%0 Journal Article
%T Morphometric analysis of glacial landforms in the Northern part of the Slovak High Tatra Mountains
%A Veronika KUPKOV¨¢
%A Pavel MENTL¨ªK
%J GEOREVIEW : Scientific Annals of Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava. Geography Series
%D 2013
%I ??tefan cel Mare¡± University Press
%R 10.4316/georeview.2012.21.1.59
%X The High Tatra Mountains were glaciated during the European Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), dating back to 20 000 BP. Several studies (e.g. Midriak, 1983; Lindner et al., 2003) showed that all the main valleys, on both Slovak and Polish sides, were glaciated. We can identify glacial landforms typical of a high mountain environment: glacial cirques, complex cirques, troughs, and depositional zones. These form segments of a cascade system where ice accumulated in the upper parts (cirques) and flowed down-valley. Cirque morphometric characteristics (e.g. width, length, altitude, azimuth) were measured in GIS on the basis of the geomorphological map of Lukni  (1973)
%K glacial cirques
%K cirque morphometry
%K the High Tatras
%U http://georeview.ro/ojs/index.php/revista/article/view/59