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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. ...

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That Chezy equation is an equation used to compute the velocity of uniform flow in an open channel: mean velocity of flow (v) equals the chezy coefficient (c) times the square root of the product of hydraulic radius in feet (r) times the slope of the channel [1]. see also froude number; manning equation; reynolds number.?

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9th Mexican Congress of Speleology

Dates: From 30 Jan, 2009 till 02 Feb, 2009
Location: Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico

 Grottos of USA anda round the world

 

On behalf of the Sociedad Espeleológica de Tabasco, in colaboration with the Union Mexicana de Asociaciones Espeleológicas(UMAE), and the Organizing Committee, we warmly invite you to take part in the 9th National Congress of Speleology to be held in Villahermosa in 2009, from january 30 to february 2.

Although this is a national congress, we are inviting people from all the American continent to learn and share their experiences about caves. So, feel free to tell your friends, teachers, geologist and every caver you know, to came and visit us.

Right now we have in our list cavers from USA, Cuba, Colombia and Mexico.

If you have any question about the Congress, please take a look at www.umae.org.mx or  contact me at robertoporter@hotmail.com.mx    congresoumaetabasco@hotmail.com. And I ll answer as soon as posible.

Roberto Porter

President

 

Peter Lord

Vicepresident

31 Dec, 1969 - 31 Dec, 1969,
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