Cave Exploration in Slovenia: Discovering Over 350 New Caves During Motorway Construction on Classical Karst

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Development and Karstification of the Karst Aquifer as Discovered Between Klanec and Črni Kal....Pages 19-29
Unroofed Caves Near Kozina and Their Identification....Pages 31-38
The Section Between Divača and Kozina Revealed Many Characteristics of Karst Development....Pages 39-45
Great Cavernosity Between Dane and Fernetiči Points to Diverse Karst Formation....Pages 47-52
Unroofed Caves Discovered on the Route Between Čebulovica and Dane....Pages 53-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Unroofed Caves Provide Important Clues to the Karst Development....Pages 69-76
The Large Unroofed Cave Near Povir....Pages 77-87
Origin and Mineral Composition of Clastic Sediments on the Karst Surface Around Divača....Pages 89-101
Composition of Sediments in Dolines....Pages 103-116
Cave Sediments from the Infilled Cave Near Divača....Pages 117-124
Palaeomagnetic Research of an Unroofed Cave Near Kozina....Pages 125-134
Sediments in the S-647 Cave in the Kastelec Tunnel....Pages 135-142
The History of Karstification on the Upper Cretaceous and Lower Paleogene Limestones in the Wider Kozina Area....Pages 143-161
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
The Dolenjska Karst Area Uncovered on the Bič–Korenitka Motorway Section....Pages 165-173
Karst Formations Uncovered on the Pluska–Ponikve Motorway Section....Pages 175-184
Stone Forest Near Trebnje....Pages 185-190
Karst Formations Uncovered on the Ponikve–Hrastje Motorway Section....Pages 191-196
Subsoil Stone Forests and Other Karst Formations Between Hrastje and Lešnica....Pages 197-206
Palaeomagnetic Results from the Filled Karst Depression on the Motorway Section Hrastje–Lešnica....Pages 207-212
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
The Karst Between Lešnica and Kronovo, Revealed During the Motorway Construction....Pages 213-219
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
The Karst in the Breccia of Rebrnice in the Vipava Valley....Pages 223-242
Karst Phenomena Between Vipava and Selo....Pages 243-248
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
Karstologic Research for the Engineering of a Preliminary Design for the Motorway Section Bič–Hrastje, Subsection Ponikve–Hrastje, Sv. Ana Variant....Pages 251-264
Planning of the Motorway in the Pivka and Reka Rivers Catchment Areas, the Evaluation and Reduction of Impacts on Known Caves....Pages 265-272
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Biological Assessment of Habitats and Fauna in the Škocjanske Jame Caves and Reka River in the Motorway Construction Area of Influence....Pages 275-284
Impact of Motorways on Karst Waters....Pages 285-297
Transfer of Contamination from Motorways Towards Karst Water Sources: The Example of the Malenščica Karst Spring....Pages 299-312
Back Matter....Pages 313-324