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Speleology in Kazakhstan

Shakalov on 04 Jul, 2018
Hello everyone!   I pleased to invite you to the official site of Central Asian Karstic-Speleological commission ("Kaspeko")   There, we regularly publish reports about our expeditions, articles and reports on speleotopics, lecture course for instructors, photos etc. ...

New publications on hypogene speleogenesis

Klimchouk on 26 Mar, 2012
Dear Colleagues, This is to draw your attention to several recent publications added to KarstBase, relevant to hypogenic karst/speleogenesis: Corrosion of limestone tablets in sulfidic ground-water: measurements and speleogenetic implications Galdenzi,

The deepest terrestrial animal

Klimchouk on 23 Feb, 2012
A recent publication of Spanish researchers describes the biology of Krubera Cave, including the deepest terrestrial animal ever found: Jordana, Rafael; Baquero, Enrique; Reboleira, Sofía and Sendra, Alberto. ...

Caves - landscapes without light

akop on 05 Feb, 2012
Exhibition dedicated to caves is taking place in the Vienna Natural History Museum   The exhibition at the Natural History Museum presents the surprising variety of caves and cave formations such as stalactites and various crystals. ...

Did you know?

That bacteria is simple, colorless one-cell plants, most of which are unable to manufacture their own food using sunlight bacteria are possibly important in caves as synthesizers of food materials from minerals. they are also important as decomposers [23].?

Checkout all 2699 terms in the KarstBase Glossary of Karst and Cave Terms

PhD Emma Petrella (Italy)
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Groundwater Research Center
Position: Post-Doc
Specialization: Hydrogeology
Geoactivity: Southern Italy
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been and is developed within different international and national research
projects, and is focused on the following main topics: (a) analysis of recharge
and groundwater flow schemes in porous and fractured aquifers, (b) experimental
analysis of microbial contamination of groundwater, (c) experimental
verification of protection measures against pollution.
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