Geografie 1996, 101, 232-246

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie1996101030232

Selected landscape forming-processes in the volcanic Putorana Plateau (Taymir, Siberia)

Antonín Buček1, Jaromír Kolejka2, Robert Kostka3

1Institut ekologie lesa, Lesnická fakulta Mendelovy zemědělské a lesnické univerzity, Zemědělská 3, 616 00 Brno, Czechia
2Katedra chemie životního prostředí a ekotoxikologie, Přírodovědecká fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czechia
3Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie und Photogrammetrie, Technische Universität Graz, Steyrergasse 30, A-8010 Graz, Österreich

The development and products of the natural processes present in the hard rock and weak rock areas of the volcanic Putorana Plateau were studied. Intensive frost weathering causes the degradation of glacial land forms and the formation of periglacial forms. A progressive permafrost degradation occurs on valley bottoms, accompanied by alas lake origin, peat mound creation, pingo degradation and periglacial soil development.

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