Karst Types in Bulgaria

Author

Dora Angelova

Files

Publication Date

2003

Publication Title

Acta Carsologica

Volume Number

32

Issue Number

1

Abstract

The karst in Bulgaria occupies an area of 26 170 km 2 or 22.7 % of the territory of the country. The karst water resources are estimated to be 2.3 billion m 3 or 11.6 % of the total water resources of the country. The interest in karst in Bulgaria has become higher during the last years because there are a number of practical problems that have to be solved. Karst in Bulgaria is characterized by great diversity due to the complex combination of factors (geological, tectonic, geomorphologic, hydrological and hydrogeological, climatic, etc.) and to the geodynamic development of this part of Europe. This work presents a new zoning of karst in Bulgaria. The following types have been distinguished: plain karst (the Danubian Plain); marine and transformed marine karst into plain and plain-marine karst (Black Sea subaqual and subareal plain); plateau-like karst (the Fore Balkan) and mountainous karst. The karst wetlands and karst phenomena provoked by paleoearthquakes are separately outlined and sample models for the different karst types, genesis, dynamics, lithostructural control, relations, etc. are presented.

Keywords

Karst types, Paleo and neokarst, Zoning

Geographic Subject

Bulgaria

Document Type

Article

Language

English and Slovenian

Identifier

K26-00147

Recommended Citation

Angelova, Dora, "Karst Types in Bulgaria" (2003). KIP Articles. 37.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/37