Effect of historical climatic and hydrometeorological extremes on slope and fluvial processes in the Western Beskydy Mts. and their forefield
Name of the project: GAP209/10/0309 Effect of historical climatic and hydrometeorological extremes on slope and fluvial processes in the Western Beskydy Mts. and their forefield
Provider: Czech Science Foundation
Applicant: Prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc. (Geografický ústav PřF MU, Brno)
Joint applicant: doc. RNDr. Tomáš Pánek, Ph.D. (Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě)
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Characteristics of the project:
The aim of the presented project is to correlate geomorphic and sedimentary evidence of hazardous geomorphological processes and relevant time series of historical climatic and hydrometeorological events in sensitive landscape of the Western Beskydy Mountains and their forefield. The targeted time period is the last millennium and the main effort is to reveal climatic and consequent geomorphic feedbacks of the Little Ice Age. Geomorphological, sedimentological and geochronological methods will make it possible to define historical phases of intensified sediment pulses connected with accelerated mass wasting, fluvial aggradation and development of alluvial fans. Techniques of historical climatology connected with statistical analysis will be used for the determination of relative importance of climatological and anthropogenic aspects of the occurrence of historical catastrophic geomorphic processes.
Publications:
Pánek, T., Brázdil, R., Klimeš, J., Smolková, V., Hradecký, J., Zahradníček, P. (2011): Rainfall-induced landslide event of May 2010 in the eastern part of the Czech Republic. Landslides, pp. 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s10346-011-0268-6.
Pánek, T., Šilhán, K., Tábořík, P., Hradecký, J., Smolková, V., Lenart, J., Brázdil, R., Kašičková, L., Pazdur, A. (2011): Catastrophic slope failure and its origins: Case of the May 2010 Girová Mountain long-runout rockslide (Czech Republic). Geomorphology 130, s. 352-364. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.04.020.
Dobrovolný, P., Brázdil, R., Kotyza, O., Valášek, H. (2010): Extreme summer and winter temperatures in the Czech Lands after A.D. 1500 and their Central European context. Geografie. ISSN 1212-0014, vol. 115, no. 3, s. 266-283.
