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SLOVENIAN IGCP COMMITTEE
Secretary: Prof. Dr. N. Zupančič
University of Ljubljana
Department of Geology
Aškerčeva 12
1000 LJUBLJANA
Phone: 386 01 4704625
Fax : 386 01 470 4560
E-mail: nina.zupancic@ntf.uni-lj.si
Chairman: Assist. Prof. Dr. M. Komac
Geological Survey of Slovenia
Dimičeva 14
1000 LJUBLJANA
Phone: 386 01 280 9702
Fax: 386 01 280 9753
E-mail: marko.komac@geo-zs.si The Slovenian National IGCP Committee: Dr. Miloš Bavec, Dr. Katica Drobne,
Academician Prof. Emer., Dr. Špela Goričan, Dr. Mateja Gosar, Dr. Martin Knez, dr. Tea
Kolar Jurkovšek, Assist. Prof. Dr. Marko Komac, Prof. Dr. Bojan Ogorelec, Prof. Dr. Jože
Pezdič, Prof. Emer.Dr. Simon Pirc, Dr. Ladislav Placer, Prof. Emer. Dr. Anton Ramovš, Prof.
Dr. Marko Vrabec, Prof. Dr. Nina Zupančič
To: Mr. Robert Missotten
IGCP Secretary
Chief, Earth Observation Section
1, rue Miollis
F-76732 Paris CEDEX 15
France
Ljubljana, 6th January 2011
E-mail: ml.faber@unesco.org.
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REPORT ON 2010 IGCP ACTIVITIES IN SLOVENIA
In June 2010 on the regular national IGCP board meeting new President Assist. Prof. Dr.
Marko Komac and Secretary Prof. Dr. Nina Zupančič were elected.
0. SUMMARY OF RESEARCH IN THE IGCP PROJECTS
Research in 2010 involved participation in 6 active projects, the IGCP projects no. 513, 543
567, 571, 572 and the IUGS/IAGC Geochemical Baselines Project. Besides this Slovenian
researchers still cooperate in some scientific groups formed in frame of already finished IGCP
projects. Activities consist mainly of field and laboratory work, scientific meetings and
preparation of papers for publishing.
The Slovenian participation in these projects resulted in 53 published references.
Organisation of International congress »Paleocene and Eocene, Climate and Changes in that
Time« to be organised between Slovenia, Italy, Croatia in 2011(Dr. Katica Drobne) is as well
part of IGCP activities. In year 2011 the monograph publication »Geology of Slovenia« will
be published (edited by Prof. Dr. Bojan Ogorelec).
The Slovene representative attended the European regional IGCP meeting in Caravaca del
Cruz in Spain. Poster prepared by Dr. Katica Drobne and Prof. Dr. Simon Pirc on 30 years of
participation of Slovene geologists in different IGCP project was presented there.
Within activities in 2010 a preparation and publication of Geology of Slovenia was carried
out. The book comprises of the most important results of geological research in Slovenia in
past several decades including research within IGCP projects.
1. RESEARCH IN THE FRAME OF IGCP PROJECTS ACTIVE IN 2010
Studies in the IGCP Project No. 513: Global study of karst aquifers and water resources,
are headed in Slovenia by Martin Knez, Karst Research Institute, Scientific Research Center
of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Postojna, Slovenia. The year 2010 was the
final (extended) year of this project.
During the 4th International Symposium on Karst (ISKA), which took place in Málaga
between 27 and 30 April 2010, there was an official meeting of participants in IGCP Project
No 513. Three members from Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU participated the
symposium: Tadej Slabe, Franci Gabrovšek in Nataša Ravbar. Five lectures were presented.
Publications:
Debevc, B., Knez, M., Kranjc, A., Prelovšek, M., Semeja, A., Slabe, T. Preliminary proposal
for the project of adapting "Heaven's cave" (Vietnam) for tourist purposes. In: Bella, P. (Ed.).
Abstracts. Excursion guide. Liptovský Mikuláš: State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak
Republic, Slovak Cave Administration, 2010, pp. 17.
