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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. ...
9 to 13 July 2012. Co‐organized by the French Radiocarbon community and UNESCO, it will be hosted at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. If you have any relevant results you are encouraged to submit an abstract to the session number 11.
Since 1993. Covers many aspects of karst research. The idea of the School is to present the state of the art in selected topics and promote discussion via set of lectures, poster sessions and related field trips to the area of Slovene Classical karst.
The HypoKarst project is an informal international effort to coordinate and promote hypogene karst and speleogenesis researches. ...
We would like to remind you the most important pseudokarst event in near future and before the 16th International Congress of Speleology. ...
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That meander niche is a conical or crescent-- shaped opening in the wall of a cave, formed by the downward and lateral erosion of a stream on the floor of a passage [10].?
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Featured articles from Cave & Karst Science Journals
The Use of a Karstic Cave System in a Study of Active Tectonics: Fault Movements Recorded at Driny Cave, Malé Karpaty M (Slovakia), Briestensky´, M.; Stemberk, J.; Michalík, J.; Bella, P.; Rowberry, M.
Sulfate and Phosphate Speleothems at Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, Australia , Pogson, Ross E.; Osborne, R. Armstrong L.; Colchester, David M.; Cendón,Dioni I.
LETTER: Comments on processes contributing to the isotope composition of 13C and 18O in calcite deposited to speleothems , Dreybrod, Wolfgang
Scientific drilling of speleothems – a technical note, Spötl, Christoph; Mattey, David
Minerals and Speleothems of the József-hegy Cave (Budapest, Hungary), Leél-Össy, Szabolcs; Szanyi, Gyöngyvér; Surány, Gergely
The first cave occurrence of orpiment (As₂S₃) from the sulfuric acid caves of Aghia Paraskevi (Kassandra Peninsula, N. Greece), Lazaridis, Georgios; Melfos, Vasilios; Papadopoulou, Lambrini
Laser Scanning Technology for the Hypogean Survey: the case of Santa Barbara Karst System (Sardinia, Italy), Canevese, Erminio Paolo; Forti, Paolo ; Naseddu, Angelo; Ottelli, Luciano; Tedeschi, Roberta
Preliminary U/Th dating and the evolution of gypsum crystals in Naica caves (Mexico), Sanna, Laura; Forti, Paolo; Lauritzen, Stein-Erik
Conceptual modelling of brine flow into aquifers adjacent to the Konarsiah salt diapir, Iran, Zarei, Mehdi; Raeisi, Ezzat
An external model of speleogenesis during Quaternary glacial cycles in the marbles of central Scandinavia, Faulkner, T.
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Origin and karst geomorphological significance of the enigmatic Australian Nullarbor Plain ‘blowholes’, Doerr, Stefan H.; Davies, Rob R.; Lewis,Alexander; Pilkington, Graham ; Webb, John A.; Ackroyd, Peter J.; Bodger, Owen
Giant pockmarks in a carbonate platform (Maldives, Indian Ocean), Betzler, C.; Lindhorst, S.; Hubscher, C.; Ludmann, T.; Furstenau, J.; Reijmer, J.
Structural and host rock controls on the distribution, morphology and mineralogy of speleothems in the Castanar Cave (Spain), Alonso-Zarza, A.M.; Martin-Perez, A.; Martin-Garcia, R.; Gil-Pena, I.; Melendez, A.; Martinez-Flores, E.; Hellstrom, J.; Munoz-Barco, P.
Interpretation of ancient epikarst features in carbonate successions — A note of caution, Immenhauser, Adrian; Rameil, Niels
Influence of initial heterogeneities and recharge limitations on the evolution of aperture distributions in carbonate aquifers, Hubinger, B.; Birk, S.
Karst morphology and groundwater vulnerability of high alpine karst plateaus, Plan, L.; Decker, K.; Faber, R.; Wagreich, M.; Grasemann, B.
Sandstone caves on Venezuelan tepuis: Return to pseudokarst?, Aubrecht, R.; Lanczos, T.; Gregor, M.; Schlogl, J.; Smida, B.; Liscak, P.; Brewer-Carias, C.H.; Vlek, L.
Ferruginous thermal spring complexes, northwest Tasmania: Evidence that far-field stresses acting on a fracture mesh can open and maintain vertical flow in carbonate terrains, Davidson, G.J.; Bavea, M.; Harris, K.
THE FIRST DATING OF CAVE ICE FROM THE TATRA MOUNTAINS, POLAND AND ITS IMPLICATION TO PALAEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS, Hercman, H.; Gąsiorowski, M.; Gradziński, M., Kicińska, D.
Ascending speleogenesis of Sokola Hill: a step towards a speleogenetic model of the Polish Jura, Gradziński, M.; Hercman, H.; Kicińska, D.; Pura, D.; Urban, J.
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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