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https://doi.org/10.21861/HGG.2015.77.02.05

Krasno polje on Velebit Mountain: morphographic and morphogenetic characteristics

Uroš Stepišnik ; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department of Geography, Ljubljana, Slovenia


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Abstract

Krasno polje is one of the less typical karst poljes within the Dinaric Mountains. It is situated within Velebit Mountain. Our research utilized morphographic, morphostructural and morphometric analysis of the polje to present its morphogenetic characteristics. It is completely filled with gravel and lacking any surface flows. Slopes above the polje were severely altered by glacial action during the colder periods of the Pleistocene. As a result, proglacial fans filled the karst depression, creating a piedmont type polje. Glacial evidence suggests that there were at least two separate phases of intense proglacial deposition within the polje.

Keywords

Dinaric Mountains; the Velebit Mountain; polje; glaciation; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

152510

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/152510

Publication date:

8.2.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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