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HISTORY
& DEVELOPMENT :
The Society's specialist
Karst and Speleo Reference Library was originally set up in 1976 by the
Group's Founders, who were intent upon establishing and developing a karst
and cave research reference facility for its Members who, as a result,
would benefit from having access to their own well-stocked specialist Reference
Library without hindrance every day of the year.
This most essential of assets
has grown considerably in the interim until, in 1993, the Collections were
permanently housed in their present location, where they have continued
to grow at an alarming rate, when considering that there is only a finite
amount of shelving space.

LOCATION :
The Library Facility is
located in Plymouth City Centre within a low-rise residential block. Car
parking in the vicinity is very poor before 1800 hrs each day and visitors
should seek to park in a local car park or travel in by public transport.
We are currently attempting to obtain our own car parking space. The address
of the Library Facility is as given for the Society's Office on
the Homepage. Two views of the Library Facility interior are given above.
REFERENCE FACILITY :
The Library Facility is
privately owned and managed by the Society and primarily serves the requirements
of its United Kingdom and Foreign Membership Sections and provides a technical
reference base underpinning the Society's workload and projects.
However, within the framework
of Article 2. of its Constitution ("The Aims of the Society"),
the Society can and regularly does help, assist or support non-members
who are engaged upon, or who have a keen interest in karst research or
study, by granting access to the Reference Library Facility and limited
use of its support services. Details of specific library-user services
and user eligibility are given below.
This most essential research-resource
is one that the Society takes great care to generously fund on an annual
basis. As and when new reference titles are published, funds are allocated
immediately for their purchase. There is also constant vigilance on the
"second-hand" books market for the occasional availability of unstocked
"back issues" of karst or speleo-related Serials to fill the many small
gaps in publication-runs within the Society's current Collections.
DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS :
The Library is essentially
a specialist information reference resource comprising 2 main sections
and several subsidiary sections:-
.....-..KARST-
& SPELEO-RELATED SERIALS (Periodicals), containing present
(active) and past (inactive) Titles from U.K. and International sources
published on a regular basis. The range spans most types of publications
from caving club journals to institutional annuals, all of karst and cave
relevance. The Catalogue of this Collection is currently
available as a single, downloadable
Zipped MS Word v.97 Document
by following the Link given in the Catalogue Section below.
Alternatively, the Catalogues
are now available again in hardcopy printout.
.....-..KARST-
& SPELEO-RELATED NON-SERIALS,
containing karst and cave-relevant
material, obtained from UK and International sources, published in a range
of formats from leaflets, booklets and photo-slide sets, to books, magazines,
newspaper articles, videos, super 8mm cine films, audio-tapes and various
digital formats. This Section has a separate Map Rack on which are stored
Cave Maps. The Catalogues of this Collection are
currently available as 4 separate downloadable
Zipped MS Word v. 97
Documents,.viewable
by following the Link given in the Catalogue Section
below.
Alternatively, the Catalogues
are now available again in hardcopy printout format.
.....-..Non
Karst-related Technical Section,
giving generalised reference-support in respect of geology, chemistry,
physics, biology, mathematics, archaeology, anthropology, palaeontology,
semantics and languages.
.....-..A
Sub-section on Metalliferous Mines and Mining, mostly of
the metalliferous mining area of the English Westcountry, heads a further
Section of publications
unrelated to the Karst or
Speleo sciences. The small Mines and Mining Collection of books was begun
in 1978 and ceased any further expansion in 1981., when the Society simultaneously
ceased both its active Mines Projects at Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, in Cornwall
and at Wheal Emily Mine, Knighton, in south west Devon and resolved not
to spend any more funds on this Section of its Library Collection. It has
been regarded by some as being short-sighted in not completing the acquisition
of certain sets of serialised books on Mines and Mining. However, the Ruling
stands and no further Mines or Mining publications have been bought since
1981. The Catalogue of this Collection is currently
available as a single, downloadable
Zipped MS Word v.97 Document
by following the Link given in the
Catalogue Section below.
Alternatively, the Catalogue
is also available in hardcopy printout.
.....-..Further
Sub-Sections compiles both the Society's considerable Karst- and
Speleo-related.Maps, Plans and
Surveys Collection and the Non Karst- and Speleo-related.Maps,
Plans and Surveys Collection. The two individual Catalogues further
list their contents by Item Type, and includes geological, hydrogeological,
city/town/region maps, as well as cave surveys, mine surveys, etc.
.....-..A
further Sub-Section compiles the Society's considerable Karst- and
Speleo-related Poster Collection, examples of which
are always on display in the Library & Archives Facility.
