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Topitza | Rock fall and earth flow

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This complex landslide at the E side of Topitza is connected to a geological hard-on-soft situation: hard limestone overlays much softer clastic sedimentary rocks. Rock falls in the limestone facilitate earth flow processes in the softer rock, proceeding farther down-valley.