Geologia Croatica, Vol. 50 No. 2, 1997.
Conference paper
Glaciation Traces in the Area of the Risnjak Mountain Massif.
A. Bognar
I. Prugovečki
Abstract
The area of the Risnjak mountain massif is a submorphological region - part of the mesomorphological region of the south-western Gorski Kotar. This area exceeds 1,500 metres in height. In the relief structure of the massif, the system of ranges and erosion surfaces - plateaux, has been formed on the folded-block, mostly carbonate base by subsequent microtectonic activity and exomorphological processes.
Such relationships of relief under conditions of exceptionally low temperatures and abundance of snow precipitation during the Pleistocene, were prerequisites for the development of glaciation. Glaciation of the mountain massif was marked by formation of the valley, plateau and cirque glaciers, which is proved by the discovery of glacial moraines and other morphological features and corresponding sediments.
Keywords
Glaciation; Cirque; Terminal depression; Glacial valley; Moraine; Erratic blocks
Hrčak ID:
16695
URI
Publication date:
30.12.1997.
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