Landscapes and Landforms of the Czech Republic

0460831 - ÚGN 2017 RIV CH eng M - Monography Chapter
Pánek, T. - Miklín, J. - Kirchner, Karel
Limestone Klippen of the Pavlov Hills.
Landscapes and Landforms of the Czech Republic. Cham: Springer, 2016 - (Pánek, T.; Hradecký, J.), s. 373-384. ISBN 978-3-319-27536-9
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Keywords : Western Carpathians * Pavlov Hills * Limestone klippen
Subject RIV: DE - Earth Magnetism, Geodesy, Geography
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The Pavlov Hills represent a distinct geomorphological landscape of the Outer Western Carpathians in the South Moravia. They comprise a string of limestone klippen which originated as an interplay of Lower Miocene nappe tectonics and later selective erosion that removed weak Tertiary flysch and morphologically enhanced limestone blocks. Major morphological features are attributed to the lithology and thrust and-fold tectonics of Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous limestones which form the core of individual klippen structures. Monoclinal structures with west-facing escarpments and rather gentle eastward-oriented dip slopes have been sculptured chiefly by mass movement and karstification. Immediate surroundings of the Pavlov Hills offer some of the famous Upper Pleistocene localities in Europe involving worldwide known Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian) excavations.
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