Glacial and periglacial landforms and processes

Quaternary glaciations in the Bohemian Massif and Western Carpathians

The timing of glacial episodes has been studied within the Sudetes Mountains, Bohemian Forest and Tatra Mountains. The glacial chronology proposed in recent papers has to be developed and correlated with local mountain glaciations in Central Europe. The extent and chronology of continental glaciations in the Bohemian Massif is still under debate and further work is necessary to establish secure correlation of the preliminary local stratigraphy with the broader European sequence.

 

Latest papers:

• Hanáček M, Nývlt D, Skácelová Z, Nehyba S, Procházková B & Engel Z (2018) Sedimentary evidences for an ice-sheet dammed lake in a mountain valley of the Eastern Sudetes, Czechia. Acta Geologica Polonica 68(1), 107-134.
• Engel Z, Mentlík P, Braucher R, Křížek M, Pluháčková M & Aster Team (2017) ¹⁰Be exposure age chronology of the last glaciation in the Western Tatra Mountains, central Europe. Geomorphology 293, 130-142.
• Engel Z, Křížek M, Kasprzak M, Traczyk A, Hložek M & Krbcová K (2017) Geomorphological and sedimentary evidence of probable glaciation in the Jizerské hory Mountains, Central Europe. Geomorphology 280, 39-50.
• Krause D, Fišer J, Křížek M (2022) Morphological differences of longitudinal profiles between glacial cirques and non-glacial valley heads, described by mathematical fitting. Geomorphology 404, 108183.
• Krause D, Margold M (2019) Glacial geomorphology of the Šumava/Bayerischer Wald mountains, Central Europe. Journal of Maps 15, 719–725.

 

 

 

Periglacial landforms and processes in the Bohemian Massif

Relic periglacial landforms are widespread in the Bohemian Massif but their age and recent activity remains unknown. The last glacial maximum has been tentatively suggested as the period of the development for cryoplanation terraces, tors, frost riven cliffs and scars, block fields. Fossil patterned ground, large solifluction lobes and taluses probably originated during the Lateglacial and Early Holocene. However, the development of most of these landforms seems to be polycyclic. 

 

Latest papers:

• Engel Z, Braucher R, AsterTeam (2020) Origin and ¹⁰Be surface exposure dating of a coarse debris accumulation in the Hrubý Jeseník Mountains, central Europe. Geomorphology 365, 107292.
• Engel Z, Křížek M, Braucher R, Uxa T, Krause D, AsterTeam (2021) ¹⁰Be exposure age for sorted polygons in the Sudetes Mountains, central Europe. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 32(1), 154– 168.
• Křížek M, Krause D, Uxa T, Engel Z, Treml V & Traczyk A (2019) Patterned ground above the alpine timberline in the High Sudetes, Central Europe. Journal of Maps 15(2), 563-569.
• Hošek J, Prach J, Křížek M, Šída P, Moska P & Pokorný P (2019) Buried Late Weichselian thermokarst landscape discovered in the Czech Republic, central Europe. Boreas 48(4), 988-1005.
• Uxa T, Krížek M, Krause D, Hartvich F, Tábořík P & Kasprzak M (2019) Comment on "Geophysical approach to the study of a periglacial blockfield in a mountain area (Ztracené kameny, Eastern Sudetes, Czech Republic)" by Stan et al. (2017). Geomorphology 328, 231-237.