CATALOGUES :
This Online Systems Version
of the Catalogues are updated on a regular basis. The readability
of the word Document in the form originally intended is dependant upon
the user's software installations and setup. The text contains many diacritical
signs and these may be interpreted by users' computers as indecipherable
"macros" or even as a "virus". Please refer to the accompanying
MS DOS
doc.
Library
Catalogue Indexes
(Active,
6 x MS WORD docs, total 599 kB zipped./ 3.050 MB unzipped.)
The
Catalogue of the Society's Archives Collection is currently
at an advanced stage of construction and is now viewable by Members and
other Authorized Users. It will not be available for viewing on
the Public Access Pages. The Link to this extensive Catalogue can be found
on the dedicated Archives Page.
The
Catalogue of the remaining supportive Non-Karst Technical Collection
is
not currently under construction.
Additionally,
cataloguing of the Society's Maps Collections and Poster
Collections is now underway.
A substantial
proportion of the Library Stock represents publications acquired from many
countries in Eastern Europe. We recommend that the Society's Library
Guide to Languages be consulted to check how the Catalogues are
compiled in respect of the use of different Languages and Alphabets.
Library
Guide to Languages
(Active,
MS WORD doc, 49 kB.)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC SERVICES :
.....Standard
unrestricted access to the Library Stock : This
is offered free of charge to all Members every day of the year for reference
purposes only, by personal callers.
..........[NB.
There
is no loan facility.]
.....Restricted
Access to the Library Stock : This
has been made available in the past to bona-fide non-Members by
previous arrangement and will continue until otherwise decided upon by
the Society.
.....Standard
access to the Archive Stock : This
is provided to Members only.
.....Publications
Procurement Programme (PPP) :
This Programme is one of the on-going internal processes undertaken on
a daily basis by the Society's Reference Library. This Programme is the
principal
route for the Membership's direct investment in the Library Stock and is
reflected as such in the annual Financial Statement, (available in the
Members' Section of this Website). Effectively, its 3 primary aims are
to source and procure publications for the Karst and Speleo Publications
Collections, both to fill gaps in runs of publications in the Serials
Collection and also to procure those publications previously identified
as being necessary for acquisition. Its purpose is also to ensure and maintain
the acquisition of regular publication subscriptions. A further and more
secondary aim of the Programme is to facilitate ad hoc requests
by Members for their own private purchases of publications. This is operated
under the Discount Literature Purchase Scheme for Members,
as further detailed below.
Financially, the Publications
Procurement Programme operates in two ways:-
.....i)
by receipt of actual publication donations into the stock, or
.....ii)
by specific or targetted donations for the purchase of a particular publication.
Not reflected in the annual Financial Statement is the annually large number
of publication donations received from our colleagues abroad.
Due to the extremely high
cost of specialist books, the PPP has necessitated the establishment
of the Society's own routes into book purchasing, whereby we can obtain
our specialist book requirements at the cheapest prices.
.....-
In respect of the
PPP acquisitions list for gap-filling missing
Issues from the Karst- and Speleo-related Serials Collection,
these can be deduced by default when viewing the pages of the Serials
Catalogue entries.
.....-
In respect of the
PPP for the Karst- and Speleo-related
Non-Serials Collections, the Link
below will open an MS Word document detailing the current list of
publications sought by the Society.
PPP
requirements list
(Active,
HTML doc, 6 kB.)
.....-..Discount
Literature Purchase Scheme for Members : Members
can benefit directly from the PPP in being able to order copies of individual
Titles for their own use often at a 10% - 15% discount through the Society's
Purchasing Accounts or through benefits associated with the Society's Institutional
Memberships, where discounts have ranged from 10% - 60%.
.....-..Photocopying
:
Operating by prior arrangement, Members can benefit from the Society's
free but limited photocopying service. We have an arrangement for 50 free
A4 sides or 50 free A3 sides of photocopying each month (or variations
thereof). If the limit is exceeded, a charge of 5p per side is levied.
Larger sizes to accomodate the reproduction of charts and plans must be
paid for at cost. The free photocopying service is black & white copying
only. Colour copying is available to Members at a highly subsidized rate.
.....-..In-house
Stock Literature / Information Search & Retrieval : Members
may ask for specified information to be sourced from within the Society's
own Library Stock. Retrieved information may be photocopied and forwarded
to the enquirer by post.
