Cave and karst news from NCKRI

rhychydwr1

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Dear Friends,

Below are some announcements and news from NCKRI and our friends. They include:

?      Karst Field Studies 2017 Courses
?      International Encyclopedia on Geography: karst entry
?      17th International Congress of Speleology update
?      NSS Convention Call for US and International Exploration Presentations
?      2018 EuroSpeleo Forum 1st Circular Available
?      British Cave Research Association 28th Cave Science Symposium
?      Deadline for GSA Karst Division Award nominations extended to March 15th
?      List of Upcoming Cave and Karst Meetings

Feel free to share this message with anyone who may be interested and please contact the people listed below for more information.

George

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George Veni, PhD
Executive Director
National Cave and Karst Research Institute
400-1 Cascades Avenue
Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA
Office: 575-887-5517
Mobile: 210-863-5919
Fax: 575-887-5523
gveni@nckri.org
www.nckri.org

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Karst Field Studies 2017 Courses!

Greetings,

Apologies for any duplication in receiving this announcement.

We appreciated your patience while we prepared for the upcoming Karst Field Studies courses. This message is to officially announce the course lineup for the summer 2017 Karst Field Studies program. We are pleased to offer the following KFS courses this coming summer:

Cave and Karst Field Mapping and Cartography, June 4-9, Dr. Pat Kambesis
Applied Karst Hydrogeology, June 12-18, Mrs. Lee Anne Bledsoe and Dr. Chris Groves

Courses may be taken for graduate, undergraduate, or continuing education credit. Courses may also be taken as non-credit workshops.

For more information about the program, courses, how to register, and instructor bios, please visit www.karstfieldstudies.com.

If you have any questions please contact the Karst Field Studies Director, Dr. Leslie North, at Leslie.north@wku.edu.

"Like" us on Facebook at Karst Field Studies (WKU Karst Field Studies) and Sign-up for our mailing list on our website.

Please help us spread the word about the program by forwarding this message to your colleagues, grotto members, staff, students, friends, and any other parties you feel may be interested in this year?s courses!

Hope to see you this summer!

Dr. Leslie A. North
Assistant Professor of Environmental Geoscience
Director, Karst Field Studies Program
Department of Geography and Geology
Center for Human GeoEnvironmental Studies (CHNGES)
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd., EST 438A
Bowling Green, KY 42101
(270) 745-5982

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International Encyclopedia on Geography: karst entry

Dear George,

I attach my entry on karst in this over 9000 pages and 15-volume encyclopedia.
Maybe you can distribute this to the karst colleagues

https://outlook.live.com/owa/?fid=flinbox&path=/attachmentlightbox

Prof. Jo De Waele
Istituto Italiano di Speleologia - Italian Institute of Speleology

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17th International Congress of Speleology update

The 3rd Circular for the International Congress of Speleology will be published soon but in the meantime you can read the "17th ICS Update eBulletins". These will be coming out every few weeks and can be found by going to the page at https://www.speleo2017.com/Circulars.html

So far nearly 400 people have registered for the Congress. There will be 252 oral papers delivered and 59 posters to view from 192 authors, plus many field trips and events. It will be a busy and exiting Congress!

There is still time to register, which you can do and find all other information on the Congress at https://www.speleo2017.com

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NSS Convention Call for US and International Exploration Presentations

Hey Cavers!

Share with your fellow cavers, your cave discoveries, exploration stories and mapping exploits at the US and International Exploration Sessions. These are two of the most popular and well-attended venues. US Exploration Session will take place on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. International Exploration Session is scheduled for Thursday, June 22, 2017.

You don?t need to have made record-breaking discoveries to present ? all exploration is good and can be effectively displayed with photos (salon-quality not necessary), any kind of maps, and some good stories.
Presentations are relatively painless ? 15-20 minutes in length is typical though we can provide some 30-minute slots if requested.  Single or multiple presenters are welcome. Presentation format is open - powerpoint or other computer media, slides if that's all you got, or just stand up and tell some good exploration stories!

For the program, please send an abstract (short summary of what your talk is about -250 words max) to the Session chairs listed below.  Deadline is April 15, 2016.

US Exploration Session Chair:  Pat Kambesis  pat.kambesis@wku.edu
International Exploration Session Chair ? Cyndie Walck  karstgirl@yahoo.com

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2018 EuroSpeleo Forum 1st Circular Available

The 12th EuroSpeleo Forum will be held in Ebensee, Austria, on 23-26 August 2018. An estimated 500 people from 30 countries are expected to attend and share the results of their latest exploration, research, and techniques. The first circular is now available. You find all details about this event at http://www.eurospeleo.at/

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British Cave Research Association 28th Cave Science Symposium

Symposium - Saturday 21st October, 2017
Field-trip - Sunday 22nd October, 2017
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds

FIRST CIRCULAR & CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The British Cave Research Association, Yorkshire Geological Society, and Leeds Geological Association are pleased to announce details of the 28th Annual Cave Science Symposium and associated field-trip. The Symposium will be hosted by Prof. Simon Bottrelll and Dr. Phillip Murphy of the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, on Saturday 21st October, 2017. A programme of presentations is being assembled that will be of interest to anyone wishing to know more about the underground environment. Further details will follow in later circulars, as well as via other BCRA, YGS and LGA news outlets.

