This complex landslide at the E side of Topitza is connected to a geological hard-on-soft situation: hard limestone overlays much softer clastic sedimentary rocks. Rock falls in the limestone facilitate earth flow processes in the softer rock, proceeding farther down-valley.

Keywords

earth flow, geodiversity, landslide, non-tropical montane forest, rock fall, sedimentary rocks, Zonobiome VI

Created

Saturday 18 June 2022 by Martin Mergili in Europe / Austria (151 visits)