Holocene Slope Dynamics in the Area of Corvara in Badia (Dolomites, Italy): Chronology and Paleoclimatic Significance of Some Landslides
Gcogr. Fis. Dinanr. Qual. 2cf (lOOJ), 127-13'.>, (, fig!!, .. 2 tabb. ALESSANDRO CORSINI (;1,) , MAURO MARCHETTI (;,,) & MAURO SOLDATI e') HOLOCENE SLOPE DYNAMICS IN THE AREA OF CORVARA IN BADIA (DOLOMITES, ITALY): CHRONOLOGY AND PALEOCLIMATIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SOME LANDSLIDES AB STRACT: C ORSINI A., MAR CII ETT I M. & SOLD ATI M ., Holocene identified and the chronology of deposits maki ng up actual land slide ac slope dyn amics in tbc area o] Coruara in Badia (Dolomit es, Italy): cbronol cumu lations to be reconst ructed. Finally, it was also prove d that the ogy and paleoclimatic significance of some landslides. (ITISSN 039 1 plain of Corvara in Badia was affected by lacustrine deposition duri ng 9838,2001). the Pr eboreal-Atlanti c and again, but to a lesser exte nt , during the Subboreal-Sub atlantic. The evidence of a significant temporal corre The area of Corvara in Badia, located in the Dolomites (NE Italy), is lation between the develop ment of mass movements on the Col Alto characterised by mountain groups over 3000 m high (Sella and Puez Pra longia slop e and the evolution of the Col Maladat land slide was G ardenaccia) which are connected to valleys located at about 1500 m in therefore proved. altitude by means of steep slopes . Beside; the lithological, neotectonic Even if the land slides investigated are clearly influ enced by geologi and climatic characteristics of the area , the high relief energy has fa cal factors, a cause-effect relationship seems to exist between the phases voure d intense gravitational slope modelling throughout the H olocene.
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