Recent Landform Evolution : The Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric Region

0381342 - ÚFA 2013 RIV NL eng M - Monography Chapter
Stankoviansky, M. - Barka, I. - Bella, P. - Boltižiar, M. - Grešková, A. - Hók, J. - Ištok, P. - Lehotský, M. - Michalková, M. - Minár, J. - Ondrášik, M. - Ondrášik, R. - Pecho, Jozef - Pišút, P. - Trizna, M. - Urbánek, J.
Recent Landform Evolution in Slovakia.
Recent Landform Evolution : The Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric Region. Dordrecht: Springer, 2012 - (Lóczy, D.; Stankoviansky, M.; Kotarba, A.), s. 141-175. Springer Geography. ISBN 978-94-007-2447-1
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z30420517
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Keywords : Extreme precipitation * Human occupation * Mass movements * Fluvial processes * Water erosion * Karst and pseudokarst * Aeolian processes * Cryogenic processes
Subject RIV: DG - Athmosphere Sciences, Meteorology
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In addition to the morphostructures and climatic conditions, landform evolution on the territory of Slovakia has been heavily infl uenced by the history of human settlement. Human impact on geomorphic processes has a longer history in the sub-Carpathian lowlands (embracing millennia) than in the Carpathian mountains (measured in centuries). In addition to the predominant gravitational processes (fi rst of all landslides), major natural exogenic geomorphic agents in Slovakia include fl uvial processes, soil erosion by water, karst and pseudokarst evolution, aeolian, cryogenic and nival actions. The slopes of agricultural areas were completely remodeled by tillage and water erosion processes. Increased frequency of extreme meteorological-hydrological events during the Little Ice Age resulted in enormous activation of gullying, fl oods and other precipitation-induced processes. Drastic terrain adjustments, including the levelling of terraced plots, were done due to collectivization in agriculture. The predicted climate change could contribute to an increase in natural hazards, particularly those related to precipitation extremes (fl oods and landslides).
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