High-Energy Geomorphic Events in the Polish Tatra Mountains

Abstract

ABSTRACTDetailed geomorphological mapping, lichenometric dating of deposits, historical records and lacustrine sediment cores are used to reconstruct debris flow activity in the High Tatra Mountains of South Poland over the last 200 years. At the present time high energy geomorphic events are limited to the apex section of talus slopes and rarely affect the whole slope. During the Little Ice Age debris flows and rockfalls were both more frequent and of greater magnitude due to changes in both climatic factors and earthquake occurrence.