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Structural-geomofphological Characteristics of the Island of Ugljan (Croatia)

Ugljan is an island in the Northwestern Dalmatia (Croatia) and belongs to the Zadar archipelago. This island stretches in an almost regular dinaric direction (NW-SE) ; in this area, Dalmatian type of coast is the most prominent in Adriatic. The basic geomorphological features of the island are represented by a relatively large concordance of the orography with the general geological structures, as well as by the predominance of karst relief on the carbonate lithological base. In terms of geotectonics, Ugljan belongs to the Ravni kotari synclinorium with features disrupted with reversed faults and the formations of shaly structures in the neotectonic stage on the island. The similarity exists between the morphostructural features and the interdependence of the morphogenetic development of Ugljan and the neighbouring land. Today’s relief is mostly a consequence of the sea transgression which occured during the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene.

geomorphological analysis ; morphostructural analysis ; tectonical structure ; Ugljan island

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