Cave exploration in Slovenia : discovering over 350 new caves during motorway construction on classical karst /
This book focuses on the opening and exploration of more than 350 previously undiscovered caves of the Slovenian Karst, discovered during motorway construction work. The summarizes the planning of traffic roads and presents the new findings obtained during construction, as well as studies on newly-d...
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[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Researching the Karst Surface and New Caves in the Course of Construction; 1.2 Research Led to New Insights About Karst Development; 1.3 Road Planning; 1.4 Cave Preservation; 1.5 Karst Protection in Light of Motorway Construction and Usage; 1.6 Conclusion; Part I Classical Karst: Construction Monitoring ; 2 Development and Karstification of the Karst Aquifer as Discovered Between Klanec and 010Crni Kal; 2.1 Karst Surface and Karstification; 2.1.1 Alveolinid-Nummulitid Limestones; 2.1.2 Flysch; 2.1.3 Karstification of the Alveolinid-Nummulitid Limestone
- 2.2 Epikarst2.3 Discovered Caves; 2.4 Aquifer Development; 2.5 Cave Preservation; 2.6 Conclusion; 3 Unroofed Caves Near Kozina and Their Identification; 3.1 Unroofed Caves and the Karst Surface; 3.2 Conclusion; 4 The Section Between Diva010Da and Kozina Revealed Many Characteristics of Karst Development; 4.1 Karst Surface; 4.2 Newly Discovered Caves; 4.3 Motorway Construction and Karst Features; 4.4 Conclusion; 5 Great Cavernosity Between Dane and Ferneti010Di Points to Diverse Karst Formation; 5.1 Caves; 5.2 Road Construction; 5.3 Conclusion
- 6 Unroofed Caves Discovered on the Route Between 010Cebulovica and Dane6.1 Karst Near Diva010Da; 6.2 Dolines; 6.3 Caves; 6.3.1 Cavernosity of Different Rock Types; 6.3.2 Old Caves; 6.3.3 Shafts; 6.3.4 Road Construction and Caves; 6.4 Conclusion; Part IIClassical Karst: Newly DiscoveredSignificant Karst Features; 7 Unroofed Caves Provide Important Clues to the Karst Development; 7.1 Identifying Unroofed Caves on the Karst Surface; 7.1.1 Types of Unroofed Caves; 7.1.2 Patches of Karst Terrain Which Are Covered by Unique Soil and Vegetation; 7.1.3 Flowstone and Cave Alluvium on the Karst Surface
- 7.1.4 Doline-like Shapes and Strings of Dolines7.1.5 Notches; 7.1.6 Variegated Shapes of Cave Systems; 7.2 Conclusion; 8 The Large Unroofed Cave Near Povir; 8.1 Speleological Characteristics of the Brezstropa Jama Unroofed Cave; 8.1.1 Discovery and Exploration of the Cave; 8.1.2 Shape of the Excavated Cave; 8.1.3 Rock Relief on the Passage Walls; 8.1.4 Forms Created Due to the Filling of the Passage with Sediments and Soil; 8.1.5 Cave Sediments; 8.2 Comparison of Sediments from Different Caves Along the Motorway Route; 8.3 The Brezstropa Jama Unroofed Cave in Time and Space
- 9 Origin and Mineral Composition of Clastic Sediments on the Karst Surface Around Diva010Da9.1 Sites and Description of Clastic Sediments in Karst Depressions Around Diva010Da; 9.1.1 The Brezstropa Jama Unroofed Cave Near Povir; 9.1.1.1 Gravel; 9.1.1.2 Sands and Loams; 9.1.1.3 Infill from the Surface; 9.1.2 Sediments from Two Filled-in Caves South of Povir; 9.1.2.1 Loams; 9.1.2.2 Rubble; 9.1.3 Filled-in Cave from the Diva0161ki Hrib Hill; 9.1.4 The Unroofed Cave at Grintavca; 9.1.4.1 Gravel; 9.1.4.2 Sand and Loam; 9.1.5 Sediments from the Unroofed Cave in Bojni Dol; 9.1.5.1 Conglomerate