Karst Environments Karren Formation in High Mountains
With a focus on karren formation in high mountains, and specifically in the European Alps, this text summarizes the scientific results of systematic observations made during field trips, as well as the interpretation, using modern analytical methods, of t
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Márton Veress
Karst Environments Karren Formation in High Mountains
Márton Veress Department of Physical Geography University of West Hungary Szombathely Hungary [email protected]
The book is based on the monograph “A Magashegységi Karrosodás” which was originally published in the Hungarian language by the University of West Hungary in 2007.
ISBN 978-90-481-3549-3 e-ISBN 978-90-481-3550-9 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-3550-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009943055 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover Images: (background) the Alps, photo © 2009 JupiterImages Corporation. Right and left photos are from this book, chapters 4 and 6 respectively. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The author of this book has been working in different types of karren landscapes for more than fifteen years. The book summarizes the scientific results of systematic observations made during field trips as well as the interpretation of the data collected in the sample localities of the high mountain karren area, and specifically in the European Alps, using modern analytical methods. This book is written for graduate students and university professors of a variety of disciplines such as Physical Geography, Karst Geomorphology, Carbonate Mineralogy, Geology, Environmental Engineering, Forestry, and Soil Science. The introductory chapter of this book underlines the importance of high mountain karren formation, in addition to charting the history of karren research at high altitude, and describes the major characteristics of high mountain karstification. Chapter 2 provides information regarding the research sites and methods. In Chapter 3, the general characteristics of the karren formation in different vegetation zones are discussed. In Chapter 4, the specific environment, morphology, formation and the development of the different high mountain karren forms are covered. Chapter 5 provides a discussion of those karren assemblages of the karst of the high mountains which were discovered by the author and analyzes the type of denudation observed on karren assemblages. Chapter 6 describes the karren belts of the slopes and the karren forms, and presents the karren formation development happening at the embryonic, young, and mature stage of karren formation. The final chapter on coalescing types and their origin offers the reader a detailed description of karren cells and their characteristic features, and analyzes the relationship between different karren formations. Márton Veress Szombathely, Hungary
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