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Field trip in the Kerala : report

Rączkowska Z., Prokop P., Kijowska-Strugała M.

Landform Analysis

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2017

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Vol. 35

9--12

EN

This report contains short information about the geomorphological field trip in Kerala State. The field trip was largely focused on various geomorphological and geoecological aspects of laterites and backwaters which dominate in landscape of Kerala. One of the main highlights of the field trip was to the examination of type locality of laterite. Nearly 60% of the Kerala is covered by laterite or laterite-derived materials, and lateritisation process dominates the landform development from the coast to foothills. The second main highlights of the field trip was to the examination of backwaters which are a network of five big lakes (lagoons and estuaries) and rivers linked by natural and man-made canals.

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What can we learn from archive records of snow avalanches in the Tatra Mountains?

Kaczka R. J., Spyt B., Janecka K., Lempa M., Rączkowska Z.

Studia Geomorphologica Carpatho-Balcanica

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2016

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Vol. 50

33—51

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The aim of studies was to summarize all available published records of snow avalanche events in the Tatra Mountains in a form of a geodatabase and assess the usefulness of compiled information for analyses of long-term changes in snow avalanches characteristics. The systematic study of various sources from Poland and Slovakia resulted in geodatabase including about 3406 avalanche events, of which 2033 were registered in the Polish and 1373 in the Slovakian parts of the Tatra Mountains. The geodatabase comprises information about location, type and size of the avalanche, time of the event, source of the information as well as information about rescue missions, number of injured and fatalities. The snow avalanches causing the accidents are well documented. The rest of the avalanches were registered only as a result of the researches lasting from one up to maximum 11 winters or sporadic observations. In the Polish part of the High Tatra Mountains most of the avalanches were reported (681 events) in the Białka Valley, especially the Mięguszowieckie Szczyty ridge. In the Slovakian part of the Tatra Mountains most of the records came from the Žiarska Valley (222 events), especially the Tri kopy ridge. Although the records are unsystematic, the collected information can be used, if processed with caution, to analyse the certain aspects of the avalanche activities. The geodatabase was designed and developed in the way that allows future improvements by adding new records, either recent or historical ones.

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Morphological and morphometrical analyses reveal the avalanche influence over the talus cones in the Rybi Potok Valley, Tatra Mountains

Lempa M., Kaczka R. J., Rączkowska Z.

Studia Geomorphologica Carpatho-Balcanica

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2015

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Vol. 49

15--33

EN

Intense physical weathering engenders formation of scree cones at the foot of slopes dissected by couloirs. Combination of several geomorphic processes operating within the slope results in formation of cones of a polygenetic character (talus-alluvial cones, rockfall talus cones, or – in particular cases, talus-alluvial-avalanche cones). This study was aimed at determination of morphometric parameters characteristic for particular morphogenetic types of the cones in the Rybi Potok Valley in the High Tatra Mountains. For the purpose of the research, knowledge about the terrain and available cartographic materials (geological, geomorphological and topographical maps, LiDAR data) were employed. In the studied valley, 24 cones were selected and for each of them, morphogenetic types and morphometric parameters (surface, minimal and maximal height, roughness coefficient, Topographic Position Index) were determined. The correlations between different parameters enabled establishment and determination of the combination of morphometric parameters typical for the particular types of the cones. The impact of snow avalanches on one of the cones (at the mouth of Żleb Żandarmerii) was identified. This cone has morphometric parameters dissimilar to those of the other cones in the studied valley. It is the only cone in the valley which was classified as the avalanche cone.

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Zastosowanie metod dendrochronologicznych w badaniach lawin śnieżnych

Kaczka R. J., Janecka K, Lempa M., Rączkowska Z.

