Cave & Karst Science (ISSN 1356-191X)

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Cave and Karst Science (iv + 52pp) (PDF 8.6MB)        Individual articles may be available below

GUNN, John and David LOWE (eds.). (2011). Cave and Karst Science 38(2). Buxton: British Cave Research Association. ISSN 1356-191X. iv + 52pp, A4, with photos, maps and diagrams.
This issue has a cover date of 2011 (August) and was published in Aug 2011.

The Transactions of the British Cave Research Association

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Front cover photo (page i) (PDF 346KB)     

by Jerry WOOLDRIDGE.
The main and tributory streamways of Swildon's Hole in the Mendip Hills, UK, were the focus of a study of invertebrate fauna that is reported in a Paper by Lee Knight on page 81 of this Issue. In the cover photograph, the late Ian Davinson is shown on one of the cascades that add sporting interest to the main streamway in Swildon's 1. (Photograph by Jerry Wooldridge.).

 

Notes for Contributors (page ii) (PDF 248KB)     

 

Contents (p53) (PDF 269KB)     

 

Editorial Advisory Board (p54) (PDF 154KB)     

 

Editorial (p55) (PDF 174KB)     

by John GUNN and David LOWE.

 

British Geological Survey Web Site (p56) (PDF 271KB)     

The BGS has launched a new web page where you can explore the activites of the Leeds Cave Club in the early 1930s, as photographed by club member H.W. Haywood.

 

Guano in Cango Cave, Oudtshoorn District, South Africa: an attempt at conservation that failed (pp57-60) (PDF 638KB)     

by Stephen CRAVEN.
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Classification: Report.
Date: Received: 08 March 2011; Accepted: 12 May 2011.
Keywords: Cango, Onverwacht, conservation, guano.

Bibliograph: CRAVEN, Stephen. (2011). Guano in Cango Cave, Oudtshoorn District, South Africa: an attempt at conservation that failed. Cave and Karst Science 38(2), pp57-60.

 

Tenglong Dong and the caves of Lichuan County, Hubei, China (pp61-64) (PDF 1.1MB)     

by Gerard CAMPION.
Tenglong Dong is a spectacular cave system in Lichuan County in China's Hubei Province. Currently it is one of the longest caves in China, and it contains some notably large passages. It lies within an impressive karst landscape that includes imposing cave entrances, dolines, tiankengs, natural arches and poljes. Members of the British China Caves Project have been assisting staff from the Institute of Karst Research (in Guilin), the Research Institute of Tourism development, China University of Geosciences, and the Government of Hubei Province in trying to achieve Geopark status for the area that includes and surrounds Tenglong Dong. The cave system includes extensive high-level relict passages, which contain a fascinating show cave, and an active river passage, which has proved challenging to navigate. Taken as a whole, the system would form an impressive centre piece for a Geopark in Lichuan. As with many caves in China, the caves in Lichuan have suffered generations of speleothem removal that has resulted in locally extensive damage to a fragile environment. This continuing problem will present a serious challenge to those involved in cave conservation for the area.
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Classification: Report.
Date: Received: 11 May 2011; Accepted: 30 May 2011.

Bibliograph: CAMPION, Gerard. (2011). Tenglong Dong and the caves of Lichuan County, Hubei, China. Cave and Karst Science 38(2), pp61-64.

 

Limestone plateaus of the Yorkshire Dales glaciokarst (pp65-70) (PDF 1.3MB)     

by Tony WALTHAM and Harry LONG.
Landforms across the Yorkshire Dales were mapped by Marjorie Sweeting in 1950 and interpreted as a 1300-foot erosion surface, surviving from a past phase of planation. Re-appraisal of the field data shows that many of the surface features are stratimorphs or structural benches. The Malham Tarn basin may have erosional or geological origins. Other features of past erosion have long since been eroded away. Any concept of an old erosion surface surviving as elements within the modern Dales landscape is untenable.
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Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 16 April 2011; Accepted: 27 June 2011.
Keywords: erosion surface, stratimorph, denudation, structural bench, Yorkshire Dales.

Bibliograph: WALTHAM, Tony and Harry LONG. (2011). Limestone plateaus of the Yorkshire Dales glaciokarst. Cave and Karst Science 38(2), pp65-70.

