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Speleology in Kazakhstan

Shakalov on 11 Jul, 2012
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 Also we have forum there. ...

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

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

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. ...

Did you know?

That geode is hollow globular bodies varying in size from a few centimeters to several decimeters, coated on the interior with crystals [10].?

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Position of PhD researcher in Karst (Montpellier, France)
3D Modelling (geometry and connections) of carbonate massifs in structurally complex areas : An application to buried karst reservoirs of Languedoc (South France)
The USGS Karst Interest Group 2014 conference
The US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Karst Interest Group (KIG) will hold its next conference on 28 April through 2 May 2014 in Carlsbad, New Mexico, at the headquarters of the National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI).
International Conference on Groundwater in Karst
International Conference on Groundwater in Karst, with optional pre-and post-conference field trips, will be held in Birmingham, UK, between June 20-26, 2015.
Hypogene Cave Morphologies - Symposium Proceedings
A new electronic publication is available online from the Karst Waters Institute (Special Publication 18), consisting of selected papers and abstracts for the Hypogene Cave Morphologies symposium held February 2 - 7, 2014, on San Salvador Island, The Bahamas.
Registration is open: 6th International Workshop on Ice Caves
Registration for the 6th International Workshop on Ice Caves (IWIC-VI) is now open! The conference will be held in Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA, from 17-22 August 2014.

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That spring, barrier is a subsurface barrier forcing water to rise to ground surface and discharge as a spring [16].?

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Featured articles from Cave & Karst Science Journals
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.
Carbon fluxes in Karst aquifers: Sources, sinks, and the effect of storm flow, White William B.
Interpretation of hydrogeological functioning of a high karst plateau using the KARSYS approach: the case of Trnovsko-Banjška planota (Slovenia), Turk Janez, Malard Arnauld, Jeannin Pierre-Yves, Vouillamoz Jonathan, Masini Jean, Petrič Metka, Gabrovšek Franci, Ravbar Nataša, Slabe Tadej
LANDFORMS OF MOUNTAINOUS KARST IN THE MIDDLE LATITUDES: REFLECTIONS, TRENDSAND RESEARCH PROBLEMS, SAURO Ugo
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Differences in karst processes between northern and southern China, Hao, Y.; Cao, B.; Zhang, P.; Wang, Q.; Li, Z.; Jim Yeh, T.-C.
A new species of Duvalius from world’s deepest cave (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Reboleira, Ana Sofia P.S.; Ortuño, V.M.
Deep confined karst detection, analysis and paleo-hydrology reconstruction at a basin-wide scale using new geophysical interpretation of borehole logs, Laskow M.; Gendler M.; Goldberg I.; Gvirtzman H.; Frumkin A.
Boxwork and ferromanganese coatings in hypogenic caves: An example from Sima de la Higuera Cave (Murcia, SE Spain), Gazquez, Fernando; Calaforra, Jose-Maria; Rull, Fernando
Occurrence of diagenetic alunites within karst cavity infill of the Dammam Formation, Ahmadi, Kuwait: an indicator of hydrocarbon gas seeps, Khalaf, F.I.; Abdullah, F.A.
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Differences in karst processes between northern and southern China, 2012, Hao, Y.; Cao, B.; Zhang, P.; Wang, Q.; Li, Z.; Jim Yeh, T.-C.
Groundwater fluctuations in heterogeneous coastal leaky aquifer systems, 2010, Chuang, M.-H.; Huang, C.-S.; Li, G.-H.; Yeh, H.-D.
Characteristics of gas disaster in the Huaibei coalfield and its control and development technologies, 2014, Wang, L.; Cheng, Y.; An, F; Zhou, H.; Kong, S.; Wang, W.
Mapping and monitoring geological hazards using optical, LiDAR, and synthetic aperture RADAR image data, 2014, Joyce, K.E.; Samsonov, S.V.; Levick, S.R.; Engelbrecht, J.; Belliss, S.
A new cave-dwelling species of Scutogona from Portugal (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Chamaesomatidae), 2013, Enghoff, Henrik; Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S.
A new species of Duvalius from world’s deepest cave (Coleoptera: Carabidae), 2014, Reboleira, Ana Sofia P.S.; Ortuño, V.M.
New species and new records of springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) from caves in the Salem Plateau of Illinois, USA, 2013, Soto-Adames, F.N.; Taylor, S.J.
Flow characterization in the Santee Cave system in the Chapel Branch Creek watershed, upper coastal plain of South Carolina, USA., 2013, Edwards, A.E.; Amatya, D.M.; Williams, T.M.; Hitchcock, D.R.; James, A.L.
The view of Maya cave ritual from the Overlook Rockshelter, Caves Branch River Valley, Central Belize, 2013, Wrobel, G.D.; Shelton, R.; Morton, S.; Lynch, J.; Andres, C.
The first cavernicolous Nicoletiidae (Insecta: Zygentoma) from The United Arab Emirates, 2013, Espinasa, L.; Mendes, L.F.

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