[CML #17244] Fwd: Cave and karst news and announcements from NCKRI

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Fwd: Cave and karst news and announcements from NCKRI

Автор: Bulat Mavlyudov
Дата: 12 Dec 2018

-------- Пересылаемое сообщение -------- От кого: "George Veni" Кому: "George Veni" Дата: Среда, 12 декабря 2018, 5:08 +03:00 Тема: Cave and karst news and announcements from NCKRI Dear Friends, As the year comes to a close, this may be the last message of the year from US National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI). We wish you the happiest of holidays and a wonderful New Year, and are happy to share the following cave and karst news and important announcements with you: * The William L. Wilson and Diane C. Wilson Scholarship in Karst Science * Symposium on Caves, Karst, and Subterranean Environments: Cuba * 4th Summer School on Speleothem Science: Romania * Carpathian Karst Geo Trip: Romania and Serbia * New Book—The Karst Systems of Florida: Understanding Karst in a Geologically Young Terrain * 2019 SAGEEP Geohazards Conference * International Course and Field Seminar, Characterization and Engineering of Karst Aquifers: Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro * New Book—Engineering Karstology of Dams and Reservoirs * Announcing: 13 th EuroSpeleo Forum, Sofia, Bulgaria * Cave Paleoclimate Online Interview * Cave Animal of the Year: Join the Celebration! * Bat Surveying 2019 Training Schedule * European Geosciences Union Karst Session Call for Abstracts: Vienna, Austria * Announcing: Man and Karst Conference 2019, Ragusa, Italy * Karst Hydrology PhD Scholarship in the UK * EuroSpeleo Newsletter , December 2018 * List of Upcoming Cave and Karst Meetings 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 ----------------------- The William L. Wilson and Diane C. Wilson Scholarship in Karst Science Administered by the Karst Waters Institute www.karstwaters.org The William L. Wilson and Diane C. Wilson Scholarship in Karst Science recognizes the significant contributions of the late William (Bill) L. Wilson, who tackled some of the most difficult karst science questions in Florida and elsewhere through his consulting company, Subsurface Evaluations, Incorporated. To stimulate the development of new, energetic, motivated, and creative karst scientists and to remember Bill Wilson and his dedication to karst science, the scholarship was established by Diane C. Wilson in his memory. The scholarship includes a one-time award of $1,000. The scholarship is open to any student who is currently enrolled in, or has been accepted into, a master’s degree program at an institution of higher education in the United States. This year’s deadline for all application materials is February 1, 2019. Information on how to apply can be found at the Karst Waters Institute website ( http://karstwaters.org/scholarship/ ). Additional information can be had through email to Dr. Janet S. Herman ( ). ----------------------- Symposium on Caves, Karst, and Subterranean Environments: Cuba The Symposium on Caves, Karst, and Subterranean Environments will be held in Havana, Cuba, on 1-5 July 2019. For more information, see the attached circular. ----------------------- 4th Summer School on Speleothem Science: Romania The Summer School on Speleothem Science is a student-based initiative with the goal of introducing the field of speleothem science to students (PhD and Masters) and early career scientists, fostering future collaborations between researchers. After three successful summer schools (Heidelberg 2013, Oxford 2015, Burgos 2017) we are excited to announce the next summer school will be hosted by the “Emil Racovita” Institute of Speleology (ERIS) and Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania! The summer school will take place between August 11th-17 th , 2019. The schedule will be composed of lectures by leaders in the field, workshops on age models and other geochemical tool kits, lab tours of the Geochemistry, Geochronology and Bio-Nano-Science labs and field trips to the Apuseni Mountains, which are rich in karst topography and tourist caves. Furthermore, the participants will have an opportunity to present their current research during an informal poster session. For more information, see https://www.speleothemschool.com/ . ----------------------- Carpathian Karst Geo Trip: Romania and Serbia The Karst Commission of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) is organising a Geo Trip to the Carpathian Karst on 15-18 June 2019 , prior to the 4th Conference of the Central European Group (CEG) of IAH. The tour includes visit of attractive karst surface