity
Soil
Soil erosion
Soil formation
Soil moisture
Soils
Tectonics
Tectonics (Geology)
Topography
Uplift
Vegetation
Vegetation cover
Vegetation growth
Vegetation index
Vegetation patterns
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Summary:Tectonic activity impacts the environment; therefore, identifying the influence of active faulting on environmental factors, such as soil development and vegetation growth patterns, is valuable in better understanding ecosystem functions. Here, we illustrate how tectonic activity and the lithology of bedrock influence temporal and spatial patterns of vegetation and soil parameters in a fault-controlled river basin.
ISSN:1726-4189
1726-4170
1726-4189
DOI:10.5194/bg-20-1991-2023