The Beka-Ocizla Cave System : karstological railway planning in Slovenia /: karstological railway planning in Slovenia. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Martin Knez, Metka Petrič, Tadej Slabe, Stanka Šebela, editors ; co-authors: Franci Gabrovšek [and thirteen others].
• Authors: Gabrovs̆ek, Franci, 1968-
• Editors: Knez, Martin
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Geological Setting; 2 Karst Surface; 1 Geomorphological Analysis of the Territory; 1.1 Relief Forms and Groups of Relief Forms; 1.1.1 Small Corrosive Forms; 1.1.2 Karst Hollows; 1.2 Karst Levelled Surfaces; 1.3 Contact Karst; 1.4 Unroofed Caves; 2 Morphostructural Units; 2.1 Diva0161ki Kras; 2.2 Lipi0161ki Ravnik; 2.3 Gradi0161010De; 2.4 The Glin0161010Dica Valley; 2.5 Podgorski Kras or Petrinjski Kras; 2.6 Matarsko Podolje; 3 Development of the Karst Relief; 4 Railway Construction on the Karst Surface; 3 Caves; 1 Cavernosity of the Classical Karst. 1.1 The Number, Size and Location of Caves in the Classical Karst1.2 Types of Caves and Their Shape; 1.3 Development of the Aquifer; 1.4 Caves in the Area Between Diva010Da and 010Crni Kal; 1.5 Caves at a Distance of 1 Km from the Planned Railway Line; 2 Karstification of the Karst Discovered During Karstological Research of Boreholes in the Section Between Diva010Da and 010Crni Kal; 3 Karstological Research in the Construction of Motorways Across the Slovenian Karst; 3.1 Karstological Supervision During the Construction. 3.2 New Findings About Development of the Karst Obtained During the Construction of Motorways4 Cavernosity Along the Planned Railway Line; 5 The Biology of Subterranean Habitats, Ecological Parameters and the State-of-the-Art of Subterranean Invertebrates in Selected Habitats; 5.1 The Sampling Procedure and Results; 6 Cavernosity Assessment; 4 Karst Waters; 1 Hydrogeological Characteristics of the Karst Section of the Planned Railway Route; 1.1 Karst Water Sources; 1.1.1 Timava Spring and Other Springs in the Gulf of Trieste; 1.1.2 The Klari010Di Pumping Station; 1.1.3 The Ri017Eana Spring. 1.1.4 The Osapska Reka Spring1.1.5 The Boljunec Springs; 1.2 Sinking Streams and Water Caves; 1.3 Water Table; 2 Directions and Characteristics of the Underground Water Flow; 2.1 The Review of the Results of Previous Tracer Tests; 2.2 Description of the Used Tracing Method; 2.3 Tracing with the Tracer Injection into a Stream that Sinks into the Beka-Ocizla Cave System; 2.4 Tracing with the Tracer Injection into a Fissure on the Surface Near 010Crnoti010De; 2.5 Tracing with the Tracer Injection into the T 1 & hx2013; 8 and T 2 & hx2013; 12 Boreholes; 2.5.1 Spreading of Uranine (from the T 2 & hx2013. 12 Borehole)2.5.2 Spreading of Amidorhodamine G (from the T 1 & hx2013; 8 Borehole); 2.6 Characteristics of the Underground Water Flow; 3 Bacteriological Indicators and Hydrological Conditions; 3.1 Materials and Methods; 3.2 Results; 4 Risk of Contamination of Karst Water in the Impact Area of the Planned Railway Line; 4.1 Risk Assessment; 4.2 Protection of Important Karst Water Sources in the Impact Area of the Route; 5 Caves and Hydrology of the Contact Karst of Beka and Ocizla; 1 Geological and Speleomorphological Characteristics of the Caves; 2 The Caves in the Beka-Ocizla System.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 102 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 551.44/7094973; Earth sciences; Karst -- Slovenia; Railroads -- Slovenia; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Karst; Railroads; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology; Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Science -- Environmental Science; Physical geography & topography; Meteorology & climatology; Regional & area planning; Environmental monitoring; Hydraulic engineering; Physical geography; Regional planning; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Hydrology; Hydrology & the hydrosphere; Karst (Slovenia and Italy : Region); Europe -- Karst Region; Slovenia; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319044569; 3319044567; 3319044559; 9783319044552
• Related ISBNs: 9783319044552
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 4, 2014).
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