Authors:
- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
- Presents the diversity and complexity of processes and mechanisms operating under various hypogenic speleogenetic environments
- Addresses base-level control on karst development and perascensum epigenic speleogenesis
- Outlines the contribution towards a better understanding of karst development in the Balkans
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This thesis addresses karst development in a terrain characterized by a highly complex geological and geomorphological evolution. It tackles the extent and complexity of both epigenic and hypogenic karst development, based on morphological analyses of caves, combined with analyses and datations of cave sediments and their correlation to regional geological and geomorphological evolution.
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Hypogenic karst registered is mainly the result of hydrothermal speleogenesis due to increased geothermal gradient in connection with nearby Pliocene-Pleistocene volcanic centers, with occurrence of sulfuric acid speleogenesis and ghost-rock weathering due to local geological or lithological control. Epigenic speleogenesis is strongly controlled by base level oscillations, with also examples of deep phreatic (now fossil) caves connected to regional base level rise, and per-ascensum speleogenesis.
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Another important finding is the constraining of the timing of Mariovo Lake draining in the Pleistocene, an important event in order to understand the geomorphological evolution in Macedonia, as it led to the onset of fluvial development and incision of valleys, shaping most of the present morphology.
Authors and Affiliations
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Hertelendi Laboratory of Environmental Studies, Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Debrecen, Postojna, Slovenia
Marjan Temovski
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Evolution of Karst in the Lower Part of Crna Reka River Basin
Authors: Marjan Temovski
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24547-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-24545-4Published: 16 October 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37409-3Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-24547-8Published: 07 October 2015
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 265
Topics: Earth Sciences, general
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