Karel Šilhán

Dr. Karel Šilhán

Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
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Academic Career Length

16Years (2011-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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30 April 2020 in Landslides
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Karel Šilhán

4 May 2017 in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
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Karel Šilhán

12 July 2013 in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Karel Šilhán
TPT. Pánek
T. Pánek
JHJ. Hradecký
J. Hradecký
Rockfall is a dangerous geomorphological process. The prediction of potentially threatened areas requires thorough reconstruction of spatial rockfall activity. Dendrogeomorphic methods allow precise determination of both temporal and spatial occurrences of rockfall without the necessity of long-term monitoring. At the case-study site of Taraktash, located among southern slopes of the Crimean Mountains, 114 Crimean pine trees (Pinus nigra ssp. pallasiana) were sampled on a talus slope located under a 150 m high rockwall. Based on their age, the trees were divided into two distinct groups (young and old trees). Considerable disturbance in the age structure of the trees on the talus was probably caused by a series of strong earthquakes. Major differences were identified in the ability of young and old trees to record a rockfall event. We found that in the first decades of their growth, the ability of the studied P. nigra to record rockfall events gradually increased. The trees showed the highest sensitivity at the age of 80 to 90 yr; after that age their sensitivity gradually decreases. Two indicators were selected for the spatial reconstruction of rockfall events (the number of rockfall events per tree and recurrence interval). The highest activity was identified on the talus using selected indicators.

1 November 2018 in Geomorphology
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KŠKarel Šilhán
Karel Šilhán
RTRadek Tichavský
Radek Tichavský
VŠVáclav Škarpich
Václav Škarpich
MBMichal Břežný
Michal Břežný
MSMarkus Stoffel
Markus Stoffel


8 July 2014 in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
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KŠKarel Šilhán
Karel Šilhán
TPTomáš Pánek
Tomáš Pánek
JHJan Hradecký
Jan Hradecký
MSMarkus Stoffel
Markus Stoffel