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Gravitational spreading of mountain ridges displays primary disequilibrium of flysch mountain areas of the Czech Carpathians. The progression of various types of mass movements is a product of long-term ridge disintegration and is predisposed by the geological structure of the area and the upper Tertiary-Quaternary morphogenesis of the mountain area. Deep-seated slope deformations are spatially interconnected by the occurrence of some other types of slope deformations (e.g. debris flows, debris slides, slumps, rock avalanches, etc.), which pose a considerable risk for the existence of human society. An important causative factor in these dynamically developing hazardous processes is, among other factors, the way in which land has been used in the last three centuries. Therefore, the occurrence of various types of slope deformations is studied in terms of their relation to deep-seated gravitational deformations and in terms of other limiting factors (structural geological, morphological and climatic factors, manmade impacts, etc.). The paper presents several case studies of slope deformations (Velká Čantoryje Mt, Lysá hora Mt, Ropice Mt and Smrk Mt) in the area of the Outer Carpathians within the territory of the Czech Republic and also adverts to some consequences in terms of the socioeconomic structure of the landscape.
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The authors would like to thank to Martin Adamec and Radek Dušek for cartographic processing and we also thank to the anonymous referees for their valuable comments on our paper and to Monika Hradecká for the help with the translation. The research was supported by a grant project of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, no. KJB 301870501: “Quaternary geochronology of slope deformations of the culmination part of the Western Beskydy Mts: absolute and relative dating of landforms.”
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Hradecký, J., Pánek, T. Deep-seated gravitational slope deformations and their influence on consequent mass movements (case studies from the highest part of the Czech Carpathians). Nat Hazards 45, 235–253 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-007-9157-7
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