24. mednarodna krasoslovna ?ola / 24th International Karstological School
Dear colleagues,
I would like to remind you that just 1 month left to register for the 24th International Karstological School. I am very pleased to announce honoured keynote and invited speakers: prof dr. Andrea Mindzsenty (E?tv?s Lor?nd University, Budapest), prof. dr. Pavel Bosak (Institute of Geology of the CAS, v.v.i., Prague), prof. dr. Armstrong Osborne (The University of Sydney), dr. Roman Aubrecht (Comenius University, Bratislava), dr. Mihovil Brlek (Croatian Geological Survey, Zagreb), mag. Adrijan Ko?ir (Paleontological Institute Ivan Rakovec ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana) and dr. Bojan Otoni?ar (Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU, Postojna) as representative of the conference organiser.
Their presentations will cover a wide range of topics directly or indirectly related to paleokrast studies, such as definition of paleokarst, large scale paleokarst, paleokarst events related to geotectonic evolution, karstic bauxites, forebulge related paleokarst, stratigraphic hierarchy of paleokarst, paleokarst exposed in caves, the demarcation between paleokarst and ancient sediments and paleokarst and phantom rock, calcretes and root related features in paleokarst, unconformities and filled cavities in carbonate record that are not related to paleokarst, i.e. neptunian dykes, stromatactis, inhnofossils, hardgrouds, firmgrounds?
The whole day field trip will visit outstanding paleokarst outcrop (unroofed caves, cave deposits, entrance cave deposits, bauxite, ?blue-hole? deposits, transgressive palustrine deposits?) along the beach of Ubac Peninsula near Koroma?no on the eastern coast of Istria (Croatia) and old bauxite mines near Buzet. The outcrops are part of regional Cretaceous-Paleogene paleokarst in SW Slovenia and W Croatia related to a forebulge unconformity. The same paleokarst will be observed also during a half day excursion to classical karst at Kozina (SW Slovenia) and Devin (Duino) (NW Italy) where vertebrate remains (bones and teeth of dinosaurs and crocodiles) were found in paleokarstic pit and depression. A stop will be also near Se?ana where interesting phantom karst is exposed (dedolomite). Another half day excursion will lead us to the outcrops of Turonian to Santonian paleokarst north from Postojna where small bauxite mines are preserved and to the outcrop of Upper Jurassic bauxites on the SE flank of the Nanos Plateau.
As usual last whole day excursion will be dedicated to classical karst, this time to Ljubljanica river catchment area (Kri?na jama water cave, Cerknica and Planina polje, karstic springs of Ljubljanica River in Vrhnika and collapse dolines above them, Upper Jurassic bauxite above Vrhnika) with special emphasis on transmission of flooding wave through the karst aquifer. During the school it will be possible to visit also Postojna cave which is less than 1 km from the conference hall. Because the excursions will cover relatively wide and contrasting karstic regions of Slovenia and NW Croatia, beside paleokarst, it will be possible to observe many different karstic landscapes (from the sea of the Istria Peninsula and Trieste Bay over classical karst to the high karstic plateaus of the Northern Dinarides).
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Organizing Committee
In?titut za raziskovanje krasa ZRC SAZU / Karst Research Institute at ZRC SAZU
Titov trg 2
6230 Postojna
Slovenija
T: +386 (0)5 700 19 00
F: +386 (0)5 700 19 99
E: iks@zrc-sazu.si
