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Speleogenesis & Evolution of Karst Aquifers #11, 2011

Next regular issue (#11, 2011) of the journal "Speleogenesis & Evolution of Karst Aquifers" has been launched recently.

http://www.speleogenesis.info/content/

It currently contains six articles, both original and republished from other sources, as well as a number of Featured Articles - titles, abstracts and links to original online sources of papers published elsewhere, significant for speleogenesis, karst hydrogeology and karst evolution.

More articles will be published in the current issue till its closure in the end of December, and more Featured Articles will regularly appear, highlighting current developments in the field.

All previous issues are available from the left panel on the main page.

The UIS Commission on Karst Hydrogeology and Speleogenesis kindly invites the Speleogenesis community to submit articles to the journal.

We would also appreciate your assistance in suggesting papers from various sources to be highlighted through Speleogenesis Journal as Featured Articles or re-published articles. If you come acrross a paper important for karst hydrogeology and speleogenesis, please, send us the standard bibliography description (including abstract, keywords and link to a source. In the next future, the members of the Speleogenesis Network will receive a possibility to directly enter articles into new KarstBase and mark them as recommended Featured Articles for SEKA.

Best regards,
A. Klimchouk

16th ICS Brno 2013


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European Youth Camp - Juhöfola 2012

The European Speleological Youth Camp, Juhöföla 2012, will take place in the Schwabian Alps during summer 2012, in co-organisation with the FSE.

It is open to all European cavers under 25 years old, with a tolerance up to 29 years old, and it's a very great experience for all the young cavers who had the chance to live the previous editions.

If you are interested, you can send back as soon as possible the filled forto petra.boldt@gmx.net

If you have questions about the camp, Petra will be happy to answer you at this same address.

All information can be found in this pdf or on the Juhöföla website.

Info: KarstWorlds

Polish Cave Diver Missing in Ireland Cave














A search operation is underway for a man who went missing during a cave dive in County Galway.
The experienced Polish diver Artur Kozlowski was exploring Pollonora hole n°10. A secondary sink located in Ireland, north of Gort, in a place called Killartan. The cave is 810m long and 52m deep.

"The cave diver was fully equipped with all the necessary diving equipment and had sufficient compressed air and mixed gases with him."Following correct cave exploration protocol, the cave diver informed two colleagues of his planned cave-diving trip and when he did not return at the expected time, the Irish Cave Rescue Organisation (ICRO) was immediately alerted."
It is understood he went diving in at 3pm yesterday afternoon and had enough oxygen to last until 9.30pm last night.

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