 

Monadnocks of the Mekong delta: character, caves and evolution (pp71-80) (PDF 2.3MB)     

by Kevin KIERNAN.
Isolated limestone hills and towers near the Gulf of Thailand coast, and granitic monadnocks that extend further inland, protrude through alluvial silts of the Mekong River delta in Vietnam and Cambodia. The form of the granitic monadnocks is guided by bedrock geometry and some exhibit extensive boulder mantles residual from deep weathering within which large boulder cave complexes occur, together with underground stream systems that feed permanent springs. The limestone hills vary in form according to differences in structure, rock purity and hill-base topographic setting and contain vertically-developed vadose invasion caves and basal floodwater stream caves. Evolution of the present day hillbase and stream cave morphology has been influenced by changes in the base level of vadose activity that have been related to changes in relative sea level, most recently as the Mekong delta has formed during the Holocene.
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Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 15 December 2010; Accepted: 01 March 2011.
Keywords: Mekong delta; boulder caves; coastal karst; Holocene; Cambodia; Vietnam.

Bibliograph: KIERNAN, Kevin. (2011). Monadnocks of the Mekong delta: character, caves and evolution. Cave and Karst Science 38(2), pp71-80.

 

The aquatic macro-invertebrate fauna of Swildon's Hole, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK (pp81-92) (PDF 1.8MB)     

by Lee KNIGHT.
Swildon's Hole is the longest cave on the Mendip Hills of Somerset (UK) and carries a sinking surface stream that can be followed throughout the cave to the terminal sump (XII). Within the cave, the main stream is joined by several tributaries, some of which are fed by autogenic percolating water. Sampling of the aquatic invertebrate communities of Swildon's Hole was undertaken at thirteen sites: nine sites on the main stream, of which eight were within the cave and the other was on the surface stream prior to the cave entrance; and four autogenic tributaries. The fauna of the main stream primarily comprised surface (epigean) dwelling benthic species that had been transported into the cave. The fauna of the tributaries was dominated by stygobitic species, including the Crustacea Proasellus cavaticus (Leydig, 1971 sensu Henry, 1970), Niphargus fontanus (Bate, 1859) and Microniphargus leruthi (Schellenberg, 1934).
Records of the latter species are the first confirmed records from the UK. The results of the survey are discussed, along with a summary of the historical records of aquatic invertebrate species from the cave system. The survey represents only the second systematic, documented study of aquatic invertebrate fauna in a British cave system and the first to be conducted south of the Devensian glacial maxima limit, where stygobitic species are more likely to be encountered. The fauna of the cave, especially the presence of three species of stygobitic Crustacea and several other species that could be considered to be stygophilic, was found to be of significant importance and highlighted the need for additional studies of a similar nature in other cave systems on the Mendip Hills and in South Wales.
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Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 08 March 2011; Accepted: 25 June 2011.

Bibliograph: KNIGHT, Lee. (2011). The aquatic macro-invertebrate fauna of Swildon's Hole, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. Cave and Karst Science 38(2), pp81-92.

 

Human and faunal remains from Blue John Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire, UK (pp93-95) (PDF 796KB)     

by David NIXON.
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Classification: Report.
Date: Received: 15 January 2011; Accepted: 15 June 2011.

Bibliograph: NIXON, David. (2011). Human and faunal remains from Blue John Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire, UK. Cave and Karst Science 38(2), pp93-95.

 

Abstracts of the 22nd BCRA Cave Science Symposium, 5th March 2011 (pp96-103) (PDF 691KB)     

Sponsored jointly by the BCRA and the South Wales Geologists Association.
Classification: Forum.

 

Book Review and Correspondence (pp103-104) (PDF 462KB)     

1) Tufas and Speleothems: Unravelling the Microbial and Physical Controls. Edited by H M Pedley and M Rogerson. Geological Society Special Publication No.336, 362pp. ISBN 978-1-86239-301-1. 2010. GBP 90 (US$ 180), (GSL Members GBP 45; US$ 90).
2) Correspondence: Two new papers on glaciations and speleogenesis in the Yorkshire Dales. Trevor Faulkner.
3) Correspondence: Underwater flowstone in Keld Head, Kingsdale, Yorkshire. John Cordingley and Tony Waltham.
Classification: Forum.

 

World Karst Science (p104) (PDF 537KB)     

1) International Journal of Speleology. Volume 40(1). January 2011.
2) Journal of Cave and Karst Studies. Volume 73(1), April 2011.
3) Helictite. Volume 40(2). 2011.
Classification: Forum.

 

Research Fund and Grants (page iii) (PDF 229KB)     

 

Back cover photos (page iv) (PDF 471KB)     

by Tony WALTHAM.
Plateaus, benches and stratimorphs in the Yorkshire Dales, UK, with reference to the Paper on page 65 of this Issue. (Photographs by Tony Waltham. See contents page for description).