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BCRA Chairman's Report see
newsletter 8 (PDF; 375K) |
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BCRA Annual General Meeting 2007 see
newsletter 8 (PDF; 375K) |
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BCRA Membership Fees |
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UK Cave Conservation Fund see
newsletter 8 (PDF; 375K) |
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BCRA Library: Vacancies see
BCRA Library page |
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Cave Science and Technology Research Initiative:
Report |
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CSTRI is alive and well with the sixth panel meeting coming
along soon and thirteen grant applications so far. What is so exciting is the
variety of these applications and our ability to help with the thinking and
logistics for these projects as well as the cash. It seems to me that there is
a real interest in cave science out there and we are helping to make it happen.
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The projects have ranged from valuable independent amateur
studies, to enthusiastic under-graduate projects, more experi-enced
postgraduates and fully fledged academic research work. The subject material
has ranged from the technology based projects to bio-speleo-logy, cave climate
monitoring and stalactite dating. The majority of the work has taken place in
Britain, but two projects are to be carried out on expeditions abroad. Much of
this work is ongoing, but there have been several exciting outcomes already
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Phil Murphy at Leeds University has been dating
stalactites from Victoria Cave using the uranium to lead series. He has found
the oldest date on record for this country being 489 to 523 thousand years old.
In Phil's words "We can safely say we have the first proven date from a
landform which pre-dates the Anglian glaciation."
Anna Mason
(University of Canterbury) meanwhile has been working hard to make scale,
three-dimensional images of caves from handheld video pictures. This is the
ultimate surveyor's dream - just to walk round taking pictures and let the
computer do all the hard work and produce a 3D survey! She has made remarkable
progress and has already been able to create 3D images of Chistlehurst Caves.
David Hodgson of the Craven Pothole Club has spent many happy hours
(over sixty visits) monitoring the activity of the Herald and Tissue moths in
Scoska Cave, Yorkshire. He has found that the moths use the cave as a meeting
and mating location in the late summer months. He is now logging the cave
climatic conditions to try and further understand this fascinating
behaviour. |
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Dave Checkley - CSTRI Fund Administrator
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New Support for Young Cave Scientists see
CSTRI page
Don't miss the chance to win a prize of £500 for the year's
most exciting cave-related research project. Details and application forms are
now on the BCRA web site. If you are a young caver who has recently completed
and written-up an exciting cave science project don't miss the chance - apply
now! |
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