.....-..National
/ International Library Loan Service :
In support of particular enquiries for information relating to the Society's
UK or foreign-based Projects, it may be necessary to use the official Inter-Library
Loan System operated by the UK Public Library Service through the British
Library, to source and obtain information. The use of this Service incurs
a fee and will be paid for by the Society.
This Service is available
to Members and Project Workers at cost.
.....-..National
/ International Library and Archive Search Service :
In support of particular enquiries for information relating to the Society's
UK or foreign-based Projects, it may be necessary for us to directly source
and obtain information stored in a Private Library or Archive. Information
search and retrieval Services may incur a fee at source and copying, if
permitted, may attract a fee. All such costs are borne by the Society.
This Service is available to Members and Project Workers.
As a result of a recent review,
all the above Services are now only available to Members and Project Workers.
However, as mentioned above, we will continue to give limited access to
bona-fide
individuals in the UK on an ad hoc basis, by prior arrangement,
but please note that we currently have no service or access-exchange arrangements
with any other Public, Private or Academic Library Service in the UK. We
do have such agreements with certain Institutions in Europe.
ACADEMIC SERVICES :
..-..Special
Language Translations Service : This
Special Service relies entirely upon the Society's own in-house capabilities.
We do not purchase the Service either in part or in whole from external
sources due to the extremely high costs levied by commercial translators.
This Service is limited to the specific languages listed below and only
in connection with the translation of material held by the Society.
The Service will provide
translation of material held in the Library Stock published in Bosnian,
Croatian, Czech, French, Hungarian, Slovak, Slovene, Serbian (and the Serbo-Croatian
Form)
into the English Language. Please note that this Service is
not currently available to non-Members.
..-..Systems
Access Registry : This
internal resource, also known as SAR., is lodged within the
Academic
Services Facility and is the overall Control Procedure governing
access to all the Society's facilities, documentation and activities. Its
existence is mainly encountered, either directly or indirectly, by users
of this Website, where Web-publishing, Webpage Editing, together with Information
Access for browsers, is all strictly controlled by SAR.
MEDIA RESOURCES :
A
range of media resources is available to Members within the Library and
Archives Facilities. The Society maintains a variety of equipment to offer
the ability of continuing access to a range of audio / visual information-storage
formats that are no longer in vogue, such as the traditional audio-tape,
VHS-C, Betamax, etc., in addition to all the modern digital variations.
Additionally, we offer Members the use of digital technology formats offering
information-storage, digital information-recording and digital information-copying
/ transfer.
THE FUTURE OF THE SOCIETY'S LIBRARY RESOURCE :
With the forthcoming change
in status of the Society to that of a Registered Charity, it is proposed
to transfer the Archive Resource into the ownership of the new organization,
provided that the present material-acquisition and access arrangements
can continue indefinitely without any change. If this is not possible,
the ownership of this Asset will be vested with a "Holding Organization",
which will effectively be a "residual" of the current Society's organization. |
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Karst-
and Speleo-related Publication Reviews
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The
Devon Karst Research Society.
Karstological
and Speleological Reference Library Facility, (Bibliographic Services)
KARST- and SPELEO-RELATED
PUBLICATION REVIEWS.
We
now provide Reviews of Karst- and Speleo-related Publications. The Reviews
have two origins. The first are those issued by the publisher to accompany
advertising and promotional literature, normally given by sources external
to the publishing house.
The
second is a Review given from the Society's own perspective. We will only
include publications that are confirmed as being currently available.
It
has not been possible to include Reviews for every publication that the
Society acquires for its Library stock. Our very small number of selected
Titles for Review are randomly selected.
1. "Encyclopedia
of Caves."
.
David
Culver (Editor), American University, Washington DC, USA.
William
White (Editor), Pennsylvania State University, University Park,
USA.
Readership :
Scientists and students whose research and study touches on caves or their
ecosystems, including biologists, geologists, hydrologists, environmental
scientists, mineralogists, etc. Also recreational cavers and the educated
general public with an interest in caves.
ISBN : 0-12-198651-9......Book/Hardback
Dimensions :
216 x 279 mm.
Pages : 680
pp.
Imprint : Academic
Press
Publication Date :16
November 2004
List Price :
was GB £65.00p. now £100.00p.
Publisher's Description
: Encyclopedia of Caves is a self-contained,
beautifully illustrated work dedicated to caves and their unique environments.
It includes more than 100 comprehensive articles from leading scholars
and explorers in 15 different countries. Each entry is detailed and scientifically
sound, yet accessible for students and non-scientists. This large-format
reference is enchanced with hundreds of full-color photographs, maps, and
drawings from the authors' own work, which provide unique images of the
underground environment. The Encyclopedia of Caves
is an essential interdisciplinary resource for scientists, students, and
caving enthusiasts.
