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That Halbkugelkarst is (german.) tropical karst topography containing dome-shaped residual hills surrounding depressions, a kind of kegelkarst. also called kugelkarst [10].?

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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.

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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.

Karst piracy: A mechanism for integrating the Colorado River across the Kaibab uplift, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, Hill, C.A.; Polyak, V.J.

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Latest news

Hypogenic caves in the region of Murcia, Spain, Vol.I

First publication of three volumes devoted to hypogenic caves in the region of Murcia - Spain.

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.

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

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

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Geocaching in Relation to Caves

Hello. I work for the BLM, Roswell Field office and was wondering if anyone knows how to actually get in contact with Geocaching.com? There doesn't seem to be a way of communicating a serious issue to. ...

Mike Bilbo on 29 Oct, 2014

Is it a karst terrane, karst terrain, or both?

~~According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a terrane is defined as “A rock formation or assemblage of rock formations that share a common geologic history. A geologic terrane is distinguished from neighboring terranes by its different. ...

Cory Blackeagle on 28 Oct, 2014

Karst Division is created in the GSA

Greetings Fellow GSA Member and Karst Aficionado! I personally want to thank you very much for signing our petition a year ago! Thanks to the efforts of a large number of people, I am very pleased to. ...

Cory Blackeagle on 27 Oct, 2014

Spanish caver injured in a deep cave in Peru.

Cecilio López-Tercero, profesional speleologist was injured during the exploration of the karst system in Leymebamba, Amazonas, located in the Andean Cordillera. The fatality occured the past Thursday, 18th of September during an international exploration at 400. ...

Raul Perez-Lopez on 21 Sep, 2014

Upcoming meetings

HYPOGEA2015 - International Congress of Speleology in Artificial Cavities

11 Mar, 2015 - 17 Mar, 2015, Rome, Italy

New: the complete program is released: http://hypogea2015.hypogea.it/program The main object of the congress is to exchange the experience acquired at the international and national level in the field of speleological and speleo-underwater research in artificial hypogea (works of anthropogenic origin and of archaeological-historical interest), the promotion of the underground historical and cultural. ...

Evaporite Karst in the Greater Permian Basin of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado

19 Mar, 2015 - 20 Mar, 2015, Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.A

This is an invitation for you to participate in an important session on "Evaporite Karst in the Greater Permian Basin of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado." I will chair the session at the South-Central Section, Geological Society of America (GSA) meeting that will be held in Stillwater, OK, on. ...

EGU-Vienna- 2015 - Speleothem session

12 Apr, 2015 - 17 Apr, 2015, Vienna - Austria

CL 1.2. Understanding the Speleothem archive. The session highlights the latest developments in the understanding of the sedimentology, petrography, isotopic and elemental composition, fluid inclusion composition, and growth dynamics of speleothems. It explores their relation with environmental and climatic proxies. Their integrated study leads to a better interpretation of time-series and provides. ...

Mine Water Solutions in Extreme Environments

12 Apr, 2015 - 15 Apr, 2015, Vancouver, Canada

Mine Water Solutions in Extreme Environments, April 12-15, 2015, Vancouver, Canada ABOUT THE CONFERENCE Mine Water Solutions in Extreme Environments is the second in an innovative new conference series that aims to examine a wide range of issues associated with mine water management in extremely wet, dry, and cold climates and with extreme. ...

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