Landform Analysis

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2015

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Vol. 28

15--27

PL

Lawiny śnieżne pomimo swojej siły pozostawiają niejednorodny zapis w środowisku. Z tego powodu rekonstrukcja momentu wystąpienia i wielkości lawiny jest zadaniem trudnym. Jednym z pośrednich dowodów ich aktywności są miejsca, gdzie lawiny docierają do lasu pozostawiając swój ślad w skali makro (obniżanie górnej granicy lasu) i mikro (uszkodzenia pojedynczych drzew). Odpowiednio zaadaptowane metody dendrochronologiczne pozwalają datować zdarzenia lawinowe. W wyniku połączenia analiz dendrochronologicznych z innymi metodami badawczymi uzyskujemy wielowymiarowy obraz aktywności lawin w przeszłości. Zastosowanie podstawowych technik dendrochronologicznych do datowania zdarzeń lawinowych zostało omówione na przykładzie wyników badań w Białym Żlebie w Tatrach Wysokich. Opracowana dla tego miejsca rekonstrukcja aktywności lawin obejmuje ponad 100 lat i wskazuje na pięć dużych zdarzeń lawinowych w okresie od 1912 do 2009 roku. Włączenie do analiz technik GIS umożliwiło rozszerzenie rekonstrukcji o elementy przestrzenne, informujące o zasięgu przeszłych zdarzeń.

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Despite their strength, snow avalanches leave a very diverse record in the environment. For this reason, the reconstruction of the occurrence, time and magnitude of avalanches is a really demanding task. It can only be performed in places where avalanches reach forests, leaving their marks in the macroscale (lowering the upper timberline) and microscale (damaging individual trees). Appropriately adapted dendrochronological methods allow dating the avalanche events. Combining the dendrochronological analyses with other techniques enables to obtain a multi-dimensional image of avalanche events. The application of the basic dendrogeomorphological techniques is discussed on the example of the results of the research from the Biały Żleb chute located in the High Tatras. The obtained reconstruction of avalanche activity covers more than 100 years and points to five major avalanche events in the period from 1912 to 2009. The employment of GIS techniques allowed to extend the reconstruction by a spatial element indicating the range of the past events.

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Problems in geoecological approach to high-mountain environment (based on studies of relief : vegetation relationships)

Kozłowska A., Rączkowska Z.

Landform Analysis

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2009

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Vol. 10

70-76

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The paper discusses the issues associated with the geoecological rendition of high mountains, taking as a basis the authors’ studies of interrelations between relief and vegetation. The fundamental prerequisites for these studies are presented, with emphasis on the fact that the relation between the two elements is indirect and takes place via the intermediary of the habitat. With respect to the scales, both spatial and temporal, applied in the study of landscape, it is established that the majority of relations between vegetation and relief is analysed on the micro-scale, and much less frequently on the meso-scale. Application of areal methods in respective studies provides the possibility of determining the measure of relation between the elements considered. The linear methods (like, e.g., the catena method) allow for grasping the gradient differentiation of the spatial patterns on high mountain slopes. It was established that the main source of problems with landscape representation of high mountains is the mosaic character of the landscape structure. Due to this, even though the interrelations between the elements of the environment – including relief and vegetation – are distinctly visible, they have not been made precise enough with the mathematically defined dependencies, which make development of models of structure and functioning of high mountain slopes more difficult.

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Zróżnicowanie współczesnej rzeźby peryglacjalnej w górach wysokich Europy

Rączkowska Z.

Landform Analysis

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2008

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Vol. 9

120--122

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Using tls for monitoring talus slope morphodynamics in the Tatra Mts

Rączkowska Z., Cebulski J., Rączkowski W., Wojciechowski T., Perski Z.

Studia Geomorphologica Carpatho-Balcanica

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2017/2018

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Vol. 51/52

179--198

EN

This paper presents changes of surface relief of talus slopes in the Tatra Mts. based on terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) surveys conducted over five years. The changes are results of rapid mass movements, mainly debris flows and rockfalls. The results of the TLS surveys were analyzed with regards to meteorological conditions. It was found that debris flow activity is strongly related both to rainfalls and loose debris availability. The usefulness of the TLS survey for evaluation of the volume of rock material transported by rapid mass movement as well as the way this transport takes place was proven.