Contents : (topics
in alphabetical order) :
Adaptation
to Darkness by E Aden; Adaptation
to Low Food by K Hüppop; Adaptation
to Low Oxygen by F Hervant and F Malard; Adaptive
Shifts by F G Howarth and Hannelore Hoch; Anchialine
Caves by Boris Sket; Anchialine
Cave, Biodiversity in, by T M Iliffe; Bats
by T H Kunz and S W Murray; Beetles
by O T Moldovan; Behavioral Adaptations
by Jakob Parzefall; Breakdown
by E L White; Burnesville Cove, Virginia
by G S Clemmer; Camps by G
S Clemmer; Castleguard Cave, Canada
by D Ford; Cave, Definition of,
by D Culver and W B White; Cave
Dwellers in the Middle East by P Goldberg and Ofer Bar-Yosef;
Chemoautotrophy
by A S Engel; Clastic Sediments in Caves
by G S Springer; Closed Depressions
by Ugo Sauro; Coastal Caves by J
Mylroie; Contamination of Cave Waters by
Heavy Metals, by D J Vesper; Contamination
of Cave Waters by Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (NPALs) by C L Loop;
Cosmogenic
Isotope Dating by D Granger;
Crustacea
by H H Hobbs III.; Databases by K
Wheeland; Dinaric Karst, Diversity in,
by Boris Sket; Diversity in the Tropics
by L Deharveng; Diversity in the United States
by H H Hobbs III.; Diversity Patterns
in Australia by W F Humphreys; Diversity
Patterns in Europe by J Gibert; Early
Humans in the Mammoth Cave Area by P J Watson; Ecotones
by D Culver; Entranceless Caves, Discovery
of, by N W Davis; Entranceless
Caves, Geophysics of, by W B White; Entrances
by W B White; Epikarst by M
Bakalowicz; Epikarstic Communities
by D Culver and A Brancelj; Evolution
of Lineages by E Trajano; Exploration
and Light Sources by W B White; Fish
by H Wilkens; Flooding by J
Meiman and C Groves; Food Sources
by T Poulson; Friars Hole System, West
Virginia, by S R H Worthington and D M Medville; Glacier
Caves by A G Fountain; Guano Communities
by P Gnaspini; Gypsum Caves by A
Klimchouk; Gypsum Flowers and Related Speleothems
by
W B White; Hydrogeology of Karst
Aquifiers by W B White; Hydrothermal
Caves by Y Dublyansky; Huautla
System, Mexico by C W Steele and J Smith; Invasion,
Active vs. Passive, by D L Danielopol and R Rouch;
Jewel
Cave, South Dakota by M E Wiles;
Karren
by J Lundberg; Karst Waters Tracing
by W K Jones; Kazumura Cave, Hawaii
by K Allred; Krubera (Voronja) Cave
by A Klimchouk; Lechuguilla Cave, New
Mexico by P Kambesis; Life History,
Evolution by D Culver; Mammoth
Cave System by R Brucker; Mapping
Subterranean Biodiversity by M Christman; Marine
Regressions by C Boutin; Maya
Caves by A Stone and J Brady; Microbes
by C R Crumly; Minerals by Bogdan
P. Onac; Modeling Karst Aquifers
by C M Wicks; Molluscs by D
Culver; Morphological Adaptations
by K Christiansen; Multilevel Caves
and Landscape Evolution by D M Anthony; Mulu
Caves, Malaysia by J Despain; Myriapods
by D Culver; Myth and Legend, Caves
in, by P J Steward; Natural Selection
by T C Kane and R C Richardson; Neutral
Mutation by Horst Wilkens; Nitrate
Contamination in Karst Ground Water by B G Katz; Nullabor
Caves, Australia by J James, A K Contos, and C
M Barnes; Paleomagnetic Record in Cave
Sediments by I D Sasowsky; Paleontology
of Caves: Pleistocene Mammals by K Kowalski; Passages
by G Veni; Passages, Growth and Development
by A N Palmer; Pits and Shafts
by J W Hess; Population Structure
by V Sbordoni, G Allegrucci, and D Cesaroni; Postojna-Planinska
Cave System, Slovenia by Stanka Sebela; Protecting
Caves and Cave Life by W R Elliot; Recreational
Caving by J M Wilson; Rescues
by J C Hempel; Root Communities in Lava
Tubes by F D Stone, F G Howarth, H Hoch, and M Asche;
Salamanders
by J Durand; Saltpetre Mining
by D A Hubbard, Jr.; Show Caves
by A A Cigna; Siebenhengste Cave System,
Switzerland by P-Y Jeannin and P Häuselmann;
Sinking
Streams and Cave Systems by J A Ray; Soil
Piping and Sinkhole Failures by B F Beck; Solution
Caves in Regions of Moderate Relief by A N Palmer; Solutional
Sculpturing by P J Murphy; Species
Interactions by D Culver; Speleothem
Deposition by W Dreybrodt; Speleothems
by D Davis; Spiders and Related Groups
by J Reddell; Springs by W
B White; Stalactites and Stalagmites
by S Frisia; Sulfuric Acid Caves
by A N Palmer and C A Hill; Ukranian
Caves by A Klimchouk; Vertebrate
Visitors by Nikoa Tvrtkovi; Vicariance
and Dispersalist Biogeography by J R Holsinger; Volcanic
Caves by W B White; Wakulla Spring
Underwater Cave System, Florida by B A Am Ende; Water
Chemistry in Caves by J Herman; Worms
by Elzbieta Dumnicka.
