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Speleology in Kazakhstan

Shakalov on 04 Jul, 2018
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. ...

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 dye test is determination of direction and rate of flow of streams by marking them with dye at the infiltration area and then identifying and timing the reappearance of color at lower-lying springs, in river beds and elsewhere in a cave system [20]. synonyms: (french.) coloration; (german.) farbung, farbversuch; (greek.) chrostike ichnithetesis; (italian.) tracciamento con colorante; (russian.) method krasjascih, indikatorov; (spanish.) coloracion; (turkish.) boya deneyi; (yugoslavian.) bojenje, barvanje. see also tracer.?

Checkout all 2699 terms in the KarstBase Glossary of Karst and Cave Terms

PhD Ira Sasowsky (United States)
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Address: Dept. of Geology & Environmental Science Akron, OH 44325-4101 USA
Website: ttp://www.uakron.edu/colleges/artsci/depts/geology/ids.php
Affiliation: University of Akron (Ohio, USA)
Position: Professor
Specialization: Hydrogeology
Instrumentation: Cryogenic magnetometer, aqueous geochemistry (AA, ICP, Dionex).
Geoactivity:  Geographic areas include: USA (Alabama, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, New Mexico,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico),  Borneo, Italy, Slovenia.
Interests:  In broad areas of hydrogeology and surficial processes, including
geomorphology, geochemistry, and dating. Representastive past or present
projects include: Movement of sediments in aquifers, treatment of acid
mine drainage, determination of the age of caves, determination of
incision rates of surface streams, structural controls on carbonate
aquifer development, effects of sea-level change on aquifer
development, groundwater hydrology of metamorphic terranes,
paleomagnetic dating of glacial deposits, and the occurrence of
petroleum deposits.
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