Aspects of Quaternary relief evolution of Miocene volcanic areas in Hungary: A review

Dávid Karátson

doi:10.1556/ageol.49.2006.4.1

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Acta Geologica Hungarica

Volume/Issue:: Volume 49: Issue 4

Aspects of Quaternary relief evolution of Miocene volcanic areas in Hungary: A review

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Dávid Karátson

Dávid Karátson Department of Physical Geography, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Hungary

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Pages:: 285–309

Online Publication Date:: 12 Jun 2007

Publication Date:: 01 Dec 2006

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1556/ageol.49.2006.4.1

Keywords:: Börzsöny Mts; Miocene; Quaternary; relief evolution; Danube Bend; volcanism

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Quaternary relief evolution of various volcanic areas in Hungary has been determined by (a) the original volcanic succession and related, primary landforms and (b) the subsequent postvolcanic tectonism and erosion. This overview presents some details of these processes through selected relief types from the Miocene volcanic mountains of Hungary: the High Börzsöny erosional caldera rim, the Rocks of Vadálló-kövek, the Dobogókõ Ridge, the Danube Bend area, and the badlands and fairy chimneys of the southern foreland of the Bükk Mts, by showing different volcanic relief types, and postvolcanic tectonic, paleogeographic and erosional history. In the Quaternary, the tectonic transformation of these and other volcanic areas has been highly variable; in contrast, erosional processes of the Quaternary, i.e. pedimentation, loess and other eolian sedimentation, derasion, periglacial relief formation, and channel erosion, have affected almost all areas in Hungary; hence types and rates of erosion can be well constrained.

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Acta Geologica Hungarica

Print ISSN:: 0236-5278

Online ISSN:: 1588-2594

Acta Geologica Hungarica
Language	English
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Year of Foundation	1952
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Founder's Address	H-1051 Budapest, Hungary, Széchenyi István tér 9.
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