Mass movements of karren slopes

Márton Veress

doi:10.24294/jgc.v6i1.1770

Mass movements of karren slopes

Márton Veress

Article ID: 1770
Vol 6, Issue 1, 2023

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Abstract

Karren and mass movements are described. Mass movements taking place on karren terrains are studied in case of bare karren and covered karren. Mass movements occur at rinnenkarren, grikes, Schichtfugenkarren, and tropical karren. This study describes that karren features increase the chance of the development of certain mass movements. It is approached in a theoretical way that in the case of different preconditions (e.g., change of slope angle), what kind of mass movements are triggered by different karren features. The most common mass movement is triggered by karren which are debris creep, gelisolifluction, rock avalanche, collapses, creep and solifluction.

Keywords

Rinnenkarren; Grike; Tropical Karren; Debris Creep; Solifluction

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24294/jgc.v6i1.1770