[CML #16875] Fwd: Cave and karst news and announcements from NCKRI

Cavers Mailing List № 16875

Fwd: Cave and karst news and announcements from NCKRI

Автор: Bulat Mavlyudov
Дата: 30 Jan 2018

----ALT--U6aPLEz17Nyeg27b4yeY0x4TIUwXC1Gp1517321087 content-type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Length: 18270 -------- Пересылаемое сообщение -------- От кого: George Veni Кому: George Veni Дата: Понедельник, 29 января 2018, 9:38 +03:00 Тема: Cave and karst news and announcements from NCKRI Dear Friends, Following are news and announcements from NCKRI and some of our friends around the world. The full details are below. · Geological Society of America: Session Proposals due 1 February! · 24th International Conference on Subterranean Biology: Registration Open/Student grant deadline 1 February! · 24 th International Cave Bear Symposium, Bulgaria · Job Opening: Geology Professorship at The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA · New Cave Biology Book Seeking Authors · Announcing: 26th International Karstological School, Postojna, Slovenia · Karst Hydrology Student Opportunity: Buffalo National River, Arkansas, USA · International Vulcanospeleology Symposium: Registration Open · Television Documentary: Cave Archeological Discovery in Mexico · List of Upcoming Cave and Karst Meetings As usual, please contact the people and organizations listed below for more information and feel free to share this message with anyone who may be interested. George ------------------------- Geological Society of America: Session Proposals due 1 February! Dear Karst Division Members It's that time of year to submit proposals for Karst sessions for the 2018 GSA Meeting! The meeting will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana on 4-7 November and session proposals can submitted here . The deadline for submitting topical sessions is February 1st, 2018 and the abstract submission window will open on April 1st, 2018. Short course proposals are also due on 2/1. Please remember that the Karst Division Management Board has adjusted the way that abstracts and sessions are now managed at the annual meeting. Special Topical Sessions can still be proposed as before, but, moving forward, researchers will also have the option of submitting their abstracts to one of six predefined topical categories: * Karst Hydrology and Geology * Karst Processes and Speleology * Karst Hazards and Monitoring * Karst Sedimentary, Paleoclimate, and Historical Records * Karst Ecosystems and Biogeochemistry * Pseudo-karst Processes and Features There will also be a Karst Division general discipline section that you can submit to if you are undecided and your abstract will be placed in the most appropriate session from those available. Please see the attached file for additional details. In addition, the Karst Division Awards Deadline is also coming up on February 1st, 2018 . Please find more info on the awards here (or see attached document) and use these links to submit your nominations or apply for an award (or you can use the attached forms). Please let us know if you have any questions and we look forward to serving you and the Division in the coming year! Thank you and best wishes, GSA Karst Division Management Board ------------------------- 24th International Conference on Subterranean Biology: Registration Open/Student grant deadline 1 February! Dear colleagues, I am delight to inform you that the registration for the 24 ICSB is now open: http://24icsb.web.ua.pt/index.php/registration/how-to-register / Important deadlines: Students travel grants deadline: 1 February 2018 Abstract submission until: 28 February 2018 Early registration until: 12 March 2018 I kindly ask you to forward the information to potential participants. Looking forward to see you in Aveiro! All the best regards, Ana Sofia Reboleira ------------------------- 24 th International Cave Bear Symposium, Bulgaria It is a great honour to invite you to the 24th International Cave Bear Symposium in Chepelare, Bulgaria from 27th to 30th September 2018 and introduce to you a beautiful landscape in the heart of Europe. The conference will be hosted by the Museum of Speleology and Rhodope Karst which will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the collection in 2018. Please find attached the 1st circular of the 24th International Cave Bear Symposium. We hope that the symposium will not only be an important meeting of experts of cave bears and Quaternary fauna from whole Europe, but also an important social and cultural event and happening. We warmly invite you to this meeting, you will find all informations on our website soon: icbs2018.at, which is at the moment still under construction (we will send a separate e-mail as soon as it is online). We are looking forward to see you soon in Chepelare, Bulgaria. Kind regards, The Organizing Commitee ------------------------- Job Opening: Geology Professorship at The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA (The following position is not asking for karst expertise, but the university in located in a major karst area, which offers many opportunities for cave and karst research.) The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) invites applications from *senior scholars in the field of Hydrology to fill a tenured position at the Professor or Associate Professor level, subject to qualifications, to begin Fall 2018. The successful candidate will be awarded the Dr. Weldon W. Hammond, Jr. Endowed Distinguished Professorship in Geological Sciences. *Will consider promising junior faculty. Read more about the endowed chair http://www.utsa.edu/geosci/pdf/endowmentbrief.pdf . The Department of Geological Sciences aspires to be recognized for research strength in