Gabrovšek, F., Dreybrodt, W. Karstification in unconfined limestone aquifers by mixing of
phreatic water with surface water from a local input: a model. J. Hydrol. (Amst.). [Print ed.],
2010, 386, pp. 130-141.
Gabrovšek, F., Dreybrodt, W. A model of karstification in extended limestone plains by
mixing corrosion. In: Andreo Navarro, B. (Ed.). Advances in research in Karst media,
(Environmental Earth Sciences). Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer, 2010, pp. 457-462.
Gabrovšek, F., Dreybrodt, W., Perne, M. Physics of condensation corrosion in caves. In:
Andreo Navarro, B. (Ed.). Advances in research in Karst media, (Environmental Earth
Sciences). Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer, 2010, pp. 491-496.
Gabrovšek, F., Kogovšek, J., Kovačič, G., Petrič, M., Ravbar, N., Turk, J. Recent results of
tracer tests in the catchment of the Unica River (SW Slovenia). Acta carsol., 2010, 39, 1, pp.
27-37.
Gabrovšek, F., Turk, J. Observations of stage and temperature dynamics in the epiphreatic
caves within the catchment area of the Ljubljanica river (Slovenia). Geologia Croatica, 2010,
letn. 63, 2, pp. 187-193.
Hajna, N. (Ed.), Otoničar, B. (Ed.). 3. Slovenski geološki kongres, Bovec, 16.-18. september
2010. Povzetki in ekskurzije. Postojna: Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za
raziskovanje krasa; Ljubljana: Paleontološki inštitut Ivana Rakovca, 2010, pp. 56.
Hajna, N. (Ed.), Otoničar, B. (Ed.). 3. Slovenski geološki kongres, Bovec, 16.-18. september
2010. Povzetki in ekskurzije. Postojna: Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za
raziskovanje krasa; Ljubljana: Paleontološki inštitut Ivana Rakovca, 2010, pp. 69-80.
Jemcov, I., Petrič, M. Time series analysis, modelling and assessment of optimal exploitation
of the Nemanja karst springs, Serbia. Acta carsol., 2010, 39, 2, pp. 187-200.
Knez, M., Slabe, T. Uncovered caves and their conservation during the construction of
motorways over classical karst and other types of Slovenian Karst. In: Andreo Navarro, B.
(Ed.). Advances in research in Karst media, (Environmental Earth Sciences). Berlin;
Heidelberg: Springer, 2010, pp. 401-406.
Knez, M., Slabe, T. Planning and construction motorways and railroads crossing classical
karst in Slovenia. In: Lakušić, S. (Ed.). Road and rail infrastructure. Zagreb: Department of
Transportation, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb, 2010, pp. 837-843.
Kogovšek, J. Characteristics of underground water flow at different water levels in
Tianshengan karst area, Yunnan, China. Acta geol. sin. (Engl. ed.), 2010, 84, 1, pp. 206-212.
Kogovšek, J., Petrič, M. Tracer tests as a tool for planning the monitoring of negative impacts
of the Mozelj landfill (SE Slovenia) on karst waters. Acta carsol., 2010, 39, 2, pp. 301-311.
Kogovšek, J., Petrič, M. Water temperature as a natural tracer - a case study of the Malenšèica
karst spring (SW Slovenia). Geologia Croatica, 2010, 63, 2, pp. 171-177.
Kovačič, G., Petrič, M. Contribution of time series analysis to the sudy of the Malenščica
karst spring, Slovenia. In: Bonacci, O. (Ed.). Sustainability of the Karst environment - Dinaric
Karst and other Karst regions : proceedings. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization, 2010, pp. 123-128.
Mihevc, A., Pruner, P., Zupan Hajna, N. Mio-pliocenska starost jamskih aluvialnih
sedimentov v Snežni jami na Raduhi. In: Košir, A. (Ed.), Horvat, A. (Ed.), Zupan Hajna, N.
(Ed.), Otoničar, B. (Ed.). 3. Slovenski geološki kongres, Bovec, 16.-18. september 2010.
