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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254135303321

Titolo

Cave Exploration in Slovenia : Discovering Over 350 New Caves During Motorway Construction on Classical Karst / / edited by Martin Knez, Tadej Slabe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-21203-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

Cave and Karst Systems of the World, , 2364-4605

Disciplina

551.447094973

Soggetti

Geology

Buildings - Design and construction

Geomorphology

Construction industry - Management

Geotechnical engineering

Building Construction and Design

Construction Management

Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Classical Karst: Construction Monitoring -- Classical Karst: Newly Discovered Significant Karst Features -- Comparison with low and covered karst and karst in breccia: the vipava valley -- Planning -- Construction and use of motorways with regard to karst waters.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the opening and exploration of more than 350 previously undiscovered caves of the Slovenian Karst, discovered during motorway construction work. The summarizes the planning of traffic roads and presents the new findings obtained during construction, as well as studies on newly-discovered karst phenomena and karst waters and their protection. Earthmoving work during construction has revealed a cross-section of the surface of the Classical Karst, covered karst with famous underground stone forests and unique karst in breccia. Research conducted in these caves has yielded a number of



new findings on how the karst surface and underground were formed, on the flow of water through karst aquifers, and on the evolution of karst on various types of rock and under various conditions. The work was written by researchers from the ZRC SAZU Karst Research Institute and the Institute of Geology AS CR. The reader will benefit from the authors’ collaboration with planners and builders, which offers valuable insights for the planning and execution of their own activities in karst regions.