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About Speleogenesis
Speleogenesis (karstic) is the origin and development of macroscopic dissolution voids and conduits in rocks by circulating fluids. Speleogenesis can be adequately understood only within the broader context of the hydrogeological settings and evolution of karst. In its turn, speleogenesis is a primary process that determines essential features of the hydrogeology of karst, and guides its evolution in many ways.
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Speleogenesis.info is a non-profit web platform aimed to promote karst and cave studies and integrate the international scholarly community through information exchange, communication and collaboration. Speleogenesis.info develops and maintains various networking and information resources (Speleogenesis Network), serving as a hub of collaborative activities of individual researchers and research institutions involved into karst and geospeleology studies.
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Registered Karst & Cave Research Institutions
Acintyacunyata Speleological Club
Brazilian Karst Research Institute - Instituto do Carste
British Cave Research Association (BCRA)
Carbonate Aquifer Characterization Laboratory
Chb.Iran regional water research commission
Group for Underwater and Speleological Exploration
Hoffman Environmental Research Institute
Institute of Speleology "Emil Racovita"
Institute of Water Resources Management, Hydrogeology and Geophysics
International Research and Application Center for Karst Water Resources
Istituto Italiano di Speleologia
Karst & Cave Research Group, University of Akron
Karst and Cave Group, Natural History Museum Vienna
Karst Dynamics Laboratory (KDL)
Karst Geomorphology Unit (research and didactic)
Karst Research Group of Coimbra
Karst Research Group, University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Karst Research Group, University of South Florida
Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU
Masyarakat Speleologi Indonesia
National Cave and Karst Research Institute
National Cave Research and Protection Organization
Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais - PUC Minas
Swiss Institute of Speleology and Karst studies (SISKA)