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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 gypsum karst is a karst landscape developed on, or perhaps above, gypsum or similar evaporite rock sequences. dissolution of gypsum by ground water in buried, interstratal, situations is common and the effects of such dissolution may be expressed at the land surface in the form of subsidence depressions. there are extensive areas of gypsum karst in north america and the ukraine but british examples are limited to rare caves, exposed by quarrying, and subsidence depressions above dissolved gypsum beds, such as those around ripon, yorkshire [9].?

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Calculating flux to predict future cave radon concentrations, Rowberry, Matt; Marti, Xavi; Frontera, Carlos; Van De Wiel, Marco; Briestensky, Milos
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Pseudokarst ? scientific problems, research and protection

Dates: From 12 May, 2010 till 16 May, 2010
Location: Saupsdorf, Elbe Sandstone Mts., Germany

Symposium is being organized by the UIS Commission on Pseudokarst.

Main themes

1. What is pseudokarst? ? new and old definitions, classifications 2. Genesis and development of pseudokarst forms as an element of local or regional geomorphological evolution 3. Scientific importance of pseudokarst forms: geology, geomorphology, biodiversity 4. Pseudokarst caves and their speleothems 5. Pseudokarst and Karst in quarzitic sandstones and quarzites 6. Modern methods of caving and caves management ? databases and national lists of caves, activity of caving clubs Other topics to the field of Pseudokarst may also be presented. Registration, Contact, Questions Preliminary registration form should be returned by e-mail or normal post to the Organizing Committee before 31.12.2009 E-mail address: hartmut.simmert@t-online.de   Address: Hartmut Simmert, Hohe Str. 48 http://www.hoehlenforschung-dresden.de/symposium  

31 Dec, 1969 - 31 Dec, 1969,
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