features, springs, caves along the southern margin of Carpathian Mountains in the two countries Romania and Serbia, between Danube and Olt rivers (Donji Milanovac – Baia de Arama – Trgu Jiu – Horezu). Registration is open until end of April. If you are not a member of the commission or the IAH, this may be a great time to join! More information and the application form can be found on www.karst.edu.rs , which includes a photo gallery you can find photos from the area. ----------------------- New Book—The Karst Systems of Florida: Understanding Karst in a Geologically Young Terrain “Karst Systems of Florida,” by Sam B. Upchurch, Thomas M. Scott, Michael C. Alfieri, Beth Fratesi, and Thomas L. Dobecki, discusses the geology, hydrogeology, and water quality/geochemistry of karst systems in a geologically young, eogenetic terrain, using Florida karst as an example. Also discussed are sinkhole-development models; sinkhole risk; eogenetic karst features developed in rocks as young as 125,000 years and as old as 65 million years; and selected karst landscapes of Florida, including regional geology and geomorphology with important examples of karst features, such as springs, sinkholes, caves, and other karst landforms. The eogenetic karst of Florida is largely covered by Plio-Pleistocene sediments, so this book extensively discusses the interactions of karst processes with sand- and clay-rich cover materials. The book is available in hardcover, ebook (pdf), and individual chapter pdf formats from the publisher, Springer International Publishing ( https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319696348 ), and in hardcover and ebook formats from major book sellers. ----------------------- 2019 SAGEEP Geohazards Conference The 2019 SAGEEP Geohazards Conference, a function of the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS), will occur on 17-21 March 2019 in Portland, Oregon, USA. The meeting will include a Karst and Sinkholes Session. For more information visit: https://www.sageep.org/ . ----------------------- International Course and Field Seminar, Characterization and Engineering of Karst Aquifers: Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro The Center for Hydrogeology at the University of Belgrade is happy to offer the International Course and Field Seminar, Characterization and Engineering of Karst Aquifers . The seminar will take place in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Virpazar, Montenegro from 26 May to 4 June 2019 . There is no registration cost for students, although some small operating costs for trips and may materials may be charged. For details visit http://www.karst.edu.rs/en/index.html . ----------------------- New Book—Engineering Karstology of Dams and Reservoirs Dr. Petar Milanović has published a new book: Engineering Karstology of Dams and Reservoirs. It can be ordered from https://www.crcpress.com/Engineering-Karstology-of-Dams-and-Reservoirs/Milanovic/p/book/9781498748070 , which contains the following summary: Karst terrains have been modified and adapted through a range of human activities as the need for flood control, irrigation, food production, hydropower production and other resources has increased. Successful reclamation projects require construction of dams and reservoirs. Karst terrains present the most complex working conditions for dam foundation and realization of safe reservoir space. Practical engineering solutions are extremely complex and the need for successful solution requires serious investigations and the cooperation of a wide spectrum of scientists and engineers. A wealth of data on dam projects in karst has been collected and presented in this book. Since reservoirs in karst may fail to fill despite extensive investigations and remediation treatment the book includes a description of failures as well. ----------------------- Announcing: 13 th EuroSpeleo Forum, Sofia, Bulgaria Dear Colleagues and friends, We are happy to announce you that the next EuroSpeleo will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria. Please spread this information on the broadest way possible in your country among caving clubs and individual speleologists and all those interested. English version (version Française ci-dessous) The 13th EuroSpeleo Forum will be organized by the Bulgarian Federation of Speleology (BFS) and the Cave Rescue of Bulgaria in the National Education Centre of the Red Cross, Polovrag Str. 31, 1151 Dolni Lozen, Sofia, Bulgaria, at the foot of the Lozen mountain, about 20 km southeast from the centre of Sofia city. The EuroSpeleo Forum is held between 26th to 29th September 2019 and there will be