Analyses of the velebit mountain ridge crests

Abstract

Generally the ridge crests spread in the dinaridic direction that is NW-SE what is mainly the characteristic of the older tectonic phase. The turn point in morphogenesis of the External Dinarides and thus of the Velebit Mt. occurs with the change in the shift of the Adriatic microplate toward N and NNW what is reflected on the orientation and morphology of the ridge crests as well as on the other relief form. The analyses of ridge crests are based on three main criteria: the analysis of orientation, length and the analysis of relatively homogeneous zones.