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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 National Speleological Society (NSS) of the USA is moving its headquarters and you benefit!
This special issue will be dedicated to geoparks and other approaches for territorial management and tourism in karst areas - Call for Papers
The British Cave Research Association is proud to announce the publication of its new book, Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales (Volume 1)
A book about the use of karst and caves during wars and other conflicts.
Did you know?
That observation well is a well drilled for the purpose of observations such as water level or pressure recordings [16].?
Checkout all 2699 terms in the KarstBase Glossary of Karst and Cave Terms
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:
interstratal karst
Karst topography that is covered by and developed beneath prekarst rock or sediment and may or may not be part of the contemporary landscape. It is younger than its cover and is formed by the solution of soluble rock in the subsurface, most commonly beneath relatively insoluble rock such as sandstone or chert. The term refers to areal solution rather than to cave development but is also applicable to rejuvenated mantled karst and rejuvenated buried karst. Subsoil karst is transitional to interstratal karst [17]. Synonyms: (French.) karst sous-jacent; (German.) unterirdisches Karstphanomen; (Greek.) kalymenon karst; (Italian.) carso coperto; (Spanish.) karst interstradal; (Turkish.) tabakalar arasi karst. See also buried karst; denuded karst; covered karst.
jama
1. (Slavic.) Vertical or steeply inclined shaft in limestone, known as abime or aven in France and as pothole in England. 2. Any cave [10]. Synonyms: (French.) jama; (German.) Abgrund, Schacht, Schlund; (Greek.) karstikon phrear; (Italian.) abisso, foiba, pozzo, voragine; (Russian.) karstovy kolodec, karstovaja shahta; (Spanish.) sima, pozo, avenc; (Turkish.) obruk; (Yugoslavian.) bezdan, japaga, zvekara, pekel, brezno, prepad, propast. Related to cenote, doline, obruk, pit, shaft, shake hole.