Geomorphology of the Durmitor Mountains and surrounding plateau Jezerska Površ (Montenegro)

Klaas Annys,Amaury Frankl,Velibor Spalević,Milic Čurović,Dragan Borota,Jan Nyssen

doi:10.1080/17445647.2014.909338

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Abstract

The geomorphological map of the northeastern Durmitor Mountains and the plateau Jezerska Površ (1:10,000, 47 km², Montenegro, Dinaric Alps) was prepared from an intensive fieldwork campaign and remote sensing analysis, and was compiled within a GIS. The basic components of the legend are (i) processes/genesis, (ii) materials, (iii) morphometry/morphography, (iv) hydrography, (v) vegetation and (vi) anthropogenic features. The geomorphological setting of the area consists of Mesozoic limestones which are physically deformed by Quaternary glacial and periglacial activity and chemically affected during interglacials. Glacial deposits on the plateau of three middle-to-late Pleistocene glacial phases are intersected by a well-developed network of palaeo meltwater channels. In the mountains, Holocene glacier retreat left behind a series of well-preserved recessional moraines. The map serves as a valuable tool for Quaternary research in the Durmitor Mountains, and also in other mountains of the Western Balkans.

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The geomorphological map of the northeastern Durmitor Mountains and the plateau Jezerska Površ (1:10000, 47 km2, Montenegro, Dinaric Alps) was prepared from an intensive fieldwork campaign and remote sensing analysis, and was finalized in a GIS environment
They relate to the Dinaric Alps, which stretch from the Julian Alps in Slovenia to the Prokletije
The topography is characterized by a Quaternary glacial-interglacial imprint, that drastically modified the pre-glacial topography (Fagan, 2009), and geomorphological processes were altered by human occupation throughout the Holocene (Lewin & Woodward, 2009)

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The geomorphological map of the northeastern Durmitor Mountains and the plateau Jezerska Površ (1:10000, 47 km, Montenegro, Dinaric Alps) was prepared from an intensive fieldwork campaign and remote sensing analysis, and was finalized in a GIS environment. The geomorphological setting of the area consists of Mesozoic limestones which are physically deformed by Quaternary glacial and periglacial activity and chemically affected during interglacials. The presented map serves as a valuable tool for Quaternary research in the Durmitor Mountains, and in other mountains of the Western Balkans. The topography is characterized by a Quaternary glacial-interglacial imprint, that drastically modified the pre-glacial topography (Fagan, 2009), and geomorphological processes were altered by human occupation throughout the Holocene (Lewin & Woodward, 2009). Mountains and surrounding plateau Jezerska Površ and indication of several upper cirque moraine ridges on ASTER DEM (available from http://reverb.echo.nasa.gov/reverb/)

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