Povzetki in ekskurzije. Postojna: Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za
raziskovanje krasa; Ljubljana: Paleontološki inštitut Ivana Rakovca, 2010, pp. 34-35.
Petrič, M. Characteristics of water flow in the karst catchment of the Unica river (SW
Slovenia). In: Zuber, A., Kania, J., Kmiecik, E. XXXVIII IAH Congres, Groundwater Quality
Sustainability, Krakow, 12-17 September 2010 : Abstract book, (Prace Naukowe
Uniwersytetu Ślęaskiego w Katowicach). Krakow: University of Silesia, 2010, pp. 20972103.
Petrič, M. Characterization, exploitation, and protection of the Malenščica karst spring,
Slovenia : case study. In: Krešić, N. (Ed.), Stevanović, Z. (Ed.). Groundwater hydrology of
springs : engineering, theory, management, and sustainability. Burlington, MA: ButterworthHeinemann, cop. 2010, pp. 428-441.
Pipan, T., Holt, N., Culver, D. C. How to protect a diverse, poorly known, inaccessible fauna :
identification and protection of source and sink habitats in the epikarst. Aquat. conserv.
(Print), 2010, 20, pp. 748-755.
Ravbar, N., Petrič, M., Kogovšek, J. The characteristics of groundwater flow in karst aquifers
during long lasting low flow conditions, example from SW Slovenia. In: Andreo Navarro, B.
(Ed.). Advances in research in Karst media, (Environmental Earth Sciences). Berlin;
Heidelberg: Springer, 2010, pp. 131-136.
Romanov, D., Gabrovšek, F., Dreybrodt, W. Modeling The evolution of karst aquifers and
speleogenesis. The step from 1-dimensional to 2-dimensional modeling domains.
Speleogenes. evol. karst aquifers (Online).
Simon, K. S., Pipan, T., Ohno, T., Culver, D. C. Spatial and temporal patterns in abundance
and character of dissolved organic matter in two karst aquifers. Fundam. appl. limnol., 2010,
vol. 177, 2, pp. 81-92.
Skoglund Ovrevik, R., Lauritzen, S.E., Gabrovšek, F. The impact of glacier ice-contact and
subglacial hydrochemistry on evolution of maze caves: a modelling approach. J. Hydrol.
(Amst.), 2010, pp. 57.
Zupan Hajna, N., Bosák, P., Pruner, P., Hercman--, H., Mihevc, A., Wagner, J. Starost
jamskih sedimentov v Medvedjem rovu Križne jame. In: Košir, A. (Ed.), Horvat, A. (Ed.),
Zupan
Zupan Hajna, N., Petrič, M., Zdešar, A. Trenta - Triglavski narodni park. Geologija,
geomorfologija in vodni viri : [Ekskurzija E1]. In: Košir, A. (Ed.), Horvat, A. (Ed.), Zupan
The IGCP Project 543: Low-Temperature Thermochronology was started in Slovenia by
Georis team, coordinated by Prof. Dr. Jože Pezdič. The main topics were research studies of
low temperatures processes which can be defined as geochronological parameters. Through
the first part of the year the results of our previous investigations and publications were
refreshed and re-evaluated. The main topics in the actual project are fision and U-Th/He, but
also other methodologies are welcome.// Our work on low temperature thermochrology is
based on isotope characteristics and geothermometres.
The IGCP project No 555, Rapid Environmental/Climatic Change in Cretaceous, has
been coordinated in Slovenia by Katica Drobne, Paleontological Institute Ivan Rakovec,
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana. The researchers that have been active in
WOLF and IGCP projects 286, 393, 552 and 555 met in Miskolc where they correlated their
data from 10 years of research. Results of investigations were presented at FORAMS 2010 in
Bonn (5.–11. September 2010), 3rd Slovene Geological Congress in Bovec and 4th Croatian
Geological Congres in Šibenik.
