Abstract
The increase of geomorphological research during the last decades in the Gorce Mts. caused the need for state-of-art review papers. The Gorce Mountains were formed as an isolated massif with Mt Turbacz (1310 m a.s.l.) as the highest summit. River channels are remodeled by sudden and high-level floods with the critical impact of log jams. The main processes influencing hillslope relief were landsliding, run-off, and tree uprooting. The review suggests the following issues await for studies: a long-term landscape evolution, monitoring of morphogenetic processes, and origin of landslides with their contribution to denudation rates. Also, current biomorphodynamics (uprooting process) has not been sufficiently studied.
Highlights
The Gorce Mts. massif occupies a special place on the geomorphological map of Poland
Geological evolution and geological structure of this part of the Western Carpathians played a vital role in the present-day relief of the Gorce Mts. (e.g., Burtan et al, 1978; Cieszkowski et al, 2015; Forma & Zuchiewicz, 2002), including primarily deep overthrust structure, the resistance of rocks building various parts of the Carpathian flysch, neotectonic movements responsible for the leading features of the contemporary Gorce Mts. relief
This paper aims to review the hitherto literature for the first time and present synthetically the data describing the relief of the entire Gorce Mts. mesoregion
Summary
The Gorce Mts. massif occupies a special place on the geomorphological map of Poland. Geological evolution and geological structure of this part of the Western Carpathians played a vital role in the present-day relief of the Gorce Mts. (e.g., Burtan et al, 1978; Cieszkowski et al, 2015; Forma & Zuchiewicz, 2002), including primarily deep overthrust (slice-nappe) structure, the resistance of rocks building various parts of the Carpathian flysch, neotectonic movements responsible for the leading features of the contemporary Gorce Mts. relief. This paper aims to review the hitherto literature for the first time and present synthetically the data describing the relief of the entire Gorce Mts. mesoregion. The Gorce Mts. relief and geomorphological processes responsible for the development of massif surface forms on various space and time scales were described in the study. The prospects of further geomorphological investigations in the Gorce Mts. range were discussed, emphasizing the Gorce National Park
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