Monitoring Network TM-71

Cachticka cave (Slovakia)

Site: Cachticka cave Country: Slovakia Coordinates: N 48°44'31,0'' E 17°47'22,0'' Google Earth: If you can´t see anything, try to zoom out the map. Download KML file for Google Earth Gauge count: 1 Position: Čachticke Karpaty Mts., cadastre of Nove Mesto nad Vahom town Geological situation: Hronikum unit, mojtin-harmanec platform, limestone Observed fault 1 Course of inclination: 270 ° / Sklon: 80 ° Installation date: 8/2007 Coopering institutions: GÚ SAV (http://www.geol.sav.sk) ŠGÚDŠ Košice (http://www.geology.sk) References: Briestenský, M., Stemberk, J. (2008): Micromovements monitoring in caves of western Slovakia. Slovenský kras, 46/25, 77-83, (In Slovak). Briestenský, M., Košťák, B., Stemberk, J., Petro, L., Vozár, J., Fojtíková, L., 2010: Active tectonic fault microdisplacement analyses: a comparison of results from surface and underground monitoring in western Slovakia. Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia v. 7, NO. 4 (160), 389-397. (download) Picture/Photo: (click for enlarge)   Situation of gauge in the plan of the cave Picture/Photo: (click for enlarge)   Situation of gauge in the plan of the cave - detail