Cave Exploration in Slovenia (eBook)

Part I Introduction.- Karstological monitoring of the construction, research and planning of motorways over Slovenian karst.- Part II Classical Karst.- Unroofed caves – central discovery on the Čebulovica-Dane motorway section.- Extremely cavernous terrain between Dane and Fernetiči implies the variegated formation of Slovenian Karst.- Karst features uncovered during the construction of the motorway section Divača-Kozina.- Unroofed caves near Kozina and their identification within the karst relief.- Development and karstification of the karst aquifer, which were uncovered on the Klanec-Črni Kal motorway section.- Unroofed caves give important clues about Karst development.- The great unroofed cave Brezstropa jama near Povir.- Composition and origin of clastic sediments from dolines and unroofed caves found near Divača.- Clastic sediments from dolines on the Divača-Kozina section and their mineral composition.- Research of cave sediments from infilled cave near Divača.- Paleomagnetic research of unroofed cave at Kozina.- The age of cave sediments from unroofed caves opened during highway construction near Kozina (SW Slovenia), determined with paleomagnetic analyses.- Sediments in cave S647, uncovered during the Kastelec tunnel construction.- Part III Comparison with Low and Covered Karst and Karst in Breccia.- Dolenjska karst uncovered on the Bič-Korenitka motorway section.- Subsoil stone forests and other karst phenomena on the Hrastje–Lešnica motorway section.- Stone forest near Trebnje.- Karst features on the Vipava-Selo motorway section.- Karst in the breccia of Rebernice in the Vipava valley.- Part IV Planning of Motorway Construction on Karst.- Karstological research for the preliminary design of the motorway section Bič-Hrastje, subsection Ponikve-Hrastje, Sv. Ana variant.- Planning of motorway in Pivka and Reka rivers catchment areas.- Part V Construction and Use of Motorways with Regard to Karst Waters, Georadar Research and Subterranean Biology.- Transport of non-aqueous phase liquids in karst.- Impact of traffic on karst waters.- Georadar research at motorway collapse near Postojna.- Impact assessment of highway construction on subterranean habitats and fauna near Škocjanske jame (UNESCO heritage site).