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Summer School on Speleothem Science
The registration for the "Summer School on Speleothem Science" will be open from January 26th to April 3rd. The school will be held on 23-29 August 2015 in Oxford, UK, and is aimed at an international audience.
The registration for the "Summer School on Speleothem Science" will be open from January 26th to April 3rd. The school will be held on 23-29 August 2015 in Oxford, UK, and is aimed at an international audience.
13th International Symposium on Pseudokarst
An announce of the 13th International Symposium on Pseudokarst to be held in the Czech Republic 16-19 September 2015
An announce of the 13th International Symposium on Pseudokarst to be held in the Czech Republic 16-19 September 2015
Call for GSA 2015 karst program proposals
A message from GSA Karst Division Chairman Cory Blackeagle about forming a karst program for this year’s GSA Convention
A message from GSA Karst Division Chairman Cory Blackeagle about forming a karst program for this year’s GSA Convention
UIS 50th Anniversary Celebration and 23rd International Karstological School
The celebration of the UIS 50th Anniversary will held with the 23rd International Karstological School in Postoina, Slovenia in June 2015
The celebration of the UIS 50th Anniversary will held with the 23rd International Karstological School in Postoina, Slovenia in June 2015
New book on Karst and Tectonics
Springer-Verlag has recently published the book "Dynamic Tectonics and Karst" by Prof. Stefan Shanov and Assoc. Prof. Konstantin Kostov from the Geological Institute of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Springer-Verlag has recently published the book "Dynamic Tectonics and Karst" by Prof. Stefan Shanov and Assoc. Prof. Konstantin Kostov from the Geological Institute of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Did you know?
That immiscible is 1. two or more liquids that are not readily soluble [22]. 2. the chemical property of two or more phases that, at mutual equilibrium, cannot dissolve completely in one another, e.g., oil and water [22]. 3. the quality of liquids exhibiting a clear interface where they are in contact; not miscible [16].?
Checkout all 2699 terms in the KarstBase Glossary of Karst and Cave Terms
Featured articles from Cave & Karst Science Journals
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.;
Linking mineral deposits to speleogenetic processes in Cova des Pas de Vallgornera (Mallorca, Spain)., Onac B.P., Fornós J.J., Merino A., Ginés J., Diehl J.
Geologic constraints and speleogenesis of Cova des Pas de Vallgornera, a complex coastal cave from Mallorca Island (Western Mediterranean), Ginés, J.; Fornós, J.J.; Ginés, A.; Merino, A.; Gràcia, F.
Variability of groundwater flow and transport processes in karst under different hydrologic conditions, Ravbar, Nataša
Quaternary glacial cycles: Karst processes and the global CO2 budget, Larson Erik B.; Mylroie John E.
Featured articles from other Geoscience Journals
Transferring the concept of minimum energy dissipation from river networks to subsurface flow patterns, Hergarte, Stefan; Winkler, Gerfried; Birk, Steffen
Anomalous behaviour of specific electrical conductivity at a karst spring induced by variable catchment boundaries: the case of the Podstenjšek spring, Slovenia, Ravbar, N., Engelhardt, I., Goldscheider, N.
A review on natural and human-induced hazards and impacts in karst, Gutiérrez Francisco, Parise Mario, De Waele Jo, Jourde Hervé
Nonlinear Flow Process: A New Package to Compute Nonlinear Flow in MODFLOW, Mayaud, C.; Walker, P.; Hergarten, S.; Birk, S.
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
klinkenberg effect
The slip of gas molecules at the pore wall giving apparently higher permeability than would be obtained by liquid measurements [16].