Geomorphology of Abandoned Underground Slate Mines in Czechia

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12371-023-00845-6" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12371-023-00845-6</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>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Geomorphology of Abandoned Underground Slate Mines in Czechia

Original language description

We conducted one of the frst 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 afected by fuvial 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 identifed mines were afected 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 identifed cascades and measured crack displacement point to rich geodiversity and high dynamics within the abandoned mines. Compared to other subterranean geosystems, the geomorphology 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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Type

J_imp - 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

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Geoheritage

ISSN

1867-2485

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Volume of the periodical

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Issue of the periodical within the volume

15

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001018798000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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