Naslov
Submarine karst of Croatia

Autori
Surić, Maša

Izvornik
Acta carsologica (0583-6050) 31 (2002), 3; 89-98

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
submarine karst; sea level rise; Adriatic Sea; Croatia

Sažetak
During the last, Late Pleistocene-Holocene transgression, rising sea flooded vast part of Dinaric karst. Due to prevalence of carbonate rocks in the drainage area of most of the rivers on Eastern Adriatic coast, those rivers carry only approximately 20 % of particulates as suspended matter and the rest is dissolved. Consequently, many of typical karst features such as karrens, dolines, poljes, caves, pits and river valleys and canyons as well, presently under the sea, can still be recognized. Beside these simply drowned features, some new ones were formed by the sea level rise. Those are submarine springs, so called vruljas, brackish coastal springs and marine lakes. The most significant evidences of former subaerial conditions are speleothems in submerged caves and calc tufa deposits of drowned paleo rivers. Both of them could be used for determination of the former low sea level stands.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geologija

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