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Glaciation Traces in the Area of the Risnjak Mountain Massif

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Title (Dublin Core)

Glaciation Traces in the Area of the Risnjak Mountain Massif

Description (Dublin Core)

<div>The area of the Risnjak mountain massif is a submorphological</div><div>region - part of the mesomorphological region of the south-western</div><div>Gorski Kotar. This area exceeds 1,500 metres in height. In the relief</div><div>structure of the massif, the system of ranges and erosion surfaces -</div><div>plateaux has been formed on the folded block, mostly carbonate base</div><div>by subsequent microtectonic activity and exoomorphological processes.</div><div>Such relationships of relief under conditions of exceptionally low</div><div>temperatures and abundance of snow precipitation during the Pleistocene,</div><div>were prerequisites for the development of glaciation. Glaciation</div><div>of the mountain massif was marked by formation of the valley,</div><div>plateau and cirque glaciers, which is proved by the discovery of glacial moraines and other morphological features and corresponding sediments.</div>

Creator (Dublin Core)

Andrija Bognar
Ivančica Prugovečki

Subject (Dublin Core)

Glaciation
Cirque
Terminal depression
Glacial valley
Moraine
Erratic blocks
Geology
QE1-996.5

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Croatian Geological Survey

Date (Dublin Core)

2010-11-01T00:00:00Z

Type (Dublin Core)

article

Identifier (Dublin Core)

1330-030X
1333-4875
10.4154/GC.1997.35
https://doaj.org/article/8d82dda1a6ed4f8f9bce8cd06bd45d6c

Source (Dublin Core)

Geologia Croatica, Vol 50, Iss 2, Pp 269-278 (2010)

Language (Dublin Core)

EN

Relation (Dublin Core)

http://www.geologia-croatica.hr/ojs/index.php/GC/article/view/327
https://doaj.org/toc/1330-030X
https://doaj.org/toc/1333-4875

Provenance (Dublin Core)

Journal Licence: CC BY