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Atlas of Cave Morphs
The goal is to create the structured collection (repository) of annotated images of type and unique cave morphologies.
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This is an official site of the UIS Commission on Karst Hydrogeology and Speleogenesis.
Speleogenesis is the origin and development of natural caves. Most caves develop through dissolution in readily soluble rocks, such as carbonates and evaporites. Speleogenesis can be adequately understood only within the broader context of the hydrogeologic setting and evolution of karst. In its turn, speleogenesis is a primary process that determines essential features of the hydrogeology of karst, and guides its evolution in many ways.
Therefore, the goal of the Commission is to promote scientific cooperation and research in karst hydrogeology, with special emphasis to speleogenesis as the core problem of permeability development in karst aquifers and their overall evolution.
Speleogenesis Network
Speleogenesis Network is a hub for people and institutions involved into karst and geospeleology studies, who want to stay informed and connected with colleagues around the globe and have various field-specific networking and information tools at their regular disposal.
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Upcoming events:
20th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Karst session at the GSA Annual Meeting: Filling the Hole: Sediments in caves and karst
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Karst session at the GSA Annual Meeting: Karst Environments
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Int. Conf. "Speleology and Spelestology: Development and Interaction of Sciences"
Location: Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russia,
12th Multidisciplinary Conf. on Sinkholes And the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst
Location: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
International conference on Karst Hydrogeology and Ecosystems
Location: Bowling Green, Kentucky
Currently 475 karst and cave researchers as well as fellow cavers have joined the Speleogenesis project. They represent the following countries:
Argentina (1),
Australia (16),
Austria (9),
Belgium (3),
Brazil (16),
Bulgaria (3),
Canada (4),
China (7),
Colombia (1),
Costa Rica (3),
Croatia (13),
Cuba (7),
Cyprus (1),
Czech Republic (2),
Denmark (1),
Egypt (2),
France (25),
German Democratic Republic (1),
Germany (15),
Greece (7),
Guatemala (3),
Hungary (2),
India (7),
Indonesia (15),
Iran (12),
Iraq Ireland (1),
Israel (3),
Italy (23),
Ivory Coast (3),
Japan (1),
Kazakhstan (1),
Lebanon (2),
Macao Macedonia (1),
Malawi (1),
Malaysia (4),
Mexico (3),
Morocco (2),
Nepal (3),
New Caledonia (1),
New Zealand (2),
Pakistan (2),
Philippines (1),
Poland (6),
Portugal (7),
Romania (9),
Russia (4),
Slovak Republic (4),
Slovenia (10),
South Korea (1),
Spain (10),
Suriname (1),
Switzerland (9),
Thailand (1),
Turkey (16),
Ukraine (17),
United Kingdom (23),
United States (111),
Uzbekistan (1),
Viet Nam (1),
Yemen (1),
Yugoslavia (7),
Zimbabwe (1),
Netherlands (3),
Iceland (1),
more will come soon
Full list of members is available here
Latest additions to Atlas:
Atlas of Cave Morphs is an informal collaborative project of the UIS Commission on Karst Hydrogeology and Speleogenesis run through Speleogenesis Network. Currently images have been submitted.