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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. ...

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That subjacent karst is karst landscape in noncarbonate rocks due to presence of karstified rocks beneath the surface formation [10]. synonyms: (french.) karst sous-jacent; (german.) unterirdisches karstphanomen; (greek.) ypokimenon karst; (russian.) pokrity karst; (spanish.) karst subyacente; (turkish.) gizli karst; (yugoslavian.) pokriven krs (kras). see also interstratal karst.?

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The deepest terrestrial animal

Author Alexander Klimchouk. Posted 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.
Reviews of the genera Schaefferia Absolon, 1900, Deuteraphorura Absolon, 1901, Plutomurus Yosii, 1956 and the Anurida Laboulbène, 1865 species group without eyes, with the description of four new species of cave springtails (Collembola) from Krubera-Voronya cave, Arabika Massif, Abkhazia.
Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 5 (2012) 35–85.

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