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REVIEWS
:
"This
book is an exciting and significant contribution to the field of caves
and karst. It represents an exceptionally handy reference for experts in
specific aspects of caves and karst but it is also an excellent reference
for those individuals who are less expert because technical jargon has
been minimized. The sound scholarship...is a credit to the field and will
make this a much sought after book for many years."
- Malcolm S. Field,
Editor, Journal of Cave and Karst Studies.
"Culver
and White have brought together a truly international team of world-class
experts--almost as international as caves themselves--to contribute to
the Encyclopedia of Caves.
But this work is more than an encyclopedia, and it covers more than just
caves. It offers in-depth accounts of all important topics concerning caves
and life in caves. Students of biology, geography and geology will value
it for its textbook-style clarity... For cavers and professionals it will
serve as the most comprehensive state of the art reference in the multidisciplinary
field of subterranean sciences."
- Peter Trontelj,
Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia
"This
monumental and attractively presented reference book belongs on the bookshelf
of every person with an interest in caves, endangered species, or the biological
diversity of our planet. The hundred or so chapter authors are a Who’s
Who of the world’s cave experts...This book will be an invaluable reference
for students, teachers, scientists, and anyone interested in learning more
about the remarkable diversity of life and geology that lies hidden beneath
our feet."
- Larry Master, Chief
Zoologist, NatureServe
"The
construction of the items from 'Adaptation to Darkness' to 'Worms' gives
a deep, accurate insight on the cave’s world. Several points of view
are considered, from exploration techniques to history and archaeology,
from geology to hydrogeology, from biology to taxonomy and evolution ...
Encyclopedia
of Caves will be one of the landmarks for
the sciences of cave studies from now and for many years onward..."
- Giuseppe Messana,
CNR - Institute of Ecosystem Study , Firenze, Italy
"The
Encyclopedia
of Caves, edited by Culver and White, with
over 100 articles by world-wide experts on caves, is quite unique with
contributions from multi-disciplines and a great variety of subject matter:
academic, as well as practical...This volume is a must for researchers,
cave enthusiasts, teachers, and developers."
- Philip LaMoreaux,
Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Geology and Water Science, from the Foreword.
"…one
of the most readable and engaging volumes of this kind...
…the editors are to be commended for bringing together such a wealth
of useful and interesting material in a single reference volume and for
its appealing presentation."
- Russell S. Harmon,
North Carolina State University.
- and in the Society's
opinion ........
This
book claims to be an Encyclopedia - providing a comprehensive coverage
of the subject of Caves. This, it certainly does not do and in a single
volume of this size, cannot reasonably hope to do unless the subject matter
is dealt with in a totally different way. Why authors and publishers alike
have to revert to the use of the term "Encyclopedia" in such cases, we
shall never know. However, in this case, it has a better chance of dealing
with its subject "Caves" than does another recently published Title claiming
to be an "Encyclopedia" of Karst and Caves - an impossible task in a single
volume. We suggest that the Encyclopedia of
Caves would have been better titled "A Treatise
on Caves", because if it had used this descriptive title, it could certainly
have claimed to have succeeded remarkably well, as is indicated by the
details of its Contents listed above. The book is well produced
and to a high level of quality that is very surprising for the price. One
may normally expect to pay up to twice the amount for comparative books
dealing in the same subject matter of limited, specialist appeal.