pre-excursions with mountain hikes and caving trips between the 21st and 25th of September. Registration will be opened on 1st February 2019. There will be an early-bird registration fee of 25 EUR until end of May 2019, with a standard registration fee being 35 EUR from 1st of June onwards. This includes free access to all conference sites, a conference bag and the proceedings, as well as a free dinner with one drink. Expenses for fieldtrips will be invoiced separately. A 1st circular is available with information. A number of thematic sessions and symposia are planned, such as on caving expeditions and exploration, geology, karst geomorphology and geography, biospeleology, cave rescue, show caves etc. There will also be a photo competition, a EuroSpeleo Image’In Film Festival, and Speleo Olympics. We are looking forward to meet all of you in Bulgaria soon! All information at: https://esf2019.speleo-bg.org/ First circular can be downloaded here : https://esf2019.speleo-bg.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1st-circular-13th-EuroSpeleoForum.pdf _____________________________________________________________________________________ Version Française Le 13ème EuroSpeleo Forum sera organisé par la Fédération Bulgare de Spéléologie (BFS) et le Service de Secours Souterrains Bulgare dans le Centre National d'Éducation de la Croix-Rouge, Polovrag Str. 31, 1151 Dolni Lozen, Sofia, Bulgarie, au pied de la montagne de Lozen, à environ 20 km au sud-est du centre de la ville de Sofia . L'EuroSpeleo Forum se tiendra du 26 au 29 septembre 2019 et des pré-excursions avec randonnées en montagne et spéléologie du 21 au 25 septembre seront organisées. Les inscriptions seront ouvertes le 1er février 2019. Les frais d'inscription anticipée seront de 25€ jusqu'à la fin du mois de mai 2019. Les frais d'inscription standard sont de 35€ à partir du 1er juin. L’inscription inclut l’accès gratuit à tous les sites de la conférence, un kit de bienvenue, les actes ainsi qu’un dîner gratuit avec une boisson. Les excursions seront facturées séparément. Une 1ère circulaire est disponible avec des informations Un certaine nombre de sessions thématiques et de colloques sont prévus, notamment sur les expéditions et l'exploration en spéléologie, la géologie, la géomorphologie et la géographie du karst, la biospéologie, le sauvetage souterrain, les grottes ouvertes au public, etc. Il y aura également un concours de photos, un festival du film “EuroSpeleo Image'In”, et Speleo Olympics. Nous sommes impatients de vous rencontrer tous très bientôt en Bulgarie ! Toutes informations sur: https://esf2019.speleo-bg.org/ Première circulaire peut être téléchargé à : https://esf2019.speleo-bg.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1st-circular-13th-EuroSpeleoForum.pdf With best regards RNDr. Alena Gessert, PhD. FSE General secretary Visit FSE’s Official Partners at http://www.scurion.ch/jm/ - http://www.aventureverticale.com/ - http://www.sacidkordas.com/en https://www.facebook.com/Scurion - https://www.facebook.com/AventureVerticale - https://www.facebook.com/KORDAS-46136689732/ ----------------------- Cave Paleoclimate Online Interview Our good friend Dr. Bogdan Onac, of the University of South Florida, was interviewed by National Public Radio about his international cave research. While this is a US radio station, the interview can be heard online in the US and other countries at https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/the-ancient-climate-clues-in-caves/ . ----------------------- Cave Animal of the Year: Join the Celebration! Starting in 2009, the Cave Animal of the Year has been designated each year by the Verband der deutschen Höhlen- und Karstforscher e.V. (German Speleological Society). This campaign is dedicated to raising awareness of the zoological diversity in subterranean habitats, which is little known by authorities and the general public. In 2014, the Cave Animal of the Year campaign was awarded the France HABE Prize by the Department of Karst and the Cave Protection of the International Union of Speleology. For information on the 2019 Cave Animal of the Year and to support the campaign for this and all following years, please visit https://hoehlentier.de/en/ . ----------------------- Bat Surveying 2019 Training Schedule Bat Survey Solutions is offering the following courses on surveying bats in 2019. All locations are in the USA: Training by Course Type Acoustic Data Management Class - organizing echolocation call recordings & performing data analysis 26-28 April - Tulsa OK   22-24 October - Harrisburg PA Acoustic Survey Methods Course - practical field techniques for conducting acoustic