Monitoring Network TM-71

Na Pomezi cave (Czech republic)

Site: Na Pomezi cave Country: Czech republic Coordinates: N 50°14'46,0'' E 17°8'17,0'' Google Earth: If you can´t see anything, try to zoom out the map. Download KML file for Google Earth Gauge count: 2 Position: The cave is situated on the eastern slope of the Smrčník Hill (799 m a.s.l.), approximately 400 m below the Na Pomezi pass, 2 km NE from the Lipova-Lazne town Geological situation: Bohemian massif, crystalline limestones of the Branná nappe, Sudetic unit, zone of the Sudetic marginal fault Observed fault 1 Na Pomezi 1 Course of inclination: 260 ° / Sklon: 90 ° Installation date: 8/2001 Observed fault 2 Na Pomezi 2 Course of inclination: 350 ° / Inclination: 76 ° Installation date: 10/2001 Coopering institutions: Cave Administration of the Czech republic (web) References: Stemberk J., Košťák B., Cacon S. (2010): A tectonic pressure pulse and increased geodynamic activity recorded from the long-term monitoring of faults in Europe. - Tectonophysics, 487, 1-12 (download) Štěpančíková P., Stemberk J., Vilímek V., Košťák B. (2008): Neotectonic development of drainage networks in the East Sudeten Mountains and monitoring of recent fault displacements (Czech Republic) - Geomorphology, 102, 68 - 80 (download) Altová V., Štěpančíková P. (2008): Karst phenomena in the Rychlebské Mts. and their tectonic setting (Czech Republic). - Slovenský kras 46, 2, 347 - 352 Stemberk J., Štěpančíková P. (2003): Tectonic setting and newly organised monitoring of recent deformation in the Rychlebské Hory Mts. - Acta Montana, 24 (131), 153 - 161 (abstract) Picture/Photo: (click for enlarge)   Photo of the gauge