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Main drivers of drainage pattern development in onshore Makran Accretionary Wedge, SE Iran

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Over time, river networks achieve a specific pattern as determined by the function of several factors such as climate, tectonic, geological structures, topography, lithology, and base-level fluctuations. The relative importance of mentioned factors on drainage systems was studied to determine the controlling factors of their heterogeneity across the tectono-stratigraphic zones of onshore Iranian Makran. We applied structural, geomorphological, and climate analysis. Results indicate that the dendritic patterns of N-S flowing rivers in the western part of Iranian Makran are mostly controlled by the Minab-Zendan Fault activity and distribution of olistostrome cover, whereas the dominant trellis patterns in the eastern part are controlled by the well-developed thrust fault-related fold systems. The channel steepness pattern demonstrates that the high values are mostly localized in the hanging wall of thrust and normal faults. Accordingly, the topographic profiles of the steep rivers show the old stages of incision in the Inner and Outer Makran. However, some rivers of the Coastal Makran are in the young stage of incision, where the normal faults are located and active. The sediment connectivity index shows that the Inner Makran has a high potential of sediment supplies, while the Outer Makran intra-mountain basins and the Coastal-plain are more prone to sediments accumulation. Our findings reveal that the river patterns and landscape evolution in the Inner and Outer Makran are controlled by thrust faults, olistostrome and related mini-basins, while rivers in the Coastal Makran are governed by activity of Pliocene–Pleistocene normal faults.

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The TanDEM-X 12.5 m images used in this study are available through the German Aerospace Center (https://tandemx-science.dlr.de/). All modern climate data appears in the main body of the text, and supplementary material comes from the Meteorological stations, Water Resources Management Company of Iran (TAMAB).

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This work was supported by Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ)/BAP project MAB-2020-42407, and Iran’s National Elites Foundation (no. 101/71460, no. 101/71624). Thanks to German Aerospace Centre (DLR, Germany) for providing TanDEM-X datasets under proposal DEM_GEOL3191. The authors thank Lucía Sagripanti and an anonymous referee, as well as Topic Editor Laura Giambiagi for their insightful and constructive comments, which improved the initial manuscript. Thanks also go to Prof. Ulrich Riller for his efficient and thoughtful work as Editor-in-Chief.

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  1. Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey

    Amaneh Kaveh-Firouz, Ali Mohammadi, Tolga Görüm & Mehmet Akif Sarıkaya

  2. Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Amaneh Kaveh-Firouz, Ali Mohammadi & Hamid Alizadeh

  3. Geography Department, Physical Geography Division, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey

    Abdullah Akbaş

  4. Water Resources Management Company, Tehran, Iran

    Ali Mirarabi

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Kaveh-Firouz, A., Mohammadi, A., Görüm, T. et al. Main drivers of drainage pattern development in onshore Makran Accretionary Wedge, SE Iran. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 112, 539–559 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-022-02270-6

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