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%0 Journal
%1 cavekarstscience
%2 £1.75 plus postage
%J Cave and Karst Science
%E John Gunn, David Lowe
%D 2006
%C Buxton
%I British Cave Research Association
%P iv + 48
%Z A4, with photos, maps and diagrams
%N 33(3),2006 (December),January 2008
%@ ISSN 1356-191X
%3 The Transactions of the British Cave Research Association
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%T Front cover photo
%A Tony Waltham
%X Velika dolina and Mala dolina (meaning great doline and small doline) create the classic view of the entrance of Škocjanske jame (the Škocjan caves) in Slovenia. They are large collapse features that perhaps should now be known as tiankengs. The main sink of the Reka river is away in the right distance, and the river re-emerges from the tall cave passage almost below the village church, before crossing both doline floors and finally flowing into the huge river passage in the main Škocjan cave, which lies almost beneath the camera. The pointed mountain in the far distance is Sneznik (1796m), the highest point in the Dinaric Karst of Slovenia. Papers by Trevor Shaw and Uroš Stepišnik in this Issue include information about the early exploration and survey of the Škocjan caves and dolines, and about investigations of other collapse dolines in the Dinaric Karst. Photographs by Tony Waltham.
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%P ii
%T Notes for Contributors
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%P 97
%T Contents
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%P 99-100
%T Editorial
%A John Gunn, David Lowe
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%P 101-104
%9 Paper
%T The search for Palmer's Chamber, Lamb Leer, Somerset, United Kingdom.
%A Antony BUTCHER, Phillip J MURPHY, Simon BEANEY, Roger CLARK
%X Abstract: During the late 1930s and 1950s a series of geophysical resistivity measurements were acquired by Professor Leo Palmer of Hull University over the Lamb Leer cave system (referred to as Lamb Lair by Palmer), which is located within the Mendip Hills, Somerset. Through his surveys, Professor Palmer reportedly delineated a resistive zone that he believed to correspond to the location of the Great Chamber of Lamb Leer, a 30m-diameter cavity located at 35m below ground level. Additionally, he concluded that a further large cavern of similar size existed some 100m northeast of the Great Chamber. In an attempt to confirm the existence and establish the nature of "Palmer's Chamber", a series of resistivity and microgravity profiles were carried out during the summers of 2004 and 2006. The resistivity survey confirmed the presence of a resistive anomaly within the vicinity of "Palmer's Chamber"; however the resulting microgravity data do not suggest the presence of a mass deficiency feature that would be expected over a significant void.
%8 Received 26 April 2007; accepted 29 May 2007
%K Mendips, cave detection, geophysics, resistivity, microgravity.
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%P 105-110
%9 Paper
%T Loamy sediment fills in collapse dolines near the Ljubljanica River springs, Dinaric Karst, Slovenia
%A Uros STEPISNIK
%X Abstract: Successful application of electrical resistivity imaging (ERI) techniques established that loamy sediment fills that floor collapse dolines in the hinterland of the Ljubljanica River springs near Vrhnika, Slovenia, locally reach more than 30m in thickness. Collapse doline development and transformation processes are discussed, and various characteristics and potential formational mechanisms of flat, loamy doline floors are considered. The loamy fills reflect sedimentation of suspended material from floodwaters that inundated the lower parts of the collapse dolines, whose flat floors lie at a consistent level as a result of water table oscillation related to the contemporary elevation of Ljubljansko barje at the karst system's outflow.
%8 Received 12 March 2007; accepted 26 June 2007
%K karst, collapse dolines, slopes, sediments, electrical resistivity imaging, ERI.
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%P 111-118
%9 Paper
%T Lithological control on water chemistry in karst aquifers of the Zagros Range, Iran.
