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Speleology in Kazakhstan

Shakalov on 04 Jul, 2018

Hello everyone! I pleased to invite you to the official site of Central Asian Karstic-Speleological commission ("Kaspeko") There, we regularly publish reports about our expeditions, articles and reports on speleotopics, lecture course for instructors, photos etc. ...

New publications on hypogene speleogenesis

Klimchouk on 26 Mar, 2012

Dear Colleagues, This is to draw your attention to several recent publications added to KarstBase, relevant to hypogenic karst/speleogenesis: Corrosion of limestone tablets in sulfidic ground-water: measurements and speleogenetic implications Galdenzi,

The deepest terrestrial animal
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Klimchouk on 23 Feb, 2012

A recent publication of Spanish researchers describes the biology of Krubera Cave, including the deepest terrestrial animal ever found: Jordana, Rafael; Baquero, Enrique; Reboleira, Sofía and Sendra, Alberto. ...

Caves - landscapes without light
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akop on 05 Feb, 2012

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. ...

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That lost river is 1. a surface river or stream flowing onto or over karst that then disappears completely underground through a swallow hole (ponor) and which may or may not rise again and flow as a resurgent surface river or stream [20]. 2. in a karst region, a surface stream that enters an underground course [10]. synonyms: (french.) perte de riviere; (german.) flubversickerung, flubchwinde; (greek.) chanomenos potamos; (russian.) iscezajuscaja reka; (spanish.) rio sumente; (turkish.) kayip nehir; (yugoslavian.) ponornica, ponikalnica. see also ponornica; sinking stream. compare intermittent river.?

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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

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moonmilk

1. A white plastic calcareous cave deposit composed of calcite, huntite, or magnesite. From Swiss dialect moonmilch, elf's milk. Corrupt spelling mondmilch is common [10]. 2. Deposits consisting mainly of very fine particles of calcium and magnesium carbonate precipitated from water in caves and caverns. When in suspension, they give the water the appearance of milk. Name originated in 1714 by M. B. Valentini (Fenelon) [20]. 3. Moonmilk consists of a variety of hydrocarbonates some of which are associated with particular species of bacteria. A common mineral in moonmilk from temperate caves is hydromagnesite; cold caves yield moonmilk of calcite after hydrocalcite [20]. Synonyms: (French.) mondmilch; (German.) Bergmilch, Montmilch; (Greek.) speleogala; (Italian.) latte di monte; (Russian.) kamennoe moloko; (Spanish.) mondmilch, leche de luna; (Turkish.) dik karstik kalinti; (Yugoslavian.) gorsko mlijeko (mleko). Also mountain milk.

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