Mladen Pahernik

Recent Landform Evolution in the Dinaric and Pannonian Regions of Croatia

This chapter deals with main geomorphological properties of Croatia. The key elements of the geological predispositions are outlined as well as those of geodynamic evolution which, in conjunction with numerous exogenous processes, result in recent landform development. The main points of all important exogenous processes and landforms are presented: coastal, fluvial and fluvio-denudation, slope, aeolian and polygenetic. The main attention has been paid to karst and fluviokarst which cover almost 44% of the territory (the submerged karst excluded) therefore numerous recent research topics are outlined such as the development of structural geomorphological methods in karst, the research on coastal karst, glaciokarst, karst denudation measurements and cave microclimate. All this made a good basis for a detailed geomorphological regionalisation given in the chapter as well.

Geomorphological characteristics of the Slunj karst plateau.

Cilj ovog rada jest utvrditi temeljne uvjete i procese oblikovanja i razvoja reljefa te njegove opce geomorfoloske znacajke na prostoru Slunjske zaravni kao primjera prostrane krske zaravni Dinarskoga krsa. Kako je geomorfolosko kartiranje jedna od najvažnijih metoda geomorfoloskog istraživanja, cilj je bio obaviti detaljno geomorfolosko kartiranje te izraditi digitalnu geomorfolosku bazu podataka. Na temelju dobivenih podataka provedene su geomorfoloska analiza i sinteza te je izrađena detaljna digitalna geomorfoloska karta tog podrucja u izvornome mjerilu 1 : 50.000. Razluceni su dominantni morfogenetski procesi oblikovanja reljefa (strukturnogeomorfoloski i egzogeomorfoloski) te su utvrđene osnovne etape geomorfoloske evolucije reljefa. Kljucne rijeci: zaravan u krsu, geomorfolosko kartiranje, morfometrija, Slunjska zaravan, Dinarski krs, Hrvatska Geomorphological Characteristics of the Slunj Karst Plateau The research goal has been to determine the basic conditions and processes of the relief formation and development, and to define its general geomorphologic characteristics on the area of the Slunj karst plateau, as an example of spacious plateaus of the Dinaric karst. Since geomorphological mapping is one of the most important methods of geomorphological research, the aim of this work was detail mapping and production of a digital geomorphologic map of the area. As the basis of the given data, geomorphologic analyses and synthesis were worked out and a detailed geomorphologic map to the scale 1:50,000 was made. The dominant morphogenetic processes of the relief formation (structuralmorphologic and exogeomorphologic) were distinguished, and basic stages of the relief geomorphologic evolution were determined.