Anthropogenic geomorphology; Abandoned mines; Stopes; Eastern Sudetes

Montanogenic landforms are commonly viewed as hazards by society, but they are also holders of specific anduncommon morphology with unique dynamics that act as remarks on landscape history. The Velké pinky stopesin the Zlatohorská Highlands, Eastern Sudetes, are naturally revitalized post-mining landforms with long-termgeoecologicalsuccession.Theirgeneticoriginisdiversebutrecentprocesses,suchasdeep-seatedslopedeforma-tions, rockfalls and ground subsidence, have resulted in a distinct morphology dominated by rock walls and theaccumulation of blocks and debris wedges. This morphology predisposes the stopes to become the core areaof the most recent dynamic geomorphic activity within the wider, relatively homogenous area. Bydendrogeomorphic techniques, we identified more than 20 rockfall events within three of the stopes with in-creased activity since the 1980s. Only the 1991 and 2006 events were identical for all three stopes. We obtainedthe years of exposures from 10 roots, revealing the ground subsidence and openingof tension cracks or even thelateral retreat of the flanks of minor depressions. The Schmidt hammer test revealed the most recent and freshgravitational activity in one of the stopes. A relationship between the superficial morphology and undergroundstructure wasprovenbyelectrical resistivity profiling. Comparedto the previous studies engaged with the aban-doned mines, we presented how complex their evolution can be. Our study brings new information about thehistorical development of anthropogenic relief forms. Moreover, our results suggest that standard researchapproaches can be successfully applied for development analysis of these specific forms.