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Karst session at the AGU Fall 2016 Meeting in San Francisco
There will be a karst session at the AGU Fall 2016 Meeting in San Francisco, USA in December 12-16: Characterization, Modeling, and Remediation of Fissured, Carbonate, and Karst Groundwater Systems
There will be a karst session at the AGU Fall 2016 Meeting in San Francisco, USA in December 12-16: Characterization, Modeling, and Remediation of Fissured, Carbonate, and Karst Groundwater Systems
A new book on caves and karst in Austria
A book "Höhlen und Karst in Österreich" (Caves and karst in Austria; Editors: Christoph Spötl, Lukas Plan & Ehrad Christian) will be printed until mid of July. Subscription is available.
A book "Höhlen und Karst in Österreich" (Caves and karst in Austria; Editors: Christoph Spötl, Lukas Plan & Ehrad Christian) will be printed until mid of July. Subscription is available.
Unusual perspective on caves
Many inspiring ideas on caves can be found in images created by children, generated by the International Contest of Kid’s Drawing "Caves in the Eyes of our Children".
Many inspiring ideas on caves can be found in images created by children, generated by the International Contest of Kid’s Drawing "Caves in the Eyes of our Children".
Session on Karst Aquifers at the 43th IAH Congress, France
A call to submit an abstract to a session devoted to karst aquifers, which will be held in September in Montpellier during the 43rd IAH Congress
A call to submit an abstract to a session devoted to karst aquifers, which will be held in September in Montpellier during the 43rd IAH Congress
Acta Carsologica 60th Anniversary issue 44-3
Acta Carsologica 44/3, the issue dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of the journal, is now online.
Acta Carsologica 44/3, the issue dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of the journal, is now online.
Did you know?
That aven is 1. a hole in the roof of a cave passage that may be either a rather large blind roof pocket or a tributary inlet shaft into the cave system. a feature described as an aven when seen from below may equally be described as shaft when seen from above, and the naming of such a feature commonly depends purely upon the direction of exploration. many avens close upwards to impenetrable fissures but may still be important hydrological routes; few caves are without them. in parts of france, aven is equivalent to the british term, pothole [9]. 2. (french.) a vertical or highly inclined shaft in limestone, extending upward from a cave passage, generally to the surface; smaller than an abime. commonly related to enlarged vertical joints. compare cenote; natural well; pothole. 3. (british.) a vertical extension from a shaft in a passage or chamber roof that tapers upward rather like a very elongate cone [10]. compare dome pit.?
Checkout all 2699 terms in the KarstBase Glossary of Karst and Cave Terms
Featured articles from Cave & Karst Science Journals
Characterization of minothems at Libiola (NW Italy): morphological, mineralogical, and geochemical study, Carbone Cristina; Dinelli Enrico; De Waele Jo
Chemistry and Karst, White, William B.
The karst paradigm: changes, trends and perspectives, Klimchouk, Alexander
Long-term erosion rate measurements in gypsum caves of Sorbas (SE Spain) by the Micro-Erosion Meter method, Sanna, Laura; De Waele, Jo; Calaforra, José Maria; Forti, Paolo
The use of damaged speleothems and in situ fault displacement monitoring to characterise active tectonic structures: an example from Zapadni Cave, Czech Republic , Briestensky, Milos; Stemberk, Josef; Rowberry, Matt D.;
Featured articles from other Geoscience Journals
Mushroom Speleothems: Stromatolites That Formed in the Absence of Phototrophs, Bontognali, Tomaso R.R.; D’Angeli Ilenia M.; Tisato, Nicola; Vasconcelos, Crisogono; Bernasconi, Stefano M.; Gonzales, Esteban R. G.; De Waele, Jo
Calculating flux to predict future cave radon concentrations, Rowberry, Matt; Marti, Xavi; Frontera, Carlos; Van De Wiel, Marco; Briestensky, Milos
Microbial mediation of complex subterranean mineral structures, Tirato, Nicola; Torriano, Stefano F.F;, Monteux, Sylvain; Sauro, Francesco; De Waele, Jo; Lavagna, Maria Luisa; D’Angeli, Ilenia Maria; Chailloux, Daniel; Renda, Michel; Eglinton, Timothy I.; Bontognali, Tomaso Renzo Rezio
Evidence of a plate-wide tectonic pressure pulse provided by extensometric monitoring in the Balkan Mountains (Bulgaria), Briestensky, Milos; Rowberry, Matt; Stemberk, Josef; Stefanov, Petar; Vozar, Jozef; Sebela, Stanka; Petro, Lubomir; Bella, Pavel; Gaal, Ludovit; Ormukov, Cholponbek;
Evaluating temporal changes in hydraulic conductivities near karst-terrain dams: Dokan Dam (Kurdistan-Iraq) , Dafny Elad; Tawfeeq Kochar Jamal; Ghabraie Kazem
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
Terms starting with letter t (137):
table mountain,
tafoni,
tagging,
tailwater,
talus cone,
tape,
taranakite,
tarbuttite,
taylorite,
tectokarst,
tectonic,
tectonic cave,
tectonic valley,
temperature efficiency,
temperature log,
temporary hardness,
tenorite,
tensiometer,
terminal moraine,
terra rossa,
terrace,
terraced flowstone,
terrain,
terrane,
terrestrial,
tertiary porosity,
test hole,
texture,
thalweg,
Theis equation,
thenardite,
thermal spring,
thermal stratification,
thermocline,
thermocouple,
thermokarst,
thermokarst pit,
thickness,
thief zone,
Thiem equation,
thixotropy,
thread,
threshold,
threshold saturation,
through cave,
throughfall,
throw,
thrust; thrust fault,
tidal river,
tidewell,
tightest packing,
till,
tilted aquifer,
time base,
time lag,
time of concentration,
time of rise,
time-drawdown curve,
tinajita,
tinticite,
toadstone,
topofil,
topographic divide,
topographic map,
topography,
topsoil,
torca,
torricellian chamber,
tortuosity,
total dissolved solids, TDS,
total hydraulic head,
total pore space,
total runoff,
total soil-water potential,
tourelle,
tower karst, towerkarst, turmkarst,
trace,
tracer gaging,
tracer-flow method,
tracers,
traction load,
tranquil flow,
transgression,
transient,
transit time; travel time,
transition zone,
transmissibility coefficient,
transmission capacity,
transmissivity,
transpiration,
transpiration depth,
transpiration ratio,
transport,
transportational process,
transverse permeability,
transverse wave,
trap,
traverse,
travertine,
travertine terraces,
trellis,
trellis drainage pattern,
tri-cam,
tributary,
tributary river,
tributary valley,
triple point,
tripoly,
tritium,
Trittkarren,
troglobite,
troglodyte,
troglomorphy,
troglophile,
troglophobe,
trogloxene,
trophic levels,
trough,
True North,
true velocity,
truncation,
tsingi,
tube, lava,
tubular passage; tube; tube passage,
tubular spring,
tufa,
tunnel,
turanite,
turbidity,
turbulence,
turbulent flow,
turbulent threshold,
turlough,
Turmkarst,
twilight zone,
type curve,
tyuyamunite,