MORPHOLOGY OF CZARNA CAVE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE GEOMORPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE KOŚCIELISKA VALLEY (WESTERN TATRA MTS.)
Michał GRADZIŃSKI (1) & Ditta KICIŃSKA
(2)
1) Institute of Geological Sciences,
Jagiellonian University, ul. Oleandry 2a, 30-063 Kraków, Poland, e-mail:
gradzinm@ing.uj.edu.pl
2) Institute of Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University,
ul. Maków Polnych 16, Poznań, Poland, e-mail: kicinska@amu.edu.pl
Gradziński, M. & Kicińska, D., 2002. Morphology
of Czarna Cave and its significance for the geomorphic evolution of
the Kościeliska Valley (Western Tatra Mts.). Annales Societatis Geologorum
Poloniae, 72: 255-262.
Key words: scallops, cave development, karst hydrology, Western Carpathians.
Abstract: Czarna Cave represents phreatic cave with multiple loops. No cave level developed at the water table was detected. The cave was later modified by invasion vadose waters and breakdown processes. The phreatic paleoflow directions were analyse from the asymmetry of scallops. The paleoflow was directed from the east to the west, that is in a direction of the Kościeliska Valley. Therefore, this valley represented the main discharge zone of the region during the formation of Czarna Cave.
Manuscript received 14 November 2002, accepted 26 November
2002
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