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Significant Findings from Karst Sediments Research

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About 44% of Slovenia’s surface consists of carbonate rocks. Karst geomorphology and over 13,000 known caves represent a significant proportion of its landscape. Various sediments present on the karst surface in the form of clastic or precipitated deposits can cover or fill smaller or extended areas and they can also accumulate in the caves.

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    Matej Blatnik, Franci Gabrovšek, Martin Knez, Blaž Kogovšek, Janja Kogovšek, Cyril Mayaud, Andrej Mihevc, Janez Mulec, Magdalena Năpăruş-Aljančič, Bojan Otoničar, Metka Petrič, Tanja Pipan, Mitja Prelovšek, Nataša Ravbar, Trevor Shaw, Tadej Slabe, Stanka Šebela & Nadja Zupan Hajna

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Blatnik, M. et al. (2020). Significant Findings from Karst Sediments Research. In: Knez, M., Otoničar, B., Petrič, M., Pipan, T., Slabe, T. (eds) Karstology in the Classical Karst. Advances in Karst Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26827-5_4

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