Acta carsologica

0145286 - GLU-S 20013071 RIV SI eng M - Monography Chapter
Bosák, Pavel - Knez, M. - Otrubová, D. - Pruner, Petr - Slabe, T. - Venhodová, Daniela
Palaeomagnetic Research of a Fossil Cave in the Highway Construction at Kozina, SW Slovenia.
Acta carsologica. Inštitut za raziskovanje krasa, s. 15-33
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR KSK1042603; GA MŠMT ME 251
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z3013912
Keywords : magnetostratigraphy * unroofed cave * Classical Karst
Subject RIV: DB - Geology ; Mineralogy
https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/carsologica/article/view/446

According to arrangement of individual magnetozone, it can be stated that sediments are older than the top of Olduvai chron (1.77 Ma), as the magnetostratigraphic profile at Kozina terminated by reverse polarised magnetozone and contains two normal polarised zones. The profile can be correlated with the Divača profile, not only from the palaeomagnetic point of view, but also from a lithological point of view. We suppose, as Divača, that the cave is a result of the Messinian speleogenetic epoch and its fossilization was connected with rapid base level uplift after refilling of the mediterranean basin by water. If this hypothesis is close to reality, the fossilization process can be dated from about 5.2 Ma up.
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