The
Contents
are certainly wide ranging in their coverage of cave-related aspects and
each of the topics are dealt with professionally by renowned authors from
an impressive international team of speleologists and karstologists. There
are a selection of cave systems from the usual "global favourites" which
are used to illustrate particular Chapter topics, with a few other less
known caves also included for the same purpose. Illustrations abound in
this volume, which, together with the general approach or style used in
the text throughout its pages in an attempt to thoroughly explain each
topic in terms that are easily understandable, has ensured that we can
thoroughly recommend it to both specialists and non-specialists as a sound
purchase at an excellent price.
2. "Water
Resources Engineering in Karst."
.
Petar
T Milanović (Author).
Readership :
Scientists and students whose research and study touches on karst hydrogeology
and karst engineering, including geologists, hydrologists, civil engineers
and environmental scientists.
ISBN : 1-56670-671-8......Book/Hardback
Dimensions :
163 x 242 mm.
Pages : 328
pp.
Imprint : CRC
Press (Taylor & Francis Group).
Publication Date :
06 November 2004
List Price :
GB
£79.99p.
Publisher's Description
: Water Resources Engineering in Karst
is a definitive engineering guide for the design and construction of water
infrastructure projects within karst formations and protection systems
for karstified reservoirs, aquifers, streams and springs. It includes investigative
techniques, practical design solutions, case studies with failure analysis,
criteria proposals for karst groundwater protection zoning, and a comprehensive
review of the unique hydrogeological dynamics of karst formations. Most
importantly, it provides engineering approaches for preventing and mitigating
environmental problems common in karst regions.
The author presents a wealth
of data collected during his role as an investigating and designing hydrogeologist
on karst projects. He gives readers a better understanding of the challenges
involved in engineering and construction in karst regions around the world.
- Includes 40 case
studies related to dams and reservoirs in different karst regions around
the world.
- Allows speedy access
to precise data with 200 tables.
- Provides engineering
approaches for preventing and mitigating environmental problems in karst
systems.
- Promotes a better
understanding of the unique hydrogeological dynamics of karst systems.
Karstified geologic formations
(carbonates and evaporites) cover more than 15% of the Earth's land surface;
in fact, 25% of the world's population either lives on top of karst formations
or obtains its water from them. These areas contain unusual landscape features
such as caves, sinkholes, springs, aquifers, and disappearing streams that
are particularly susceptible to anthropogenic disturbance. Engineers, hydrologists,
and geologists therefore need to have a detailed understanding of characteristics
and vulnerabilities of these formations.
Contents :
Introduction;
General
Introduction to Karst : Origin and Meaning of Karst; Types of Karst;
Karstification Process; Role of Tectonics in Process of Karstification;
Depth of Karstification; Karst Porosity; Basic Geomorphological Features;
Karst Springs; Ponor (Swallow Holes); Estavelles; Submarine Springs; Subsidences
and Collapse.
Groundwater
in Karst : Basic Theories on Karst Groundwater Circulation; Karst
Aquifer; Evolution of Karst Aquifers; Fluctuation of Water Table,; Average
Velocity of Water Flow in Karst.
Underground
Water Tapping : General Approach; Examples; Tapping Galleries;
Tapping of Water Intrusion Under Pressure.
Dams
and Reservoirs - Inherent Risk : Introduction; Geological Predisposition
to to Risk; Risk Types; Time as Risk Component; Risk of Ecological Nature;
Induced Seismicity; Risk Reduction Strategy; Acceptance of Risk Reality.
Dams
and Reservoirs - Prevention and Remediation : Data Needed for
Grout Curtain Design; Water Pressure Test - Ludgeon Test; Relation
Between WPT (Lu) and Hydraulic Conductivity (k); Grout Curtain Position;
Grouting Criteria; Grouting Depth; Grouting Pressure; Hydraulic Fracturing
and Hydraulic Jacking; Grouting Procedure; Karstified Rock Flushing for
Grouting; Concentrated Leakage Impermeabilization; Case Studies; Dam and
Reservoir Construction in Gypsum, Anhydrite and Conglomerate.
Underground
Dams and Reservoirs : General Underground Reservoir Classification;
Basic Conditions of Artificial Underground Storage; Possible Concepts of
Watertight Structures; Advantages and Shortcomings of Underground Storages
and Dams; Examples and Projects; Some Unfavourable Consequences of Underground
Storage; Rock Instability and Local Seismic Activity.
Karst
Spring Submergence : Trebišnjica Spring Submergence; Dumanli
Spring Submergence; Neraidha Spring Submergence; Pivsko Oko Spring Submergence;
Rama Spring Submergence; Yarg Spring Submergence.
