Title

Stream Terrace Genesis Along Bunte Creek in the Elkhorn Plain, CA

Author(s) Information

Madi Allgaier, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoFollow
Shelley Anderson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoFollow
Duncan Lord, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoFollow

College - Author 1

College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences

Department - Author 1

Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences Department

Degree Name - Author 1

BS in Earth Sciences

Date

3-2017

Primary Advisor

Antonio Garcia

Abstract/Summary

There are several factors influencing terrace genesis and terrace types in Bunte Creek. Strath terraces exist at upper Bunte Creek, whereas thick fill terraces exist at lower Bunte Creek. Analysis of these terraces leads to insight on what specific factors lead to their formation. Terraces were mapped along the extent of Bunte Creek. Sediment data and terrace-height data were collected for in order to make a complete analysis of the terraces. Tectonic uplift led to incision and strath terrace genesis at upper Bunte Creek. Climatic forcing and base-level rise caused alluvial aggradation behind a shutter ridge that intersects lower Bunte Creek. Once the alluvial fill reached the elevation of the shutter ridge, a new, lower base level at Bunte Creek was established. This led to incision and fill terrace genesis in lower Bunte Creek.

Comments

Title page is in error: senior project was presented to the faculty of the Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences Department, not the faculty of the Communication Studies Department.

URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/nrmsp/50