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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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That master cave is best defined as a low level trunk streamway cave with many tributaries. the old concept of the master cave being formed at the water table should be disregarded. the leck fell master cave, in the yorkshire dales, is 2km long, partly a vadose canyon, partly a drained phreatic tube and partly a submerged tube. part of it therefore lies below the water table while elsewhere its presence controls the water table. the french equivalent, 'collecteur', is more descriptive of the master cave's true role. the depth to a currently active master cave is dictated by interactions between local topography, stratigraphical factors and geological structure. in the low hill karst of england and kentucky, active master caves lie at depths of around 100m, but in monte canin, italy, and the hautla plateau, mexico, they lie at depths of 1000m. the collecteur of the gouffre berger, france, is met just 250m down but can be followed to a depth of over 1000m, down the dipping limestone beds, thus emphasizing the local dominance of stratigraphical over topographical factors [9].?
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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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Speleogenesis and Evolution of Karst Aquifers is an Open Access journal. If you are new to the concept of open access, you may visit one of the following websites:
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According to major definitions of open access to scientific literature (namely the Budapest, Berlin and Bethesda declarations), open access means:
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The Speleogenesis and Evolution of Karst Aquifers journal publishes original research and review articles, comments and book reviews, but also re-publishes articles from prime karst and cave journals and conference proceedings of a broader scope, selected by the Editorial Board members, and also features relevant publications from a wide range of the peer-reviewed geoscience journals by providing citations/abstracts linked to original full-text resources.
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Re-published Articles: Articles from partner karst and cave journals of a broader scope and conference proceedings, which present important advances in studying speleogenesis and karst hydrogeology, are occasionally re-published in this journal upon recommendation of the Editorial Board members, provided permission is granted by the original publisher and authors. Re-published articles are formatted in this journal house style, although the citation to the original source is included into the article header. In this way, works that are particularly important to the field of speleogenesis and karst hydrogeology get additional visibility and are included into the special Speleogenesis collection.
Benchmark articles from the past: Speleogenesis and Evolution of Karst Aquifers will re-publish selected articles from the past that can be considered as benchmark, or classic, works for the field of speleogenesis and karst hydrogeology, provided permission is granted from an original publisher. In this way, we will emphasize importance of some milestone works in the field, bring them a second life and include to the special Speleogenesis collection.
Featured articles from karst/cave journals: Each issue of Speleogenesis and Evolution of Karst Aquifers highlights peer-selected publications, pertinent to the field of speleogenesis and karst hydrogeology, from partner karst and cave journals of a broader scope, by including citations, abstracts and links to respective full-text files on the original publisher web site.
Featured articles from other geoscience journals: Each issue of Speleogenesis and Evolution of Karst Aquifers highlights selected publications, pertinent to the field of speleogenesis and karst hydrogeology, from prime geoscience journals, by including citations, abstracts and links to respective full-text files on the original publisher web site.
Featured articles from conference proceedings: Issues of Speleogenesis and Evolution of Karst Aquifers may also highlight peer-selected papers from conference proceedings by including citations, abstracts and links to respective full-text files on the original publisher web site.
Commentaries (and replies thereon): Speleogenesis and Evolution of Karst Aquifers journal welcomes and publishes discussions on articles published in this journal and elsewhere, as well as discussions on hot issues of speleogenesis and karst hydrogeology studies.
Book Reviews: Speleogenesis and Evolution of Karst Aquifers journal welcomes reviews on books pertinent to the journal scope.
The Speleogenesis and Evolution of Karst Aquifers is published twice a year. A current issue is open on the journal web site, with accepted articles appearing as soon as they passed reviewing/selection/editing procedures. After closure of a current issue, it goes to the archive (Volumes and Issues) and permanently remains there as a single journal issue retaining a structure formed during publication.
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