Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.21861/HGG.2006.68.02.02

Geomorphological Traces of the Younger Pleistocene Glaciation in the Central Part of the Velebit Mt.

Andrija Bognar ; Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Sanja Faivre orcid.org/0000-0001-7610-1164 ; Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

On the central part of the Velebit Mountain the traces of the Pleistocene glaciation have been found. The domination of the dissected relief, characterized by numerous elevations and depressions, in the conditions of low temperatures and richess of snow precipitation during the Pleistocene were a very good predisposition for glaciation development on the central part of the Velebit Mt

Keywords

moraines; Pleistocene; glacial valleys; cirques; plateau glaciers; Velebit Mt.; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

20718

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/20718

Publication date:

20.12.2006.

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