Naslov
As the sea rages

Autori
Korbar, Tvrtko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
36th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, Dubrovnik (Croatia), June 12-16, 2023, Abstracts Book / Vlahović, Igor ; Matešić, Darko - Zagreb : Hrvatsko geološko društvo (HGD), 2023, 557-557

ISBN
978-953-6907-79-3

Skup
36th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 12.06.2023. - 16.06.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
NP Kornati ; Mana ; extreme storm ; coastal boulders ; eponym movie ; natural phenomenon ; geotourism

Sažetak
The island of Mana (NP Kornati, Adriatic Sea, Croatia) is characterized by a beautiful limestone landscape that owes its existence to the geological structure, and to an exposed position to the open sea. In contrast to the scenery that attracts tourists during the fair-weather season, during winter storms the island is not hospitable at all, especially on the wave-exposed rocky shores. A spectacular large accumulation of storm boulders – a few meters thick storm deposit composed of detached bedrock limestone fragments, is recently found in the central lowland of the island (Korbar et al., 2022). An intriguing movie story about a lost tribe – people from the sea, was filmed on the island in 1959. The title of the movie – "As the Sea Rages", unintentionally referred also to a spectacular natural phenomenon – the storm deposit, discovered 60 years after the filming. Besides, in one of the frames of the film, a 6-ton storm boulder was accidentally filmed, right next to the sea. Half a century later, the boulder was found 30 m away from the place where it was filmed, and 3 meters above sea level, at the edge of the storm deposit that is facing the open sea. The results of the latest research on a few solitary boulders that are situated closer to the sea, out of the storm deposit, indicate the last movements of the boulders in 2018, during a well-known major regional storm – probably the most severe storm in the Adriatic in the last decade. So, as the sea rages, the rock breaks, slides, and rolls – up the slope. If global warming continues, the solitary boulders will be in future incorporated into the storm deposit, while the new boulders will be detached from the limestone bedrock. This deposit is the largest reported coastal storm deposit composed of large storm boulders in the Adriatic, and probably the largest of its kind among the semi-enclosed inland seas of the world. This is why this sedimentological phenomenon deserves the highest level of protection, but it should also be used to promote geotourism.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geologija, Interdisciplinarne prirodne znanosti, Geografija

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