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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 paragenesis is a type of cave passage development in which erosion of the passage floor is inhibited by the presence of an armoring layer of sediment, such that any dissolutional enlargement is dominantly upwards [9]. generally, an unproven and unsupported theory.?

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

MA/MSc Rick Fowler (United States)
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Website: http://www.wku.edu/~rick.fowler/mammoth
Affiliation: Western Kentucky University
Hoffman Environmental Research Institute
Position: Research Associate
Specialization: Microbiology
Instrumentation: Quantitative Real-Time PCR, Capillary Electrophoresis, DNA cloning and sequencing, Multiple instruments for inorganic and organic chemical analysis.
Geoactivity: Primarily Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, Oregon Caves National Monument, and other national parks in the USA. Also ChongQing, China as part of the China Environmental Health Project.
Interests: DNA analysis of bacterial communities in cave and karst environments.  Microbial Source Tracking of fecal contamination in karst aquifers.
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