surveys 8-13 January - Punta Gorda FL   4-8 March - Tucson AZ Combined Field Survey Techniques Workshop - combining capture & acoustic methods to study bats 20-27 May - Portal AZ   21-28 July - Great Basin National Park (Baker) NV   18-26 August - Park Mammoth KY Special Topic Training: Cave Management - exploring bats underground 7-9 May - San Marcos TX Training by Month 8-13 January Acoustic Survey Methods Course - Punta Gorda FL 4-8 March Acoustic Survey Methods Course - Tucson AZ 22-28 April Acoustic Data Management Class - Tulsa OK 7-9 May Special Topic Training: Cave Management - San Marcos TX 20-27 May Field Survey Workshop - Portal AZ 21-28 July Field Survey Workshop - Baker N V 18-26 August Field Survey Workshop - Park Mammoth KY 22-24 October Acoustic Data Management Class - Harrisburg PA For more details and to register, visit https://batsurveysolutions.com/ . ----------------------- European Geosciences Union Karst Session Call for Abstracts: Vienna, Austria Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the session "Field and modelling approaches for the assessment of hydrogeological and engineering problems in the complex karst environment "NH1.4/GM7.14/HS11.60/NP9.1, at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly - EGU2019, which will take place on 07–12 April 2019 in Vienna, Austria. Conveners: HERVÉ JOURDE (France), PAULINE COLLON (France), NAOMI MAZZILLI (France), MARIO PARISE (Italy), XIAOGUANG WANG (France) Deadlines: - Deadline for abstract submission: 10 January 2019 - Deadline for late abstract submission: 18 January 2019 An Abstract Processing Charge (APC) of €40 gross must be paid for each abstract submission. For late abstracts (submitted by conveners after 10 January 2019) a higher APC of €80 gross will be invoiced. The strict deadline for late abstract submission is 18 January 2019,13:00 CET. - EGU will be held on 07-12 April 2018. The exact day of the sessioncNH1.4 will be decided in February. We will communicate it as soon as possible. For more information about the conference and to send an abstract, see https://www.egu2019.eu/ . Kind regards, Mario Parise (also on the behalf of the other conveners) ----------------------- Announcing: Man and Karst Conference 2019, Ragusa, Italy The international scientific conference "Man and Karst" will be held in Sicily from 24-26 June 2019. As was the case with the previous conferences, its aim is to contribute to the knowledge on, enhancement of and safeguarding the karst landscape, together with its ecosystem and historical-anthropological resources as a whole. For more information please contact Rosario Ruggieri ( ) and visit the following web page: http://www.cirs-ragusa.org (also posted at: https://iah.org/events/page/2 ). ----------------------- Karst Hydrology PhD Scholarship in the UK A fully-funded PhD scholarship on the “ Impact of karstic flow on Chalk aquifer function and water quality for security of water supply” is offered at Leeds University, United Kingdom. The deadline for applications is 7 January 2019. Additional information is available at: https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=102918 ----------------------- EuroSpeleo Newsletter , December 2018 – Bulletin d'information EuroSpeleo, Décembre 2018 English version (version Française ci-dessous) It is with great pleasure that the European Speleological Federation (FSE) publishes its fourth and last EuroSpeleo Newsletter in year 2018. This Newsletter will be exclusively available in electronic form and it will be distributed through the FSE mailing lists, website and Facebook page. It will be edited by the FSE Bureau and will inform member countries and individual speleologists about important events nationally and internationally as well as new developments and the initiatives of the FSE and its member countries. This Newsletter will be released on an occasional basis. Please spread this newsletter on the broadest way possible among caving clubs and individual speleologists and all those interested. You can download the English version of the December 2018 Newsletter here: http://eurospeleo.eu/images/stories/docs/europeleo-news/Newsletter%20December%202018%20English.pdf With cordial regards, The FSE Bureau, December 2018 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Version Française C'est avec grand plaisir que la Fédération Spéléologique Européenne (FSE) publie le Bulletin d'Information EuroSpeleo, décembre 2018. Ce bulletin sera exclusivement disponible sous forme électronique, et il sera distribué à travers les listes de diffusion FSE, le site Web et la page Facebook. Il sera édité par le Bureau de la FSE et