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The Use Of A Karstic Cave System In A Study Of Active Tectonics: Fault Movements Recorded At Driny Cave, Malé Karpaty Mts (Slovakia), Miloš Briestenský, Josef Stemberk, Jozef Michalík, Pavel Bella, Matt D. Rowberry
The Use Of A Karstic Cave System In A Study Of Active Tectonics: Fault Movements Recorded At Driny Cave, Malé Karpaty Mts (Slovakia), Miloš Briestenský, Josef Stemberk, Jozef Michalík, Pavel Bella, Matt D. Rowberry
Matt D Rowberry
This paper reports on a study of active tectonics undertaken in the intracratonic setting of central Europe in the junction zone between Eastern Alps and Western Carpathians. The study site is focused on the karstic system of Driny Cave in the Malé Karpaty Mts, Slovakia. A range of geological, geomorphological, and in situ displacement data are presented. From previous geological mapping and our slickenside analyses, it is clear that the cave system has developed along significant fault structures. Further geomorphological investigations pointed towards ongoing faulting and block movements. For example, a number of slope failures can be seen on the …