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Karst conference in spectacular Dinaric Karst
The call for papers for the international karst conference “Karst without Boundaries” is now out. This conference is organized within the UNESCO’s DIKTAS project framework and will be held in June 2014 in the lands of spectacular classic Dinaric karst.
The call for papers for the international karst conference “Karst without Boundaries” is now out. This conference is organized within the UNESCO’s DIKTAS project framework and will be held in June 2014 in the lands of spectacular classic Dinaric karst.
NSS Bookstore Moving Sale
The National Speleological Society (NSS) of the USA is moving its headquarters and you benefit!
The National Speleological Society (NSS) of the USA is moving its headquarters and you benefit!
Tourism and Karst Areas - Special Issue: Geoparks and other approaches for territorial management and tourism in karst areas
This special issue will be dedicated to geoparks and other approaches for territorial management and tourism in karst areas - Call for Papers
This special issue will be dedicated to geoparks and other approaches for territorial management and tourism in karst areas - Call for Papers
Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales
The British Cave Research Association is proud to announce the publication of its new book, Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales (Volume 1)
The British Cave Research Association is proud to announce the publication of its new book, Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales (Volume 1)
Book project on karst, caves, conflicts and war
A book about the use of karst and caves during wars and other conflicts.
A book about the use of karst and caves during wars and other conflicts.
Did you know?
That irrigation is the artificial watering of fields for crop production [16].?
Checkout all 2699 terms in the KarstBase Glossary of Karst and Cave Terms
Featured articles from Cave & Karst Science Journals
Geomorphogenesis of astructural slopes of the Inner Range of the Mountainous Crimea: the role of hypogenic karst in the formation and retreat of cliffs, Tymokhina, Å.².; Klimchouk, A.B.; Amelichev, G.M.
Isotopic composition of atmospheric precipitation and karstic springs of the north-west slope of the Crimean Mountains, Dublyansky Y.V.; Klimchouk À.B.; Amelichev G.N.; Tokarev S.V.; Spötl, C
Thermomineral waters of inner Dinarides Karst, Milenić, Dejan; Krunić, Olivera; Milanković, Djuro
The hydrogeology and hydrochemistry of the thermal waters at Taffs Well, South Wales, UK, Farr, G.; Bottrell, S.H
A new speleogenetic paradigm from Central Scandinavia and its relevance for northern caves., Faulkner, Trevor
Featured articles from other Geoscience Journals
Palaeo-mixing zone karst features from Palaeocene carbonates of north Spain: criteria for recognizing a potentially widespread but rarely documented diagenetic system, Bacetaa, J.I.; Wrightb, V.P.; Pujalte, V.
Influence of conduit network geometry on solute transport in karst aquifers with a permeable matrix, Ronayne, M.J.
Effective porosity of a carbonate aquifer with bacterial contamination: Walkerton, Ontario, Canada, Worthington, S.R.H.; Smart, C.C.; Ruland, W.
Evaluation of permeability and non-Darcy flow in vuggy macroporous limestone aquifer samples with lattice Boltzmann methods, Sukop, M.C.; Huang, H.; Alvarez, P.F.; Variano, E.A.; Cunningham, K.J.
Development of a deep karst system within a transpressional structure of the Dolomites in north-east Italy, Sauro, Francesco; Zampieri, Dario; Filipponi, Marco
Glossary of Karst and Cave Terms
Based on "A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special to Environmental Karst Hydrology" EPA/600/R-02/003, 2002, EPA: Washington, DC., Speleogenesis Glossary includes 2699 cave & karst terms
Example of the Karst & Cave Glossary:
azimuth
The true bearing of a survey line, determined by measurement from an accurate survey or by observations of sun or stars [25].
rainfall excess
That portion of rain fall that contributes directly to runoff [16].