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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 cockpit karst is (jamaican.) 1. term describing an area containing numerous scattered, yet closely spaced dolines; generally a tropical karst land form. the corresponding yugoslav term may more accurately be translated as 'pock-marked' karst. 2. tropical karst topography containing many closed depressions surrounded by steep-sided conical hills.divided by french and german geographers into several types depending on shape of hills [10]. synonyms: (french.) karst cockpit; (german.) turmkarst, kegelkarst; (greek.) dolinovrithes karst; (italian.) campo carsico a doline; (spanish.) karst esponja; (turkish.) dudenli karst; (yugoslavian) boginjavi krs, kozavi kras. see also cone karst; halbkugelkarst; kegelkarst; spitzkegelkarst; tower karst.?

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MA/MSc Hari Adhikari (Nepal)
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Affiliation: Technische Universitat Munchen

M.sc Sustainable Resource Management
Position: Student
Specialization: Other
Instrumentation: Mist nets, Canopy nets, GPS, Some GIS softwares for data analysis, Headlight,  Vernier Callipers,  Spring Balance, etc.......
Geoactivity: Remote areas of Country where bat researches had been limited due to Geographical remoteness.
Interests: I am working as a bat researcher in different remote areas of Nepal where bat research had never been done and have identified many caves of special interest for some endangered species of bats in Nepal.
Member of Speleogenesis.info since 2009-12-15