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Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science [PDF]
Entries include: Africa, South: Archaeological Caves Art in Caves: History Australia: Biospeleology Biodiversity in Terrestrial Cave Habitats Cave Minerals Chemistry of Natural Karst Waters Dating of Karst Landforms Disease Environmental Impact Assessment Exploration Societies Films in Caves Folklore and Mythology Human Occupation of Caves Karst ...
Gunn, John
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The Dinaric Karst is a global hotspot for subterranean diversity, with two distinct peaks of species richness in the northwest and southeast, and an area of a lower species richness in the central part.
Marko Lukić +10 more
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Cave protection as a Karst conservation tool in the environmentally sensitive Lagoa Santa Karst, Southeastern Brazil [PDF]
Karst areas in densely populated and industrialized areas in Brazil are under severe environmental pressure due to urbanization, quarrying, groundwater pollution, groundwater overpumping and cave vandalism.
Augusto S. Auler
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Karst geology and cave fauna of Austria: a concise review [PDF]
The state of cave research in Austria is outlined from the geological and zoological perspective. Geologic sections include the setting of karst regions, tectonic and palaeoclimatic control on karst, modern cave environments, and karst hydrology.
Erhard Christian, Christoph Spötl
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Karst Hydrogeology, Geomorphology and Caves
This essential book covers all physical, chemical, and geological aspects of karst science. It reviews current knowledge on hydrogeology, geomorphology and caves in karst, based on the vast existing literature and investigations carried out by the authors worldwide.
De Waele J., Gutierrez F.
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The existence of karst caves poses a large threat to safe tunnel construction in a karst area. This paper presents a synthetic method to evaluate the collapse risk before subway tunnel construction with Yang-Jian interval tunnel as a case study.
Fei Xue +3 more
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Shuanglong Cave is a famous national scenic spot.The proposed Jinhua Mountain Tunnel is located about 12 km northeast of the Shuanglong Cave Scenic Area in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province.The excavation of the Jinhua Mountain Tunnel may cause the karst ...
Bin Zeng +3 more
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The karst landforms in northeastern Sichuan Basin are widely developed, but the understanding of the geological characteristics, controlling factors, and spatiotemporal evolution process of karst caves is still unclear.
Deqin Ma +4 more
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Micromycetes are an integral part of the microbial community of cave ecosystems, they play the role of decomposers or lead a parasitic lifestyle. Microscopic fungi, including yeast, in caves are isolated from soil, air, water, mineral formations, rock surfaces and even troglobionts.
A.S. Ryabova +2 more
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Karst cave collapse usually occurs during the process of drilling and reservoir development. Karst cave collapse increases drilling risk and seriously affects oil production.
Liwen Guo +4 more
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