The volume is the first Slovenian statistics textbook for geologists, so the approach is adapted to the characteristics of geological data. The author combines theoretical explanation with examples and practical solutions of problems of her own research practices. Of particular importance is the introduction of the reader in a probabilistic scientific thinking, which as opposed to descriptive, deterministic approach, attributes the appropriate probability to each outcome of the investigation.
D.10 Educational activities
COBISS.SI-ID: 268529408A Pleistocene alluvial fan drilled in SE part of the Ljubljana Moor was studied. The 85 m thick succession is composed predominantly of gravel and was subdivided into 41 fining-upward sequences. Two independent methods were used for age determination - optical stimulated luminescence and radiocarbon dating. The age data are distributed linearly with respect to depth and indicate a uniform subsidence rate of 3.5 m/ky through the Late Pleistocene between 40 and 16.6 ka BP.
B.06 Other
COBISS.SI-ID: 1049694Extensive road-cuts in Cretaceous carbonate platform successions exposed along the motorway near Sežana (Kras, Slovenia) display a distinctive level of the Albian-Cenomanian bituminous dolomite with dedolomite bodies. This level is underlain by a thick succession of dolomite, interbedded with irregular, several metres thick beds of dolomite breccia. We presented a hypothesis that the dedolomite and (collapse) breccia are two closely related phenomena, namely, that the dedolomitisation resulted from upward recharge of Ca sulphate-rich solution formed by dissolution of evaporites, most probably in meteoric conditions.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 35852077The presence of salt efflorescences on the slided material of one of the most studied Slovenian landslides Slano Blato (Vipava Valley) is conspicuous. Yet previous research of the material characteristics and the sliding mechanisms of the landslide has virtually ignored the salts, their origin and their potential role. We determined the mineralogy of salt efflorescences and subflorescences as thenardite- mirabilite (Na-SO4-H2O) system and presented an idea that the source of Na+ and SO42- is local, and, furthermore, that the salts considerably accelerate the weathering of flysch and formation of muddy sediment of the landslide.
B.06 Other
COBISS.SI-ID: 1050718Bone fragments from the Upper Cretaceous Gosau facies near Slovenske Konjice are described. The excellently preserved microstructure of these bones indubitably proves that the bones belonged to dinosaurs. These data contribute significantly to the national geological heritage, because only two localities with dinosaurs have so far been discovered in Slovenia. The locality is also important for better understanding of paleogeographic connections that enabled migration of dinosaurs in the Late Cretaceous.
F.27 Contribution to preserving/protecting natural and cultural heritage
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