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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,

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Klimchouk on 23 Feb, 2012
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Speleology in Kazakhstan

Author Alexander Shakalov. Posted 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. Also we have forum there.

Site's language is Russian.

Welcome!

--Aleksandr Shakalov

 

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