Cave exploration in Slovenia [electronic resource] : discovering over 350 new caves during motorway construction on classical karst / Martin Knez, Tadej Slabe, editors.

Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Researching the Karst Surface and New Caves in the Course of Construction; 1.2 Research Led to New Insights About Karst Development; 1.3 Road Planning; 1.4 Cave Preservation; 1.5 Karst Protection in Light of Motorway Construction and Usage; 1.6 Conclusion; Part I Classical Karst: Construction Monitoring ; 2 Development and Karstification of the Karst Aquifer as Discovered Between Klanec and 010Crni Kal; 2.1 Karst Surface and Karstification; 2.1.1 Alveolinid-Nummulitid Limestones; 2.1.2 Flysch; 2.1.3 Karstification of the Alveolinid-Nummulitid Limestone

2.2 Epikarst2.3 Discovered Caves; 2.4 Aquifer Development; 2.5 Cave Preservation; 2.6 Conclusion; 3 Unroofed Caves Near Kozina and Their Identification; 3.1 Unroofed Caves and the Karst Surface; 3.2 Conclusion; 4 The Section Between Diva010Da and Kozina Revealed Many Characteristics of Karst Development; 4.1 Karst Surface; 4.2 Newly Discovered Caves; 4.3 Motorway Construction and Karst Features; 4.4 Conclusion; 5 Great Cavernosity Between Dane and Ferneti010Di Points to Diverse Karst Formation; 5.1 Caves; 5.2 Road Construction; 5.3 Conclusion

6 Unroofed Caves Discovered on the Route Between 010Cebulovica and Dane6.1 Karst Near Diva010Da; 6.2 Dolines; 6.3 Caves; 6.3.1 Cavernosity of Different Rock Types; 6.3.2 Old Caves; 6.3.3 Shafts; 6.3.4 Road Construction and Caves; 6.4 Conclusion; Part IIClassical Karst: Newly DiscoveredSignificant Karst Features; 7 Unroofed Caves Provide Important Clues to the Karst Development; 7.1 Identifying Unroofed Caves on the Karst Surface; 7.1.1 Types of Unroofed Caves; 7.1.2 Patches of Karst Terrain Which Are Covered by Unique Soil and Vegetation; 7.1.3 Flowstone and Cave Alluvium on the Karst Surface

7.1.4 Doline-like Shapes and Strings of Dolines7.1.5 Notches; 7.1.6 Variegated Shapes of Cave Systems; 7.2 Conclusion; 8 The Large Unroofed Cave Near Povir; 8.1 Speleological Characteristics of the Brezstropa Jama Unroofed Cave; 8.1.1 Discovery and Exploration of the Cave; 8.1.2 Shape of the Excavated Cave; 8.1.3 Rock Relief on the Passage Walls; 8.1.4 Forms Created Due to the Filling of the Passage with Sediments and Soil; 8.1.5 Cave Sediments; 8.2 Comparison of Sediments from Different Caves Along the Motorway Route; 8.3 The Brezstropa Jama Unroofed Cave in Time and Space

9 Origin and Mineral Composition of Clastic Sediments on the Karst Surface Around Diva010Da9.1 Sites and Description of Clastic Sediments in Karst Depressions Around Diva010Da; 9.1.1 The Brezstropa Jama Unroofed Cave Near Povir; 9.1.1.1 Gravel; 9.1.1.2 Sands and Loams; 9.1.1.3 Infill from the Surface; 9.1.2 Sediments from Two Filled-in Caves South of Povir; 9.1.2.1 Loams; 9.1.2.2 Rubble; 9.1.3 Filled-in Cave from the Diva0161ki Hrib Hill; 9.1.4 The Unroofed Cave at Grintavca; 9.1.4.1 Gravel; 9.1.4.2 Sand and Loam; 9.1.5 Sediments from the Unroofed Cave in Bojni Dol; 9.1.5.1 Conglomerate