The book presents an ordered and exhaustive survey of numerical models of karst aquifer development. On this base it answers the questions how quickly and where under different conditions the karst channels develop and which parameters exert influence on their growth. Based on numerous scenarios of 2D fissure network development the dynamics of the growth and the generating processes are analysed in detail. The book was reviewed in many international journals and is considered as the basic work in the sphere of karst aquifer development models.
COBISS.SI-ID: 220478208
By laboratory modelling in plaster we succeeded to illustrate the origin and formation of subcutaneous "rock teeth" and this knowledge helped to deepen the understanding of newly discovered stone forests in the karst of Dolenjska and of Chinese Stone forest that we study for many years already. This new knowledge is also helpful at explaining the development of our karst heritage and as a theoretical contribution it is listed into treasury of international karstological knowledge and indirectly a better understanding of karst provides its sensible use and adequate safeguarding.
COBISS.SI-ID: 29299042
Article adresses one of the first realized researches related to epikarst diversity. An original method of epikarst fauna sampling is described that contributed a large ratio of this fauna to the total subterranean biodiversity. Using this method sampling can be more accurately and thoroughly which is certainly an original contribution in the field of speleobiology. Based on the species accumulation curves and Chao estimates we determined that 3-4 months of continuous sampling in five caves and in five drips of each cave were sufficient to find 90% of the species in a percolation water.
COBISS.SI-ID: 26450221
Since 2004 regular monthly monitoring of tectonic micro-movements are going on. In article results from Postojna Cave, Vremščica (Raša fault) and Učja valley (Idrija fault) are presented. The movements are on the surface much bigger than in Postojna Cave, but they are well comparable.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1422677
Book presents the results of ten years researches of cave sediments at 19 locations. Paleomagnetic researches provided surprising results about the age of sediments in caves and on surface and consequently the first detailed informations about the karst development. The most important result are datings of numerous sediments which are much older than it was supposed earlier. In combination with other methods (biostratigraphy) we shifted the probable start of cave passages infilling below the limit Tertiary/Quaternary (two outstanding ages: 1.8 to 3.6 and 4.1 to 5.4 Ma).
COBISS.SI-ID: 237816832