Landscapes and Landforms of the Czech Republic

The book aims to present the unique geomorphological landscapes of the Czech Republic. The geomorphic uniqueness of this country benefits from the proximity to two distinct European geological domains: the old cratonized Bohemian Massif and the relatively young Tertiary fold and thrust belt of the W...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Pánek, Tomáš (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hradecký, Jan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Έκδοση:1st ed. 2016.
Σειρά:World Geomorphological Landscapes,
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Introduction
  • Geology and tectonic development of the Czech Republic
  • Climate in the past and present in the Czech Lands (Central European Context)
  • Long-term geomorphological history of the Czech Republic
  • The geomorphological evolution and environmental hazards of the Prague area
  • The Bohemian Karst: A condensed record of landscape and living nature evolution
  • Brdy Highland: A landscape shaped in the periglacial zone of Quaternary glacials
  • Bohemian Forest: landscape and people on the frontier
  • Morphology of the youngest little volcanoes in western Bohemian Massif
  • The Krušné hory Mountains – the longest mountain range of the Czech Republic
  • Elbe Sandstones
  • Neovolcanic terrain of the České Středohoří Mountains
  • The Kokořín Area: Sandstone Landforms Controlled by Hydrothermal Ferruginization
  • Jizerské hory – an Interplay of Rock Control, Faulting and Inland Glaciation in the Evolution of a Granite Terrain
  • Krkonoše Mountains: a case study of polygenetic relief
  • Bohemian Paradise: Sandstone Landscape in the Foreland of a Major Fault
  • Adršpach–Teplice Rocks and Broumov Cliffs – Large Sandstone Rock Cities in the Central Europe
  • Žďárské vrchy Highland - geomorphological landscape in the top part of the Bohemian-Moravian Highland with the unique crystalline rocks forms
  • The Dyje canyon-like valley: geomorphological landscape of deep valley at the eastern part of marginal slope of the Bohemian Massif
  • The Moravian Karst: An interconnection between surface and subsurface natural sceneries
  • Region of the Rychlebské hory Mountains – tectonically controlled landforms and unique landscape of granite inselbergs (Sudetic Mountains)
  • Periglacial landforms of the Hrubý Jeseník Mountains
  • Litovelské Pomoraví – landscape around anastomosing river pattern
  • The Nízký Jeseník – Highland with Abandoned Deep Mines
  • Black land: The mining landscape of the Ostrava-Karviná region
  • Poodří - Landscape of Ponds and a Preserved Meandering Belt of the Odra River
  • Landslide Landscape of the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mountains and Their Surrounding
  • Strážnické Pomoraví – Holocene evolution of unique floodplain and aeolian landforms
  • Limestone Klippen of the Pavlov Hills
  • Geomorphological heritage and geoconservation in the Czech Republic
  • Promoting geomorphological heritage: bringing geomorphology to people.