hydrology. We currently offer B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geology, a M.S. degree in Geoinformatics, a Certification of Professional Development in Geographical Information Science; and through affiliation, Ph.D. degree in Environmental Science and Engineering. Multi- disciplinary collaboration with other departments is encouraged, commonly through research centers such as the Center for Water Research, the Water Institute of Texas, and the Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute. The successful candidate is expected to establish an externally funded research program that will expand the impact of our existing strengths in hydrology. Quality teaching will be expected at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Responsibilities will include outreach to the multi-disciplinary scientific community in the San Antonio region, and service for the University, College, and Department. Full Professor Required qualifications: Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Geoscience or a closely related discipline, with a sustained record of scholarly study in the geological sciences. Preferred qualifications: Active research in broad areas of hydrology. A nationally or internationally recognized record of academic excellence with an outstanding record of peer- reviewed scholarship, grant activity, and evidence of inspired teaching and graduate student supervision. Associate Professor Required qualifications: Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Geoscience or a closely related discipline, with a substantial record of scholarly study in the geological sciences. Preferred qualifications: Active research in broad areas of hydrology. An active research program as demonstrated by a significant record of peer-reviewed publications and external funding, and a record of outstanding teaching and graduate student supervision. UTSA is one of the largest public universities in south Texas, serving nearly 30,000 students. There are three campuses: a main campus , a downtown campus , and the UTSA HemisFair Park Campus (Institute of Texans Culture - ITC) . Nearby higher education and research institutions include the UT Health Science Center and the Southwest Research Institute. San Antonio, the seventh largest city in the United States, blends cosmopolitan progress with a rich sense of history and tradition, and is the home of the South Texas Geological Society with members from a range of independent petroleum exploration companies, regulatory agencies, environmental and geotechnical consulting companies. To apply for either the Associate or Full Professor, please click here: https://jobs.utsa.edu/postings/5457 ------------------------- New Cave Biology Book Seeking Authors Happy New Year! I’m seeking contributing authors for an upcoming cave biology book. I’m the editor of the tentatively titled “Cave Life - Drivers of Diversity and Diversification”. The book aims to examine terrestrial and aquatic systems globally and auger into structural and climatic variables driving how life assembles and evolves underground. All cavernicolous taxonomic groups and ecological communities will be considered. This project is on contract and will be published sometime in 2019. If you would like to contribute a chapter, please contact me for details. Also, if you’d be so kind as to forward this email to anyone you think may be interested, I’d greatly appreciate it. Thanks very much in advance! Jut J. Judson Wynne, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor Department of Biological Sciences Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research Northern Arizona University Box 5640 Flagstaff, AZ 86011 ------------------------- Announcing: 26th International Karstological School, Postojna, Slovenia Dear Colleagues, In the attachment please find the First Circular of the 26th International Karstological School "Show Caves and Science"; Postojna, June 18th to 22nd, 2018. We are looking forward to seeing you in Postojna, Organizacijski odbor Mednarodne krasoslovne šole "Klasični kras" Organizing Committee of the International Karstological School "Classical Karst" Inštitut za raziskovanje krasa ZRC SAZU / Karst Research Institute at ZRC SAZU Titov trg 2, 6230 Postojna, Slovenija T: +386 5 700 19 00, Fax: +386 5 700 19 99 E: http://iks.zrc-sazu.si/si/ http://iks.zrc-sazu.si/en/ ------------------------- Karst Hydrology Student Opportunity: Buffalo National River, Arkansas, USA The Geoscientist in the Park program is a partnership between the Geological Society of America and the US National Park Service to benefit students through internships at US national parks. A karst hydrology internship is now available at the Buffalo National River in Arkansas. For more information, visit https://rock.geosociety.org/eo/viewJob.asp?jobID=2233 ------------------------- International Vulcanospeleology Symposium: Registration Open Hello Interested Vulcanospeleologists! It’s time now to start thinking about registering for the 18th International Vulcanospeleology Symposium to be held this July in Lava Beds National Monument in northern California. We have limited the symposium to 80 participants, so please be sure and book it soon. The IVS website and Regonline website are now open. You will use the IVS website ( www.18ivslavabeds.com ) to book your accommodations if you plan to stay at the the Winema Lodge. You can pick from dorm rooms, hotel rooms or mobile home unit rooms. This is where the symposium (and most meals) will be held and is the most convenient place to stay. You will use the Regonline to book your registration, your meal plan and your pre and post trips. For those who wish to book the Wild Goose Lodge Hotel (15 minute drive away), note