Publications:
Drobne, K., Ćosović, V., 2010: Paleogene conical foraminifera withagglutinated walls in the
Tethys realm – Biostratigraphy, paleoecology. ibidem, 78-79, Bonn.
Drobne, K., Ogorelec, B., Premru, U., 2010: Foraminifere, izziv za interpretacijo razvoja na
paleogenski Jadranski karbonatni platformi (primer JZ Slovenija in Istra).v Košir, A., Horvat,
A., Zupan-Hajna, N., Otoničar, B. (ur), Povzetki in ekskurzije , 3. slov. geol. kongres, 16-17,
Bovec.
Drobne, K., Tari, V., Premu, U., Trutin, M., 2010: Lavsa Island, biostratigraphic overview of
Eocene beds from the K/T boundary to Middle Lutetian and its paleogeographic position
between Dinarides and Apennines on the Paleogene Adriatic carbonate platform (Ypresian
(Cuisian) – Oligocene). In : 4. Hrvatski geološki kongres. Knjiga sažetaka (ur. Horvat, M),
52-53, Zagreb.
Drobne, K., Tari, V., Premu, U., Trutin, M., 2010: Eocene beds of Lavsa island, a waymark to
Central Tethys biostratigraphy and paleogeography. ibidem, poster + CDrom.
Korbar, T., Surić, M., Fuček, L., Mihelčić, V., Veseli, V., Drobne, K., 2010: Geologija
Kornatskog područja. in: 4. Hrvatski geološki kongres Vodič ekskurzija (ur. Horvat, M.)
Ekskurzija B1 – Geologija Kornatskog otočja, 131-141, Zagreb.
Tunis, G., Pugliese, N., Jurkovšek, B., Ogorelec, B., Drobne, K., Riccamboni, R., Tewari,
V.C. (in press) Microbialites as markers of biotic and abiotic events in the Karst distrinct,
Slovenia and Italy. in J. Seckbach and V.C. Tewari (eds) Stromatolites: Interaction of
Microbes with Sediments, Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology 18, 0000, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-0397-1_11, Springer Science+Business Media B.V.2011
Studies in the IGCP Project No 567, Earthquake Archaeology - Archaeoseismology, are
headed by Nina Zupančič, Geology Department, University of Ljubljana. Research of marble
provenance form Slovene archaeological sites continued. In cooperation with University of
Leoben first stable isotopes analysis of marble fluid inclusions as tracers of different East
Alpine marbles (Pohorje in Slovenia and Gummern in Austria) were performed.
Part of the research was dealing with provenance of natural stone used as building and
decoration stone in archaeological site Mošnje. First results were presented at Slovenian
geological congress. Two students will make their Bachelor degree thesis from this topic.
Some research was done on Neolithic stone artefacts from Monkodonia (Istria), where
identified jadeite axes confirm established connection and trade of this area with the Western
Alps.
Publications:
Čar, J., Dobnikar, M., Herlec, U., Jeršek, M., Režun, B., Skobe, S., Vrabec, M., Zupan Hajna,
N., Zupančič, N.. Selected ore deposits, igneous and metamorphic rocks from Eastern Alps,
Slovenia : IMA2010 field trip guide SI1, (Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, 26). Szeged:
Depart. Of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Petrology, Univ. of Szeged, 2010. 24 str.
Horvat, J., Zupančič, N.. Raziskave amfor s Sermina. Argo, 2010, 53, 1, str. 82-83.
Jarc, S., Maniatis, Y., Dotsika, E., Tambakopoulos, D., Zupančič, N.. Scientific
charaterization of the Pohorje marbles, Slovenia. Archaeometry, 2010, issue 2, vol. 52, str.
177-190.
Košir, M., Miletić, S., Kramar, S., Lux, J., Rokavec, D., Zupančič, N.. Preliminarne raziskave
izvora naravnega kamna iz arheološkega najdišča Mošnje. V: KOŠIR, Adrijan (ur.),
HORVAT, Aleksander (ur.), ZUPAN HAJNA, Nadja (ur.), OTONIČAR, Bojan (ur.). 3.
