GIS analysis of dissipation time of landscape in the Devil's city (Serbia)
The Devil's City is a unique geomorphological site well known regarding strangely sculptured stony pillars or soil (clayey) pyramids, abandoned mines and two rare hydrologic occurrences. The present landscape is partly inherited from the paleo-volcanic topography and shaped afterwards by erosio...
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Technical University of Kosice
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| author | Aleksandar Valjarević Danica Srećković-Batoćanin Dragica Živković Marija Perić |
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| description | The Devil's City is a unique geomorphological site well known regarding strangely sculptured stony pillars or soil (clayey) pyramids,
abandoned mines and two rare hydrologic occurrences. The present landscape is partly inherited from the paleo-volcanic topography and
shaped afterwards by erosion, particularly linear erosion. Soil pyramids owe their origin to the differential erosion of a more compact
andesitic level on less cohesive pyroclastic material and disintegrate relatively quickly when they lose their protective "cap". The pyramids
are located along the two gullies, Devil's and Hell's. In the latter, also known as “The young Devil’s City” the erosion process is in
the beginning. The results of combined petrological and geomorphological studies permitted us to reconstruct past geological processes and
predict the future evolution of the Devil’s City. Geographic information system (GIS) and digital topographic modeling are becoming
powerful tools not only in geographic sciences but also in geomorphological and geological modeling. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a73b5ceb13c54a5b813334f088be7ec92022-12-22T01:37:37ZengTechnical University of KosiceActa Montanistica Slovaca1335-17882015-09-0120214815510.3390/ams20020148ams20020148GIS analysis of dissipation time of landscape in the Devil's city (Serbia)Aleksandar Valjarević0Danica Srećković-Batoćanin1Dragica Živković2Marija Perić3University of Kosovska Mitrovica, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, SerbiaUniveristy of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, SerbiaThe Devil's City is a unique geomorphological site well known regarding strangely sculptured stony pillars or soil (clayey) pyramids, abandoned mines and two rare hydrologic occurrences. The present landscape is partly inherited from the paleo-volcanic topography and shaped afterwards by erosion, particularly linear erosion. Soil pyramids owe their origin to the differential erosion of a more compact andesitic level on less cohesive pyroclastic material and disintegrate relatively quickly when they lose their protective "cap". The pyramids are located along the two gullies, Devil's and Hell's. In the latter, also known as “The young Devil’s City” the erosion process is in the beginning. The results of combined petrological and geomorphological studies permitted us to reconstruct past geological processes and predict the future evolution of the Devil’s City. Geographic information system (GIS) and digital topographic modeling are becoming powerful tools not only in geographic sciences but also in geomorphological and geological modeling.http://actamont.tuke.sk/pdf/2015/n2/9valjarevic.pdfDevil’s Cityvolcanicdigital topographyerosionGIS |
| spellingShingle | Aleksandar Valjarević Danica Srećković-Batoćanin Dragica Živković Marija Perić GIS analysis of dissipation time of landscape in the Devil's city (Serbia) Acta Montanistica Slovaca Devil’s City volcanic digital topography erosion GIS |
| title | GIS analysis of dissipation time of landscape in the Devil's city (Serbia) |
| title_full | GIS analysis of dissipation time of landscape in the Devil's city (Serbia) |
| title_fullStr | GIS analysis of dissipation time of landscape in the Devil's city (Serbia) |
| title_full_unstemmed | GIS analysis of dissipation time of landscape in the Devil's city (Serbia) |
| title_short | GIS analysis of dissipation time of landscape in the Devil's city (Serbia) |
| title_sort | gis analysis of dissipation time of landscape in the devil s city serbia |
| topic | Devil’s City volcanic digital topography erosion GIS |
| url | http://actamont.tuke.sk/pdf/2015/n2/9valjarevic.pdf |
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