This thesis addresses karst development in a terrain characterized
by a highly complex geological and geomorphological evolution. It
tackles the extent and complexity of both epigenic and hypogenic
karst development, based on morphological analyses of caves,
combined with analyses and datations of cave sediments and their
correlation to regional geological and geomorphological evolution.
Hypogenic karst registered is mainly the result of hydrothermal
speleogenesis due to increased geothermal gradient in connection
with nearby Pliocene-Pleistocene volcanic centers, with occurrence
of sulfuric acid speleogenesis and ghost-rock weathering due to
local geological or lithological control. Epigenic speleogenesis is
strongly controlled by base level oscillations, with also examples
of deep phreatic (now fossil) caves connected to regional base
level rise, and per-ascensum speleogenesis. Another important
finding is the constraining of the timing of Mariovo Lake draining
in the Pleistocene, an important event in order to understand the
geomorphological evolution in Macedonia, as it led to the onset of
fluvial development and incision of valleys, shaping most of the
present morphology.
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