Tunneling
in Karst - Common Problems : Nature of Problems; Investigation
Needs; Defects and Remediations; Tunnel Boring Machine in Karst; Relocation
of Tunnel Route; Tunneling Beneath Groundwater Level; Role of Hydrogeology
in Tunnel Construction Planning; Plugging of Massive Inflow Under Pressure
into the Tunnel.
Criteria
Proposals for Groundwater Protection Zoning in Karst Regions :
Introduction; Actual Zoning Concept Applied in Nonkarstic Areas; Basic
Hydrogeological Parameters for Zoning Criteria in Karst; Criteria for Zoning;
Restrictions in Protection Zones; Particularities of Zoning Procedures
in Karst; Water Quality Monitoring; Protection Planning.
Groundwater
Tracing Techniques : Introduction; Dye Tracers; Common Salt;
Radioactive Isotopes; Post-activated Isotopes; Smoke and Gaseous Tracers.
Application
of Geophysical Methods in Karst : Introduction; Geoelectric Methods;
Geophysical Logging of Boreholes; Geothermal Effect as a consequence of
Water Circulation; Borehole Radar Method; Electromagnetic VLF Method; Geo-bomb
Method.
References.
Indexes.
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REVIEWS
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- in the Society's
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This
book is a very useful contribution to the general topic of engineering
in karst from one of the few principal and contemporary world experts on
karstology. The book is well produced, though not lavishly so, and does
not abound in photographic illustrations. However, the well known author
does bring his great personal experience into this volume via illustrations
of the various concepts through the use of "case histories", containing
a wealth of Maps, Graphs, Figures, Line Drawings and Tables of data. It
has to be said that some of this material has already been published by
the Author in his lesser-known publication "Geological Engineering in
Karst", published in 2000., however, that does not diminish the excellent
accomplishment of this current volume, which contains much important material
that we have never seen before.
The
book is priced at the upper end of the range that one might expect to have
to pay for a volume of this size. However, it is targeted at a specialist
readership, who no doubt have no problem in the paying the asking price.
We do recommend this book, which could also prove to be unexpectedly rewarding
to the more discerning and adventurous cave diver.
3. "Methods
in Karst Hydrogeology."
.......as
: International Contributions in Hydrogeology, Series No.
26.
.
Nico
Goldscheider & David Drew. (Editors).
Readership :
This is the first book devoted to describing methods of groundwater investigation
appropriate to karstic systems and is intended to be of use to practising
hydrogeologists with no special training in karst-oriented methods.
ISBN : 9780415428736......Book/Hardbound
Dimensions : 174
x 246 mm.
Pages : 276
pp.
Imprint : Taylor
& Francis Group.
Publication Date :
September 2007.
List Price :
GB
£84.00p.
Publisher's Description
: Karstified aquifers are a major
source of drinking water. Most standard textbooks on hydrogeology make
little mention of the peculiarities of karst groundwater systems in terms
of their behaviour and the methods most appropriate to their investigation.
The aim of this book is
to describe methods that are appropriate for use in karst terrains. These
include methods that are basic to all hydrogeological studies, such as
hydraulic investigations, hydrochemistry, geophysics, isotope chemistry
and modelling, with the emphasis placed on their application to karst systems.
Other techniques such as speleological investigation, ie. the direct exploration
of aquifers, are not applicable to non-karstic areas but are of major significance
in karst investigations. Water tracing is a fundamental tool for karst
investigations but is less frequently used in non-karst hydrogeology.
The various chapters of
this book are written by experts in all the different methods. Most of
the chapters are multi-authored and the authors include hydrogeologists
experienced in evaluating a variety of karst environments that together,
provide a balanced view of all the karst methods.
Contents :
Introduction.
The Geological and Geomorphological Framework. Speleological Investigations.
Hydrological Techniques. Hydraulic Methods. Hydrochemical Techniques.
Isotopic Techniques. Tracer Techniques. Geophysical Methods.
Modelling. Combined use of Techniques and Methodologies
References.
Indexes.
Contributors
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David
Drew; Nico Goldscheider; Bartolomé Andreo; Pierre-Yves Jeannin; Chris
Groves; Philipp Häuselmann; Neven Kresic; Daniel Hunkeler; Jacques Mudry;
Robert Criss; Lee Davisson; Heinz Surbeck; William Winston; Ralf Benischke;
Chris Smart;
Timothy
D. Bechtel; Frank P. Bosch; Marcus Gurk; Attila Kovacs; Martin Sauter.
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The
book is certainly useful to those who have little comprehension or experience
of karst. It is well produced and presented but does lack in illustrations
and contains some material which experienced karstologists may find contentious.
