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9 to 13 July 2012. Co‐organized by the French Radiocarbon community and UNESCO, it will be hosted at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. If you have any relevant results you are encouraged to submit an abstract to the session number 11.
Since 1993. Covers many aspects of karst research. The idea of the School is to present the state of the art in selected topics and promote discussion via set of lectures, poster sessions and related field trips to the area of Slovene Classical karst.
The HypoKarst project is an informal international effort to coordinate and promote hypogene karst and speleogenesis researches. ...
We would like to remind you the most important pseudokarst event in near future and before the 16th International Congress of Speleology. ...
From 26 to 29 april 2012 the Second International Symposium on Mine Caves will be held at Iglesias, Sardinia (Visit the Symposium website) Mine caves are natural cavities intercepted in underground works, and often are ideal sites for different scientific researches. ...
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The Use of a Karstic Cave System in a Study of Active Tectonics: Fault Movements Recorded at Driny Cave, Malé Karpaty M (Slovakia), Briestensky´, M.; Stemberk, J.; Michalík, J.; Bella, P.; Rowberry, M.
Sulfate and Phosphate Speleothems at Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, Australia , Pogson, Ross E.; Osborne, R. Armstrong L.; Colchester, David M.; Cendón,Dioni I.
LETTER: Comments on processes contributing to the isotope composition of 13C and 18O in calcite deposited to speleothems , Dreybrod, Wolfgang
Scientific drilling of speleothems – a technical note, Spötl, Christoph; Mattey, David
Minerals and Speleothems of the József-hegy Cave (Budapest, Hungary), Leél-Össy, Szabolcs; Szanyi, Gyöngyvér; Surány, Gergely
The first cave occurrence of orpiment (As₂S₃) from the sulfuric acid caves of Aghia Paraskevi (Kassandra Peninsula, N. Greece), Lazaridis, Georgios; Melfos, Vasilios; Papadopoulou, Lambrini
Laser Scanning Technology for the Hypogean Survey: the case of Santa Barbara Karst System (Sardinia, Italy), Canevese, Erminio Paolo; Forti, Paolo ; Naseddu, Angelo; Ottelli, Luciano; Tedeschi, Roberta
Preliminary U/Th dating and the evolution of gypsum crystals in Naica caves (Mexico), Sanna, Laura; Forti, Paolo; Lauritzen, Stein-Erik
Conceptual modelling of brine flow into aquifers adjacent to the Konarsiah salt diapir, Iran, Zarei, Mehdi; Raeisi, Ezzat
An external model of speleogenesis during Quaternary glacial cycles in the marbles of central Scandinavia, Faulkner, T.
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Origin and karst geomorphological significance of the enigmatic Australian Nullarbor Plain ‘blowholes’, Doerr, Stefan H.; Davies, Rob R.; Lewis,Alexander; Pilkington, Graham ; Webb, John A.; Ackroyd, Peter J.; Bodger, Owen
Giant pockmarks in a carbonate platform (Maldives, Indian Ocean), Betzler, C.; Lindhorst, S.; Hubscher, C.; Ludmann, T.; Furstenau, J.; Reijmer, J.
Structural and host rock controls on the distribution, morphology and mineralogy of speleothems in the Castanar Cave (Spain), Alonso-Zarza, A.M.; Martin-Perez, A.; Martin-Garcia, R.; Gil-Pena, I.; Melendez, A.; Martinez-Flores, E.; Hellstrom, J.; Munoz-Barco, P.
Interpretation of ancient epikarst features in carbonate successions — A note of caution, Immenhauser, Adrian; Rameil, Niels
Influence of initial heterogeneities and recharge limitations on the evolution of aperture distributions in carbonate aquifers, Hubinger, B.; Birk, S.
Karst morphology and groundwater vulnerability of high alpine karst plateaus, Plan, L.; Decker, K.; Faber, R.; Wagreich, M.; Grasemann, B.
Sandstone caves on Venezuelan tepuis: Return to pseudokarst?, Aubrecht, R.; Lanczos, T.; Gregor, M.; Schlogl, J.; Smida, B.; Liscak, P.; Brewer-Carias, C.H.; Vlek, L.
Ferruginous thermal spring complexes, northwest Tasmania: Evidence that far-field stresses acting on a fracture mesh can open and maintain vertical flow in carbonate terrains, Davidson, G.J.; Bavea, M.; Harris, K.
THE FIRST DATING OF CAVE ICE FROM THE TATRA MOUNTAINS, POLAND AND ITS IMPLICATION TO PALAEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS, Hercman, H.; Gąsiorowski, M.; Gradziński, M., Kicińska, D.
Ascending speleogenesis of Sokola Hill: a step towards a speleogenetic model of the Polish Jura, Gradziński, M.; Hercman, H.; Kicińska, D.; Pura, D.; Urban, J.
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Kuzgun Cave and its Context: the first super-deep cave in the Aladaglar Massif, Turkey
- Kuzgun Cave and its Context: the first super-deep cave in the Aladaglar Massif, Turkey
- Aladaglar Massif
- Karst Study and Cave Exploration Challenges in the Aladaglar High Mountains
- Aladaglar Karst & Cave Research Project
- Cave Search and Exploration in Aladaglar: Approach, Methods and Progress in 2001-2004
- Expedition of July 2004: Kuzgun Cave
- Preliminary conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
Vladimir Iljukhin Cave System: breakthrough behind the fourth siphon
3N Cave, New World’s Longest Cave in Salt
Krubera (Voronja) Cave: the first 2000m+ cave on Earth
- Krubera Cave : the first 2000m+ cave on Earth
- August-September 2009 Expedition news: The Nekujbyshevskaya Branch has been pushed to -1557 m
- August-September 2010 Expedition news: The Nekujbyshevskaya Branch has been pushed to -1697 m
- August-September 2008 Expedition news
- August-September 2007 expedition news
- August-September 2006 expedition news
- February-March 2005 expedition news
- October 2004 expedition news
- August 2004 expedition news