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Recent studies of denuded caverns (“unroofed caves”) in Slovenia have revealed that features previously supposed to be exceptional occur widely as typical parts of the karst surface. This paper sets out to demonstrate that detailed, systematic, field mapping of denuded cave features (“surface caving”) not only increases the number of caves known in a given area, but also yields a better insight into the spatial organization of cave systems, by casting more light upon their history. This paper sets out to present the results of “surface caving” in an area east of the Planinsko polje, within the classical karst of Slovenia. Here, observation of the sediments within denuded caves provides a means of recognizing individual cave system sectors that display apparently different histories of sedimentation, outwash and re-sedimentation, as well as possibly different sediment source areas. Additionally, such observations provide information about the spatial relationships of karst channels within a flow corridor.
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Šušteršič, F. (2004). Cave Sediments and Denuded Caverns in the Laški Ravnik, Classical Karst of Slovenia. In: Sasowsky, I.D., Mylroie, J. (eds) Studies of Cave Sediments. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9118-8_8
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