%A Javad ASHJARI, Ezzat RAEISI
%X Abstract: The Zagros Range of south-central Iran is characterized by long and regular anticlinal and synclinal folds. Most highlands are karstified limestone and dolomite aquifers, which are sandwiched between thick non-karstic marl, marlstone, manly limestone, gypsum and anhydrite formations. Hydrochemical data from 195 karst springs, emerging from five different karstic formations, were used to determine the factors controlling spring water quality. The size and boundaries of catchment area of each spring were determined using water balance and geological methods. The springs were classified based on water type and specific conductance; and discrimination analysis was performed on the major anions, cations, and the specific conductance of all the springs to confirm the proposed classification. The Piper diagram reveals bicarbonate, bicarbonate-dominant, sulphate-dominant, or chloride water type with specific conductances ranging from 190 to 13500µS/cm. The lithology of the neighbouring formations and its extent of outcrop into the catchment area of the karst springs have a major effect on water quality. Large exposures of marl, marlstone, and manly limestone on the catchment area of the karst springs can change bicarbonate water to bicarbonate-sulphate, whereas gypsum and anhydrite produce sulphate-type waters. Salt domes, and saline water from adjacent lakes or alluvial aquifers are the main sources for chloride-type water.
%8 Received: 21 May 2007; Accepted 12 September 2007
%K karst springs, hydrochemistry, aquifer, water quality, Zagros
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%P 119-130
%9 Paper
%T Poldi Fuhrich (1898-1926): female pioneer of severe cave exploration.
%A Trevor Shaw
%X Abstract: Poldi Fuhrich (1898-1926) of Salzburg became one of the leading cave explorers of the 1920s, a remarkable achievement for a woman at that time. Each year from 1919 to 1925 she was in the front line of new exploration in Austria's Eisriesenwelt. In 1925 she was one of the surveyors in the Poulnagollum river cave in Ireland, and she also visited caves in France, Germany, Moravia, Dalmatia, Slovenia and Brazil. Her unpublished documents and photographs from 1921, when she was working deep in Škocjanske jame, reveal much about Robert Oedl's surveying methods and about their Slovene assistants. At the age of 28 she died in a cave accident while exploring the Lurgrotte in Austria.
%8 Received 30 July 2007; Accepted :01 October 2007
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%P 131-136
%9 Paper
%T The Grotta Del Cane (Dog Cave), Naples, Italy.
%A William R. HALLIDAY, Arrigo A. CIGNA
%X Abstract: The Grotta del Cane (Dog Cave) has been well known since antiquity because of a carbon dioxide layer, which is toxic for animals but not for a man standing erect. In this report we cite some important accounts by visitors during the last two millennia, together with a modem description of its features and current methods of minimizing hazards of such cave environments.
%K Grotta del Cane, Dog Cave, carbon
%8 Received 12 October 2007; Accepted 12 November 2007
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%P 137
%9 Forum
%T Scientific Notes: Geothermal speleogenesis
%A Trevor Faulkner
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%P 137
%9 Forum
%T Correspondence
%A Bob Thrun
%X Comment on Mark Dougherty's paper on compass sighting errors in Cave and Karst Science 33(2)
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%P 138-141
%9 Forum
%T Book Reviews
%X 1) Cave Geology by Arthur N. Palmer. Cave Books, 4700 Amberwood Drive, Dayton, Ohio OH 45424-4602, USA, 2007, 454pp, 561 photos, 250 maps and diagrams, A4 HB. ISBN 978-0-939748-66-2. List price USD 38.95.
%X 2) Hypogene Speleogenesis: Hydrogeological and morphogenetic perspective by Dr Alexander B. Klimchouk. National Cave and Karst Research Institute Special Paper No. 1, 2007. 106pp. ISBN 13978-0-9795422-0-6. USD 35 plus USD 6 domestic shipping, or USD 13 international shipping. Contact: Lisa Majkowski, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, New Mexico, 87801, USA.
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%P 141
%9 Forum
%T Thesis Abstract
%X Kenyon, Peter (2006), The challenge to the sustainable development of the caves and surrounding region of the Cradle of Humankind Heritage Site. Masters Degree in Business Leadership: Graduate School of Business Leadership, University of South Africa.
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%P 141-143
%9 Forum
%T Karstologia abstracts
%X 1) Karstologia 2007/49
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%P 143-144
%9 Forum
%T Other Recent Karst Publications
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%P iii
%T Research Funds and Grants
%Z free
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%P iv
%T Back cover photos
%A Uros Stepisnik
%X Collapse dolines in Slovenia; see pp 105-110
%X [Top left] Grogarjev dol
%X [Top right] Grogarjev dol digital elevation model
%X [Centre left] Paukarjeva dolina digital elevation model
%X [Centre right] Paukarjeva dolina
%X [Bottom left] Meletova dolina
%X [Bottom right] Meletova dolina digital elevation model
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