Debris flow activity in the Slovak part of the High Tatras in the light of lichenometric dating

Kędzia, Stanisław; Hreško, Juraj; Bugár, Gabriel

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Debris flow activity in the Slovak part of the High Tatras in the light of lichenometric dating Kędzia, StanisławHreško, JurajBugár, Gabriel

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Debris flow activity in the Slovak part of the High Tatras in the light of lichenometric dating

Geographia Polonica Vol. 96 No. 1 (2023)

Kędzia, Stanisław : Autor ; Hreško, Juraj : Autor ; Bugár, Gabriel : Autor

lichenometric dating ; debris flows ; High Tatra Mountains

Rock walls and talus slopes, which are the most common features of high-mountain relief, have been researched for many years. Geomorphologists have taken particular interest in debris flows, which play a major role in the development of talus slopes. This paper presents the results of the first lichenometric dating of debris flows on the southern slopes of the Tatra Mountains. The greatest debris flow activity took place in the Little Ice Age and in the last two decades.

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