In
our opinion, the book is overpriced but nonetheless, should be on the shelves
of every karst hydrologist.
4. "Leo
Weirather.
.......Diaries
of a Biospeleologist at the Beginning of the XX Century"
.......as
: a special number of "Fragmenta Entomologica", Rome
.
Pier
Mauro Giachino & Enrico Lana. (Editors).
Readership :
ISBN : 88-89504-02-1......Book/Hardbound
Dimensions :
Pages : 264
pp.
(In the English & German Languages).
Imprint : Edizione
Belvedere, Italia.
Publication Date :
2006.
List Price :...€25.00.
Publisher's PREFACE :
"Leo Weirather, who was
born in Brixen on 25th October 1887 and died in Innsbruck on 14th June
1965, was probably one of the greatest biospeleologists and explorers of
the first half of last century; he left his work very early, retiring at
only 52 years of age, so to devote himself entirely to biospeleological
research and, in particular, to cave beetle fauna (Besuchet, 1969; Pretner,
1974).
At the beginning of last
century, he worked as a postman in the Austro-Hungarian army at Trebinje
in Herzegovina, from where, immediately after the first world war and following
the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire, he moved to Innsbruck continuing
his commercial activity of insect collector, but above all of biospeleologist
explorer, being a profound expert of cave beetle fauna. Leo Weirather,
in fact, lived in part selling the specimens he collected that were often
prepared by his wife: some specimens of the series collected were sent
to specialists for their identification and eventual description, the others
were sold to the entomologists interested in them. He did not describe
personally any of the several new species he collected, but he was in contact
with the major specialists of the XXth century: Jeannel, Knirsch, Müller,
Noeske, Reitter, Scheibel, Zariquiey, Winkler, ect. Probably it was the
influence expressed by the biospeleologist Lucijan Matulić,
during his sojour at Trebinje, to be the mainspring of Weirather's interest
towards cave fauna, an interest that he cultivated for all his life, even
after his return to Austria (Nonveiller, 1999). His collection was
purchased in 1967, together with his archives, by the Museum d’Histoire
Naturelle of Genève where it is currently preserved.
Weirather was undoubtedly
one of the investigators of subterranean fauna of greatest success; we
owe him, for example, the exploration, solely in Dalmatia, of about 500
caves and the discovery of 5 new genera and 79 species and subspecies of
Coleoptera new to science (Pretner, 1974). His collecting travels
were plenty, carried out it periods when travelling was surely uneasy,
if not dangerous, in the Balcanic Peninsula, Crete, Anatolia and Italy,
while before we knew only of his explorations in Dalmatia, favoured also
by the presence of his wife's relatives in her country of origin (Šibenik),
in 1925 (area of Dubrovnik), 1926 and 1927 (areas of Šibenik and Zrmanja),
1937 and 1939 (area of Šibenik) (Pretner, 1974; Nonveiller, 1999).
Weirather kept notes of his
travels that, as Petar Novak wrote, he wanted to use in future for drawing
up a catalogue entitled "Fauna Endemica" (Pretner, 1974; Nonveiller,
1999). This catalogue was never published, but Weirather's original
notes, written in shorthand German, were translated into German by Egon
Pretner (1896 – 1982) a famous Slovenian biospeleologist. Pretner realized
three copies of the original typewriting: he kept one for himself, while
he gave the other two to Lucien-Charles Genest (1928– 2003) of Grenoble
(France) and Vassil Borissov Guéorguiev (1935 - 1996) of Sofia (Bulgaria)
after their promise not to popularize them until after his death, as they
contained information about Yugoslavian caves, at that time under military
secret (Genest & Guéorguiev, 1990 com. pers.). Before his death
Pretner handed over to Guéorguiev his copy of Weirather's diaries, together
with several new species of Leptodirinae (Coleoptera Cholevidae) still
to be described; Genest's copy was given by him to P.M. Giachino in 1997,
while the two copies held by Guéorguiev reached Giachino in 1996, together
with the archives, after his death.
The very rich set of data,
the indispensability of the news to find the visited caves included in
these writings, the great diffusion of the material collected by Weirather
in the most important specialistic collections and, not in the least, the
wish to keep a promise made to our friends Lucien Genest and Vassil Guéorguiev,
finally convinced us to attend to the translation into English and to the
publication of the diaries."
Contents :
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Preface above)
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