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New book available in the Speleogenesis Ebooks Collection
Thanks to the Univerisity of Silesia (Poland) and Dr. Andrzej Tyc, a new item is added to the Speleogenesis Ebooks collection: Stefaniak, Krzysztof; Tyc, Andrzej; Socha, Pawel (Eds.). 2009. Karst of the Czestochowa Upland and of the Eastern Sudetes : palaeoenvironments and of 535 is ...
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21st International Radiocarbon Conference, Paris 2012
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.
20th International Karstological School "Classical Karst" in Slovenia
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.
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12th International Symposium on Pseudokarst
We would like to remind you the most important pseudokarst event in near future and before the 16th International Congress of Speleology. ...
Second International Symposium on Mine Caves
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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