Slope processes at the North Estonian Klint

Due to the rather flat topography slope processes in Estonia are rare and fairly superficially investigated. Mass movements are often related to the North Estonian Klint - the middle part of the 1200 km long Baltic Klint. Since the basal part of the klint is dominated by Cambrian clays and Cambrian and Ordovician silt- and sandstones, which are covered with hard Ordovician carbonate rocks, different types of mass movement take place, including rock falls, rock slides, rotational slips, etc. The greatest gravitational processes occur between the Island of Osmussaar and Tiskre, and in the area extending from Kalvi to Päite. In the paper the most common types of mass movements are analysed and described.