GIS analysis of dissipation time of landscape in the Devil's city (Serbia)
Abstract
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 b...ut also in geomorphological and geological modeling.
Keywords:
Devil's City / volcanic / digital topography / erosion / pyramids / GISSource:
Acta Montanistica Slovaca, 2015, 20, 2, 148-155Publisher:
- Berg Fac Technical Univ Kosice, Kosice
Funding / projects:
- Development of new information and communication technologies, based on advanced mathematical methods, with applications in medicine, telecommunications, power systems, protection of national heritage and education (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-44006)
- Petrogenesis and mineral resources of the carpatho-balkanides and their importance in environmental protection (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-176019)
- Development programs of villages’ revitalization in Serbia (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-176008)
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Geografski fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Valjarević, Aleksandar AU - Srećković-Batočanin, Danica AU - Živković, Dragica AU - Perić, Marija PY - 2015 UR - https://gery.gef.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/693 AB - 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. PB - Berg Fac Technical Univ Kosice, Kosice T2 - Acta Montanistica Slovaca T1 - GIS analysis of dissipation time of landscape in the Devil's city (Serbia) VL - 20 IS - 2 SP - 148 EP - 155 DO - 10.3390/ams20020148 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_693 ER -
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Valjarević, A., Srećković-Batočanin, D., Živković, D.,& Perić, M.. (2015). GIS analysis of dissipation time of landscape in the Devil's city (Serbia). in Acta Montanistica Slovaca Berg Fac Technical Univ Kosice, Kosice., 20(2), 148-155. https://doi.org/10.3390/ams20020148 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_693
Valjarević A, Srećković-Batočanin D, Živković D, Perić M. GIS analysis of dissipation time of landscape in the Devil's city (Serbia). in Acta Montanistica Slovaca. 2015;20(2):148-155. doi:10.3390/ams20020148 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_693 .
Valjarević, Aleksandar, Srećković-Batočanin, Danica, Živković, Dragica, Perić, Marija, "GIS analysis of dissipation time of landscape in the Devil's city (Serbia)" in Acta Montanistica Slovaca, 20, no. 2 (2015):148-155, https://doi.org/10.3390/ams20020148 ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_693 .