Reply to “Comments on “Structural–tectonic controls and geomorphology of the karst corridors in alpine limestone ridges” by L. Tîrlă and I. Vijulie, Geomorphology 197 (2013), 123–136” by J. Lenart and T. Pánek

Lenart and Pánek (2014) disagree with the term bogaz which we have attributed to the main structural discontinuities in the Vânturariţa-Buila Massif, Southern Carpathians. They also insist upon the mass movements as being the defining processes which generate them. Finally, the authors explain the genesis of fossil speleothems found in abundance on the exposed walls of the former crevice-type caves. We essentially followed within our study two aspects: similarities met by the studied tectonic-karst corridors and typical bogaz, as classically described in literature, and their connection with the basic structural and tectonic frame. The spatial context of the described landforms was not ignored, as we constantly mentioned the role of compressional forces in building a favorable environment for their occurrence (Tîrlă and Vijulie, 2013). Neotectonics and structural frame, particularly the strike-slip fault systems, are the major control factors in driving the evolution of the Vânturariţa-Buila Massif and the formation of the bogaz-like forms. Supplementary evidences for attesting reverse and strike-slip faulting were provided. Slope failures by gravitational collapse prevail, and rotational landslides are only isolated. The origin of discussed exposed speleothems was correctly explained in the comment, except that they were formed on fault walls, not on fractures of gravitational origin.