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Fig. 12.8
Field
measurements of slope
gravity processes (Golemia
Kazan cirque, Pirin
mountains)
on climate change and its local impact on the diverse mountain landscapes of the
Balkans. To have a regional look is the only way to properly understand and inter-
pret results from local studies, not only those made in Bulgaria, but elsewhere.
Creation of a network of scientists from the Balkan countries will make it pos-
sible to elaborate regional climate change models, assessments and forecasts. For
this purpose a regional mountain environmental change database should also be
established.
Priorities in the future development of research in Bulgaria will be put on a steady
broadening of the spatial extent of research and the range of methods used. New
activities start from this year in Banski Suhodol cirque in Northern Pirin moun-
tain where the largest perennial snow patch (microglacier) in Bulgaria is located.
The initiative begins with a small project for geomorphic mapping of the cirque
and establishment of size measurements of the snow patch on an inter-annual
basis, funded by the Southwestern University “Neofit Rilski”. Another ongoing
project concerns calculations of the equilibrium line altitudes of glaciation from late
Pleistocene and Holocene cold phases and their mapping in Rila massif. Future ideas
include mapping of moraines and ELA calculations in Pirin, dendrochronology
studies, etc.
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