Geological map of the Karst 1 : 100.000

Geological research in the Karst region has been carried out over the last twenty years within the framework of various research programmes and projects implemented by the GeoZS and co-financed by the Public Agency for Research Activities of the Republic of Slovenia.

Much of the research, led by Dr Bogdan Jurkovšek, was aimed at producing a new geological map, while in parallel a number of other geological investigations were carried out to increase knowledge of the Karst as a unique natural and cultural area.

The Geological Map of the Karst 1 : 100,000 is an updated combined map of the parent Karst and was based on the Formation Geological Map of the Southern Part of the Trieste-Comene Plateau 1 : 50,000 (Jurkovšek et al., 1996) and the Geological Map of the Northern Part of the Trieste-Comene Plateau 1 : 25,000 (Jurkovšek, 2008, 2010), both based on the methods of sequence stratigraphy, which allows for a broad correlation of genetically related layers. The map is of an overview character and without a detailed topographic base, but it includes all the main lithostratigraphic units and the basic structural-tectonic elements necessary for general use. More detailed descriptions of the lithostratigraphic units are given in the legend.

Author Bogdan Jurkovšek

Year of publication: 2013

Literature:

  • Jurkovšek, B., Toman, M., Ogorelec, B., Šribar, L., Šribar, Lj., Poljak, M. & Drobne, K., 1996: Formation geological map of the southern part of the Tržaško-Komen Plateau 1:50.000 : Cretaceous and Palaeogene carbonate rocks. Geological map of the southern part of the Trieste-Komen Plateau 1:50.000: Cretaceous and Paleogene carbonate rocks. Institute of Geology, Geotechnics and Geophysics, 143 pp., Ljubljana.
  • Jurkovšek, B., 2008: Geological Map of the Northern part of the Trieste-Komen Plateau 1:25.000. Geological Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana.
  • Jurkovšek, B., 2010: Geological map of the northern part of the Trieste-Komen Plateau 1:25.000, Tolmač = Geological Map of the Northern part of the Trieste-Komen Plateau 1:25.000, Explanatory Book, 72 pp., Geological Survey of Slovenia, Ljubljana.
  • Jurkovšek, B., Cvetko Tešović, B. & Kolar-Jurkovšek, T., 2013: Geologija Krasa = Geology of Kras. Geological Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana.

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