Slovenski geološki kongres, Bovec, 16.-18. September 2010. Povzetki in ekskurzije. Postojna:
Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za raziskovanje krasa; Ljubljana: Paleontološki
inštitut Ivana Rakovca, 2010, str. 28.
The IGCP Project No 572, Radon, health and natural hazards is headed by Prof. Dr.
Tadej Dolenec, Geology Department, University of Ljubljana. The study of the influence of
seismicity and tectonic activity on radon transport has been continued. It is based on a longterm continuous (once an hour) radon monitoring (i) in thermal springs at Bled and Hotavlje
in Slovenia, (ii) in soil gas in Friuli and Sicily in Italy, and in Sapporo in Japan, and (iii) in air
at the tectonic faults in the Postojna and Kostanjevica caves (Slovenia). In addition to the
statistical methods generally used in data evaluation, the machine learning methods (decision
trees and neuron networks) were introduced and have been used successfully to identify the
anomalies in time series of radon activity concentration, possibly caused by seismic activity,
and not ascribed to the environmental parameters solely. Our long term research of radon
short lived decay products (RnDP) in air (crucial parameter in radon dosimetry), was
extended to the non-radioactive aerosols (10–1000 nm) to which RnDP attached. For this
purpose, their concentration and size distributions have been measured in the Postojna Cave,
as well as in some karst caves and underground mines in Hungary.
Publications:
Fujiyoshi, Ryoko, Haraki, Yukihide, Sumiyoshi, Takashi, Amano, Hikaru, Kobal, Ivan,
Vaupotič, Janja. Tracing the sources of gaseous components 222Rn, CO2 and its carbon
isotopes in soil air under a cool-deciduous stand in Sapporo, Japan. Environ. Geochem.
Health, 2010, 1, 32, 73–82.
Torkar, Drago, Zmazek, Boris, Vaupotič, Janja, Kobal, Ivan. Application of artificial neural
networks in simulating radon levels in soil gas. Chem. Geol., 2010, 270, 1–8.
Šebela, Stanka, Vaupotič, Janja, Košt'ák, Blahoslav, Stemberk, Josef. Direct measurement of
present-day tectonic movement and associated radon flux in Postojna Cave, Slovenia. J.
Caves Karst Stud., 2010, 72, 1, 21–34.
Vaupotič, Janja, Gregorič, Asta, Kobal, Ivan, Žvab, Petra, Kozak, Krzysztof, Mazur, Jadwiga,
Kochowska, Elzbieta, Grządziel, Dominik. Radon concentration in soil gas and radon
exhalation rate at the Ravne fault in NW Slovenia. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 2010, 10, 4,
895–899.
Vaupotič, Janja, Riggio, Anna, Santulin, Marco, Zmazek, Boris, Kobal, Ivan. A radon
anomaly in soil gas at Cazzaso, NE Italy, as a precursor of an ML = 5.1 earthquake.
Nukleonika, 2010, 55, 4, 507–511.
Vaupotič, Janja. Slovenian approach in managing exposure to radon at workplaces.
Nukleonika, 2010, 55, 4, 565–571.
Vaupotič, Janja, Žvab Rožič, Petra, Giammanco, Salvatore. Radon in outdoor air in the Mt.
Etna area, Italy. Nukleonika, 2010, 55, 4, 573–577.
Vaupotič, Janja, Kobal, Ivan, Križman, Milko. Background outdoor radon levels in Slovenia.
Nukleonika, 2010, 55, 4, 579–582.
Vaupotič, Janja, Kávási, Norbert. Preliminary study of thoron and radon levels in various
indoor environments in Slovenia. Radiat. Prot. Dosim., 2010, 141, 4, 383–385.
Žunić, Zora S., Vaupotič, Janja. The indoor radon survey in Serbian schools : can it reflect
also the general population exposure. Nukleonika, 2010, 55, 4, 419–427.
Zmazek, Boris, Džeroski, Sašo, Torkar, Drago, Vaupotič, Janja, Kobal, Ivan. Identification of
radon anomalies in soil gas using decision trees and neural networks. Nukleonika, 2010, 55, 4,
501–505.