Symposium

This year?s symposium will feature a special session and keynote lecture by Dr. Tony Waltham dedicated to the Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales.  In addition, the symposium will include oral and poster presentations covering BCRA?s principal areas of interest in other localities. Following the symposium, an informal evening meal will be arranged for those who are interested. Details are to be announced.

Call for Abstracts

Abstracts are welcome for posters or oral presentations on any topic of cave or karst-based research, and these should be submitted by email no later than 31st August, 2017, to the lecture secretary, Gina Moseley gina.moseley[-at-]uibk.ac.at. Please include all authors with their affiliations, an email address for the primary author, and an abstract of up to 500 words (main text and references only). If you are intending to submit an abstract, Gina would appreciate you sending her an email with a preliminary title. Don?t worry, there is no commitment, but it helps her to compile a diverse and interesting programme.

Registration

Registration will take place on the day. A small fee will be requested to cover refreshments.

Venue

The address for the venue is School of Earth and Environment, Maths/Earth and Environment Building, The University of Leeds, Leeds. LS2 9JT, United Kingdom. Further details on ?where to find us? are located here: http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/contact/find-us/

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Deadline for GSA Karst Division Award nominations extended to March 15th

UPDATE- the deadline for GSA Karst Division awards nominations has been extended to March 15th, 2017. Details on the GSA Karst Division Annual Awards are posted on the Karst Division Connected Community Website, along with nomination forms, so please check them out and nominate someone or apply today! Feel free to share this with anyone who might be interested. http://community.geosociety.org/karstdivision/awards/new-item

Thank you, GSA Karst Division Management Board

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List of Upcoming Cave and Karst Meetings

1)          Geological Society of America Northeast and North-Central Meeting Karst Sessions, 19-21 March 2017 (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA), http://www.geosociety.org/nc-mtg
2)          Biospeleology Congress, 7-9 April 2017 (Cagliari, Italy), http://congressobiospeleo.wixsite.com/biospeleo2017
3)          Solution Mining Research Institute Technical Conference, 23-26 April 2017 (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA), www.solutionmining.org
4)          US Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Meeting, 16-18 May 2017 (San Antonio, Texas, USA). http://geologyutsa.wixsite.com/sgsutsa/karst-interest-group-workshop.
5)          III International Symposium of Speleology, 29 April ? 1 May 2017 (Varenna, Villa Monastero ? Lake Como, Italy), http://www.iss2017.it/eng/.
6)          Climate Record: The Karst Record VIII, 21-24 May 2017, (Austin, Texas, USA), http://sites.uci.edu/kr8conference/
7)          25th International Karstological School ?Classical Karst?: Milestones and challenges in Karstology, 19-23 June 2017 (Postojna, Slovenia), http://iks.zrc-sazu.si
8)          National Speleological Society Convention, 19-23 June 2017 (Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA), http://nss2017.caves.org/
9)          National Association of Mining History Organisations Conference 2017, 23-26 June 2017 (Godstone, Surrey, UK), http://namho2017.info/
10)      Man and Karst 2017 International Scientific Meeting, 26-29 June (Zadar, Croatia), https://manandkarst2017.wixsite.com/manandkarst2017
11)        17th International Congress of Speleology, 23-30 July 2017 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), http://speleo2017.com/
12)        International Clean-up of Gouffre Berger, 1-15 August 2017 (Vercors, France), http://cds39.fr/BFC/index.
13)      Biospeleology Conference, 21-23 September 2017 (Seville, Spain), http://bioespeleologia.blogspot.com.es/2016/11/v-encuentro-iberico-de-biologia.html
14)      44th International Association of Hydrogeologists Congress, 25-29 September 2017 (Dubrovnik, Croatia), http://iah2017.org/
15)        Geological Society of America Convention, 22-25 October (Seattle, Washington, USA), http://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Events/Annual_Meeting/GSA/Events/gsa2017.aspx
16)        National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, 16-20 October 2017 (Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA), http://nckms.org/
17)      British Cave Research Association 28th Cave Science Symposium, 20-21 October 2017 (Leeds, UK), website to be announced.
18)        International Conference on Geomorphology, 6-11 November 2017 (New Delhi, India), karst session: http://www.icg2017.com/session.php
19)        The Sinkhole Conference, joint with the 3rd Appalachian Karst Symposium, 2-6 April 2018 (Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA), http://www.sinkholeconference.com/
20)        EuroSpeleo Forum 2018, 23-26 August 2018 (Ebensee, Austria), http://eurospeleo.at/expo.html.
21)        24th International Conference on Subterranean Biology, 20-24 August 2018 (University of Aveiro, Portugal), website to be announced.

 
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