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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 freshwater lens is 1. body of fresh ground water found typically beneath permeable limestone islands or peninsular land masses in the tropics. the lens-shaped water body is bounded above by a water table and below by a mixing zone between fresh and saline ground water along the halocline. in the center of the lens freshwater extends below sea-level, and another set of springs exists where dissolutional conduits associated with the lower limit of the lens intersect the rock surface below sea-level [9]. 2. a lenticular form of a freshwater body under oceanic coasts [16].?
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