informera les pays membres et spéléologues individuels sur des choses importantes à l'échelle nationale et internationale ainsi que de nouveaux développements et des initiatives de la FSE et ses pays membres. Ce bulletin sera publié sur une base occasionnelle. S'il vous plaît diffuser ce bulletin d'information sur la manière la plus large possible parmi les clubs spéléologiques et spéléologues individuels et tous ceux qui s'intéressent . Vous pouvez télecharger la version Française du Bulletin d”Information de décembre 2018 ici: http://eurospeleo.eu/images/stories/docs/europeleo-news/EuroSpeleo%20Newsletter%20Dec%202018%20FR.pdf Cordialement, Le Bureau de la FSE, décembre 2018 ----------------------- List of Upcoming Cave and Karst Meetings 1) American Geophysical Union , 10-14 December 2019 (Washington, DC), https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2018/ . 2) General Assembly and 79 th Anniversary Celebration of the Speleological Society of Cuba , 17-20 January 2019 (Cienfuegos Province, Cuba), for more information contact . 3) XIV National Congress of Speleology , 1-4 February 2019 (Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico), http://umae.org/congreso2019/ 4) 1 st Colloquium on the Caves of Azé , 9-10 March 2019 (Saône-et-Loire, France), for more information, contact: 5) 2019 SAGEEP Geohazards Conference of the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS) , 17-21 March 2019 (Portland, Oregon, USA), will include a Karst and Sinkholes Session, https://www.sageep.org/ . 6) Hypogea 2019: The I nternational Congress of Speleology in Artificial Cavities , 20-25 May 2019 (Dobrich, Bulgaria), http://www.hypogea2019.org/ 7) 48th French National Speleo Congress , 7-10 June 2019 (La Ciotat, Marseille, France), https://www.facebook.com/FFSpeleologie/ 8) International Association of Hydrogeologists Karst Commission Geo Trip: Carpathian Karst , 15-18 June 2019 (Romania and Serbia), www.karst.edu.rs . 9) National Speleological Society Convention , 17-21 June 2019 (Cookeville, Tennessee, USA), http://nss2019.subworks.com/ . 10) 35 th Brazilian Speleological Congress and 50 th Anniversary of the Brazilian Speleological Society , 19-22 June 2019, ( Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil), website to be announced soon. 11) Man and Karst Conference , 24-26 June 2019 (Ragusa, Sicily, Italy), http://www.cirs-ragusa.org 12) Symposium on Caves, Karst, and Subterranean Environments: Cuba , 1-5 July 2019 (Havana, Cuba), http://www.cubambiente.com/ 13) National Speleological Congress of Switzerland , 9-12 August 2019 (Interlaken, Switzerland), https://sinterlaken.ch/en/ 14) 4th Summer School on Speleothem Science , 11-17 August 2019 (Cluj-Napoca, Romania), https://www.speleothemschool.com/ . 15) German Annual Speleo Meeting ,15-18 August 2019 (Nesselwang, Bavaria, Germany), www.vdhk.de 16) 3 rd Asian TransKarst Conference , early September 2019 (Bohol, Philippines), exact dates and website to be announced soon. 17) ArmConference 2019: Caves as Natural and Cultural Monuments , 11-13 September 2019 (Yerevan, Armenia), http://armconference2019.com/ 18) Geological Society of America Convention , 22-25 September 2019 (Phoenix, Arizona, USA), http://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Events/Annual_Meeting/GSA/Events/gsa2019.aspx . 19) 13 th EuroSpeleo Forum , 23-26 September 2019 (Sofia, Bulgaria), website to be announced soon. 20) 46 th IAH Congress “Groundwater Management and Governance Coping with Water Scarcity” (Topic 7: Karst Hydrogeology), 23-27 September 2019 (Malaga, Spain), http://www.iah2019.org/topics-and-sessions/ 21) National Cave and Karst Management Symposium , 7-11 October 2019 (Bristol, Virginia, USA), http://nckms.org/2019-symposium 22) 16 th Multidisciplinary Conference on the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst , 20-24 April 2020 (San Juan, Puerto Rico), www.sinkholeconference.com . 23) 19 th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology , 29 August – 5 September 2020 (Catania, Italy), http://www.19isvetna.com/ 24) 18 th International Congress of Speleology , 23-29 July 2021 (Lyon, France), http://uis2021.speleos.fr/ ******************** George Veni, PhD Executive Director, National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) and President, International Union of Speleology (UIS) NCKRI address (primary) 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220 USA Office: +575-887-5517 Mobile: +210-863-5919 Fax: +575-887-5523 www.nckri.org UIS address Titov trg 2 Postojna, 6230, Slovenia www.uis-speleo.org ---------------- -- Bulat Mavlyudov

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