that rooms have been reserved for our group (please mention the IVS when booking for a discount). Note that you will be paying them direct. Quick Facts: · Date is Sat, July 21-Thurs, July 26, 2018 This gives folks enough time to drive to Helena, Montana for the National Speleological Society (NSS) Convention · Registration is $200 and the meal plan is $200. · Accommodations run from $25 per night for a Winema Lodge dorm room, to $85 per night for a Winema Lodge hotel room. (Wild Goose is $60 per night). · Each day will consist of seminar presentations in the morning and fun activities in the afternoon (caving, canoeing, hiking, BBQ and star party) We'd love to have as many papers and presentations as possible. Please send your abstracts to Carolyn Parcheta at . Please ensure you put IVS18 in the title of the email. Kindly indicate how much time you would like and if your format is anything different than a power point type show. We are starting to organize the afternoon trips and we'll get them on the website as soon as possible. We are working with the park service to gain entry to special caves such as Crystal Cave and Fern Cave. Stay tuned and cross your fingers! Don't forget to look at the pre and post trips. We will be adding more as we get organized. We have some folks coming that will be continuing onto the National Convention in Helena, Montana. If you want a ride or can host a ride, please let us know and we will try and connect you together. So far we have George Veni wanting a ride.......his email is . He is also willing to host a ride if others want to hitch with him. Again, we hope you can join us for a great symposium this summer in northern California. It will be fun and educational. Best wishes, Mary Rose Symposium Chairperson ------------------------- Television Documentary: Cave Archeological Discovery in Mexico The US Public Broadcasting System will show a documentary on an important discovery of ancient human humans in a Mexican cenote. It is scheduled for 7 February 2018. For more details, visit http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/first-face-america.html ------------------------- List of Upcoming Cave and Karst Meetings 1) CavesLIVE: A Distance Learning Adventure , 14 March 2018 (on-line experience), https://CavesLIVE.org 2) The Sinkhole Conference, joint with the 3 rd Appalachian Karst Symposium , 2-6 April 2018 (Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA), http://www.sinkholeconference.com/ 3) Eleventh International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds: Karst Case Studies Session , 8-12 April 2018 (Palm Springs, California, USA), https://www.battelle.org/newsroom/conferences/chlorinated-conference 4) Speleogenesis, Geomorphology and Hazards in Karst, European Geosciences Union , 8–13 April 2018 (Vienna, Austria), http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/session/27715 5) California Cave Life Symposium , 28 April 2018 (California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA), 6) Characterization and Engineering of Karst Aquifers Workshop , 27 May – 5 June (Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina), http://www.karst.edu.rs/ 7) Karst 2018: Expect the Unexpected , 6-9 June (Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina), http://www.karst.edu.rs/ 8) Karst Field Studies Program, six different 5-6 day courses from 3 June to 10 August 2018 (Grand Canyon National Park and Mammoth Cave National Park, USA), www.karstfieldstudies.com 9) 8th International Workshop on Ice caves (IWIC-VIII) , 11-16 June 2018 (Picos de Europa National Park, Spain), temporary website: http://bit.ly/2ja2tuR . 10) 26th International Karstological School "Classical Karst", theme Show Caves and Science , 18-22 June 2018 (Postojna, Slovenia), website to be posted soon. 11) EuroKarst 2018 , 2-6 July 2018 (Besançon, France), http://www.eurokarst.org/ 12) 18 th International Vulcanospeleology Symposium , 21-27 July 2018 (Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA), http://18ivslavabeds.com/ 13) International Training Camp for Young Speleologists , 29 July to 13 August 2018 (Swabian Alb, Germany), http://www.juhoefola.de/english.html 14) 2018 US National Speleological Society Convention, 30 July - 3 August 2018 (Helena, Montana, USA), http://nss2018.caves.org/ 15) EuroSpeleo Forum 2018 , 23-26 August 2018 (Ebensee, Austria), http://eurospeleo.at/expo.html . 16) 24 th International Conference on Subterranean Biology , 20-24 August 2018 (University of Aveiro, Portugal), http://24icsb.web.ua.pt/ . 17) 24 th International Cave Bear Symposium , 27-30 September 2018 (Chepelare, Bulgaria), http://icbs2018.at . 18) 8 th Congress of the International Show Caves Association , 12-18 October 2018 (Genga, Italy), http://www.i-s-c-a.com/event/68-8th-isca-congress 19) 16th International Symposium of Speleotherapy , 24-28 October 2018 (Zlate Hory, Czech Republic), http://www.speleotherapycommission.webgarden.com/menu/news/the-xvi-th-international 20) Hypogea 2019: The I nternational Congress of Speleology in Artificial Cavities , 20-25 May 2019 (Dobrich, Bulgaria), http://www.hypogea2019.org/ 21) National Speleological Congress of Switzerland , 9-12 August 2019 (Interlaken, Switzerland), https://sinterlaken.ch/en/ 22) 18 th International Congress of Speleology , 23-29 July 2021 (Lyon, France), http://uis2021.speleos.fr/ ******************** George Veni, PhD President, International Union of Speleology and Executive Director National Cave and Karst Research Institute 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA Office: +1-575-887-5517 Mobile: +1-210-863-5919 Fax: +1-575-887-5523 www.nckri.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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