Data from: The impact of river capture on fluvial terraces and bedrock incision
Data files
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Crete_river_terraces_shape.zip
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README.md
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Abstract
River terraces are landforms that represent paleo-river channels and are used in studies of geomorphology to understand climate and tectonic processes and constrain rates of river incision and landscape change. Here, we present a shapefile (generated in ArcPro) of river terraces mapped at 1:10,000 scale along the Kolokithas and Varitis Rivers in central Crete, Greece. The data consists of mapped surface deposits (i.e. river terraces and alluvial fans) and is designed to aid in quantitative analysis of landscape dynamics. River terraces are classified into five age groups, and alluvial fans have three age classifications based on luminescence geochronology and degree of soil maturity. The shapefile is in the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 35N projection.
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8gtht7709
Description of the data and file structure
River terraces are landforms that represent paleo-river channels and are used in studies of geomorphology to understand climate and tectonic processes and constrain rates of river incision and landscape change. Here, we present a shapefile (generated in ArcPro) of river terraces mapped at 1:10,000 scale along the Kolokithas and Varitis Rivers in central Crete, Greece. The data consists of mapped surface deposits (i.e. river terraces and alluvial fans) and is designed to aid in quantitative analysis of landscape dynamics. River terraces are classified into five age groups, and alluvial fans have three age classifications based on luminescence geochronology and degree of soil maturity. The shapefile is in the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 35N projection.
Files and variables
The zip file contains a number of files with the same name (terraces_smo_0425) but different file extensions (.shp, .shpx, .shpn, .cpg, and .dbf) the collectively make an ESRI shapefile. This collection of files works together to provide the data, metadata, and projection information to be read by a geographic information system (GIS) software, such as ArcGIS, ArcPRO, or QGIS. To work with the files, unzip the folder, open your preferred GIS software, and add the data. In most GIS software packages, when adding the files, only the .shp file will be viable, but all files are needed to load the data into the software properly.
File: Crete_river_terraces_shape.zip
Description: zip file containing relevant shapefile data files.