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Fig. 3.31
Longitudinal profile and cross sections of the gallery of Saeva Dupka Cave (after Popov
1979
)
Fig. 3.32
Fallen stalagmites
recovered with thick calcite
deposits and new speleothems
in Saeva Dupka Cave
karstified limestones of Upper Barremian-Lower
Aptian age from the Emen Limestone Formation,
Lovech Urgonian Group (Hrischev
1966
). The max-
imum thickness of the stratigraphically complicated
Emen
8-10 to N-NW (Hrischev and Nedialkova
1992
)
(Fig.
3.36
).
From a seismological point of view, the Troana
Cave is located in one of the seismically strongest
active regions in Bulgaria. During the last century,
Formation
is
about
400 m
with
dip
up
to