This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/esp.5224 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Sampietro Vattuone Maria Marta (Orcid ID: 0000-0002-7681-070X) Impacts of in-stream aggregate mining on the distributary channels of the alluvial fans of Tafí valley (NW Argentina) Running head: Impacts of in-stream aggregate mining on distributary channels María Marta Sampietro-Vattuone 1,2 , José Luis Peña-Monné 3 , Graciela Rodríguez 4 , Paula Lucía Medina 2 , Marta Amelia Vattuone 1 1 CONICET. sampietro@tucbbs.com.ar. 2 Laboratorio de Geoarqueología – Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. 3 Departamento de Geografía y Ordenación del Territorio – Universidad de Zaragoza. jlpena@unizar.es 4 Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Acknowledgments This is a contribution of the Primeros Pobladores del Ebro research group (Gobierno de Aragón and Fondo Social Europeo) and of the IUCA (Instituto Universitario de Estudios Ambientales de Aragón – University of Zaragoza). Supported by PIUNT G629, PICT2018-1119, and PICT2019-0391 (Argentina). We especially appreciate the reviewers' suggestions. The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions. There are no conflict of interests.