The IGCP Project No 572: Permian – Triassic ecosystem is headed by Prof. Dr. Tadej
Dolenec, Geology Department, University of Ljubljana. In the year 2010 the investigations
were focused again on the P/Tr boundary sequence in the Idrijca Valley. In this study we
obtained further insights (a high resolution carbonate and organic carbon isotope and XRF
stratigraphy as well as the pyrite sulphur isotopic composition from the P/Tr boundary) in the
cause and the timing of the isotopic and elemental anomalies across the P/Tr and in the
western Tethys.
The IUGS/IAGC Project, Geochemical baselines, is lead in Slovenia by Mateja Gosar,
Geological Survey of Slovenia, Ljubljana. Mateja Gosar took part at the EuroGeoSurveys
Geochemistry Expert Group Meeting in Athens in October 2010. The most important subject
of the meeting was the GEMAS project - Geochemical mapping of Agricultural and Grazing
Lands in Europe. The mapping covered 800 sample sites for each material for the EU and
associated countries. Unfortunately there were no samples collected from Albania, Belarus or
Romania. All samples have been prepared in Slovakia and have been dispatched for analysis.
All samples were already analysed for 53 elements using aqua regia extraction at ACME in
Canada. Norvegian geological survey undertook QC of ACME multi-element data and was
finished before the meeting. No serious data quality problems have been encountered.
Country results and country interpretations were presented during Athens meeting. Mateja
Gosar presented talk with title: »GEMAS results for Slovenia: Preliminary interpretation«.
Some more analysis will be performed in 2010: pH (CaCl2), total S, total C, Pb isotopes,
XRF-40 elements, Pt ultra-trace not currently possible Sr isotopes, Kd values for selected
elements. Country-specific data will be made available to each country soon. Another subject
of the EuroGeoSurveys Expert Geochemistry Group meeting was project Geochemistry of
bottled and tap water in Europe. In 2010 the group finished the book entitled “Geochemistry
of European Bottled Water” and special issue of Journal of Geochemical Exploration entitled
“Mineral Waters of Europe”.
Publications:
Brenčič, M., Ferjan, T., Gosar, M. 2010, Geochemical survey of Slovenian bottled waters.
Journal of Geochemical exploration. vol. 107, no. 3, pp. 400-409.
Ferjan, T., Brenčič, M., Gosar, M. 2010. Geokemija vodovodne vode na območju Slovenije.
In: Košir, A. (ed.), Horvat, A. (ed.), Zupan Hajna, N. (ed.), Otoničar, B. (ed.). 3. Slovenian
Geological kongres, Bovec, 16.-18. September 2010. Abstracts. Postojna: ZRC-SAZU, pp.
18.
Gosar, M. (and 80 authors), Reimann, C. (ed.), Birke, M. (ed.). 2010, Geochemistry of
European bottled water. Stuttgart: Borntraeger, XI, 268 pp.
Gosar, M. 2010. Geokemično kartiranje kmetijskih in travnatih tal Evrope - GEMAS projekt.
In: Košir, A. (ed.), Horvat, A. (ed.), Zupan Hajna, N. (ed.), Otoničar, B. (ed.). 3. Slovenian
Geological kongres, Bovec, 16.-18. September 2010. Abstracts. Postojna: ZRC-SAZU, pp.
21.
Miler, M., Gosar, M. 2010. SEM/EDS analiza faz težkih kovin v odlagališčih rudarskih
odpadkov v Mežiški dolini. In: Košir, A. (ed.), Horvat, A. (ed.), Zupan Hajna, N. (ed.),
Otoničar, B. (ed.). 3. Slovenian Geological kongres, Bovec, 16.-18. September 2010.
Abstracts. Postojna: ZRC-SAZU, 2010, pp. 35.
Best wishes for a happy year 2011,
Prof. Dr. Nina Zupančič
Secretary of National Committee
Assist. Prof. Dr. Marko Komac
Chairman of National Committee