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Publication Date
2012
Publication Title
Acta Carsologica
Volume Number
41
Issue Number
1
Abstract
The Planina Polje is located in the northwestern part of Notranjsko Podolje, Slovenia. Annual floods cover the flattened floor of the polje at elevation 445 m a.s.l. and reach the depth of approximately 8 meters. Loamy sediments which were found on surface and subsurface features from the inflow part of Planina Polje up to the elevations of about 495 m a.s.l., indirectly show that floods in the past must have been much more extensive than the recent ones. Radiocarbon dating of flowstone layer from such extreme floods appeared around 5,706 t +- 49 BP. The time frame of the flood roughly corresponds with the Altihermal (8,000-5,000 BP). More humid mid-Holocene climate might be the main cause for the high floods on Planina Polje.
Keywords
Geomorphology, Floods, Radiocarbon dating (14C), Dinaric Karst, Planina Polje, Planina Cave
Geographic Subject
Planina (Slovenia)
Document Type
Article
Language
English and Slovenian
Identifier
K26-00196
Recommended Citation
Stepišnik, Uroš; Ferk, Mateja; and Černuta, Luka, "Holocene High Floods on the Planina Polje, Classical Dinaric Karst, Slovenia" (2012). KIP Articles. 86.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/86
