Geomorphology of Abandoned Underground Slate Mines in Czechia
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F49777513%3A23420%2F23%3A43968876" target="_blank" >RIV/49777513:23420/23:43968876 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12371-023-00845-6#citeas" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12371-023-00845-6#citeas</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12371-023-00845-6" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12371-023-00845-6</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Geomorphology of Abandoned Underground Slate Mines in Czechia
Original language description
We conducted one of the first complex geomorphological investigations of underground abandoned slate mines in Czechia, Central Europe. Sixty types of subterranean geomorphic forms were described from 114 abandoned underground slate mines in the Nízký Jeseník Upland. The forms, evaluated according to their type, scale, frequency, and fragility, are independent of each other or embedded. Their cascades occur in large multilevel mines affected by fluvial and gravitational processes. Analysis of the microforms revealed mine pearls enriched with titanium, calcareous soda-straw stalactites, amorphous calcareous-sulphurous piles, and quartz veins. Forty-seven of the identified mines were affected by gravitational failures. Four-year measurements of cracks revealed both negligible oscillations and distinct displacement of rock blocks up to 4 mm. The range of described geomorphic forms together with identified cascades and measured crack displacement point to rich geodiversity and high dynamics within the abandoned mines. Compared to other subterranean geosystems, the geomorphol- ogy of abandoned underground slate mines remains poorly investigated, although knowledge of subterranean geomorphic systems is crucial for future natural evaluation, risk assessment, remediation, or tourist management of abandoned mining sites. The recent results are applicable to other types of abandoned mines in the world. However, we should expect new findings and investigation of as yet undescribed geomorphic forms.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10508 - Physical geography
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Geoheritage
ISSN
1867-2477
e-ISSN
1867-2485
Volume of the periodical
15
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
21
Pages from-to
"Nestránkováno"
UT code for WoS article
001018798000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85163857247