landslides; sedimentary analysis; environmental changes; industrial pollution; Outer Western Carpathians

Environmental changes can be reflected in sedimentary archives and may be traced through geochronological, sedimentary and pollen evidence. Relatively small and shallow depressions (tens to hundreds m2 in area, several m in depth), related to landslides (landslide-dammed floodplain impoundments, intercolluvial and near-scarp depressions and double ridges) often hold sediments of various genesis (organic, lacustrine, fluvial, colluvial, etc.). In regions with otherwise poor Holocene records such as the Carpathians, landslide-related sediments can therefore provide excellent palaeoenvironmental records.