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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. ...

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. ...

Speleology in Kazakhstan

Shakalov on 11 Jul, 2012
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 flowstone is deposits of calcium carbonate, gypsum, and other mineral matter which have accumulated on the walls or floors of caves at places where water trickles or flows over the rock [10]. layered deposits of calcium carbonate precipitated on rocks from water trickling over them [20]. (french.) coulee stalagmitique; (german.) sinterfall, sinter; (greek.) asvestolithikon epiphlioma; (italian.) colata stalagmitica, deposito, concrezione, stalagmite; (russian.) nateki; (spanish.) colada estalagmitica; (turkish.) akmatasi; (yugoslavian.) kaskade. see also dripstone.?

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International Symposium - Karst Research, Challenges for the XXIst century

Dates: From 30 Sep, 2011 till 01 Oct, 2011
Location: Brussels, Belgium

"International Symposium - "Karst Research, Challenges for the XXIst century" Held in Brussels on 30th of September

Ffield trip to Rochefort on the 1st of October 2011.

You will find the preliminary programme with invited speakers on the official website of the symposium https://sites.google.com/site/vmrconference/home

The deadline for poster abstracts is 17th of June. Guidelines for the abstracts and papers will be find at the 'posters and abstracts' section of the Symposium website. Preliminary registration is mandatory via the website

Please, do not hesitate to contact us for additional information at: vmrmeeting@gmail.com

ICSD 2019 : 7th International Conference on Sustainable Development, 4 - 5 September 2019 Rome, Italy
04 Sep, 2019 - 05 Sep, 2019, Roma, RM, Italia
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Sustainable Management of Show Caves
07 Oct, 2019 - 09 Oct, 2019, Škocjan Caves, Slovenia
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