[Texascavers] Sunday Swim July 26th
We will be having a Sunday Swim this Sunday, 2:00-6:00 or so. Call Pete Strickland for info 512-897-9235 ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Texas cavers get NSS awards
Texas cavers received awards at the Awards Banquet of the NSS last Friday night at the annual NSS convention, this year held in Waynesville, Missouri. Ellie Falgout NSS 60439 and Geoff Hoese NSS 38832 were named Fellows of the Society. Bexar Grotto received a Certificate of Merit for organizing the First Texas Hydro-Geo Workshop in 2014. I am proud to say that I received the Spelean Arts and Letters Award this year. You can read about the various NSS awards at this URL: https://caves.org/committee/award/ Bill Steele Irving, Texas ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Texas cavers get NSS awards
Congrats on the awards! Sent from my iPad On Jul 22, 2015, at 2:45 PM, Bill Steele via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: Texas cavers received awards at the Awards Banquet of the NSS last Friday night at the annual NSS convention, this year held in Waynesville, Missouri. Ellie Falgout NSS 60439 and Geoff Hoese NSS 38832 were named Fellows of the Society. Bexar Grotto received a Certificate of Merit for organizing the First Texas Hydro-Geo Workshop in 2014. I am proud to say that I received the Spelean Arts and Letters Award this year. You can read about the various NSS awards at this URL: https://caves.org/committee/award/ Bill Steele Irving, Texas ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] [Texas Cavers Reunion 2015]
Only 85 days left until the 2015 Texas Cavers Reunion at Paradise Canyon below Medina Lake! The event begins when I open the park around noon on Thursday, October 15. Currently there is good water flow at Paradise Canyon and Red has made many improvements to it and it looks really nice. There should be more portapotties and ice to sell. Along with the usual activities of swimming, relaxing and socializing there will be vendors, CaveSim, rope climbing, mud wrestling, surveying, Speleolympics, door prizes, live music, parading, clowns, flirting, camping, wine tasting, giggling, slide shows, food, hot tubbing, hammocking, tubing, fishing, costumes, late nights, early meetings, memberships, fellowships, napping, cooking, smiling, beverages, clowns, books, stories, nudity, lies, Aggies, sashaying, laughing, stumbling, beer, hugs, handshakes, guffaws, breakfast tacos, kissing, well behaved dogs, stupid grins (ok, that's just me), pointing, registering, planning, discussing, reminiscing, sauna-ing, friends, photographing, Cavers, dishwashing and hopefully showering. Like usual, well behaved pets children are welcome, PLEASE be sure to pick up after them. Fighting dogs or people and thieves will be dealt with harshly, for our amusement, then banished. Traditionally the south end of the campground is the quiet end and the dam nude end is a tad louder. Sadly, the rule still stands about percussion musical instruments at the hot tub end. The Doo-Dah parade has a Circus theme this year, and naturally there will be prizes for the favorite costume! Bring your favorite camp chairs, hammocks, inner tubes, kayaks, bicycles, bedding, tents, refreshments, snacks, cold beverages, climbing gear and survey instruments. Don't forget, bring a good attitude and a smile! See you there! --Ringmaster Don ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Geological Society of America Convention: karst field trip and sessions
Dear Friends, Below are two messages about this year's Geological Society of America (GSA) Convention. The first is about what I expect will be an excellent karst field trip. The second message describes all of the karst sessions offered. The abstract deadline of 11 August 2015 is rapidly approaching so I encourage you to send your abstracts soon. All of the details are below. As always, feel free to share this message with anyone you think may be interested. George --- Dear karst enthusiast, Please consider joining a 3-day field trip, #437: Karst of the Mid-Atlantic Region in Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginiahttp://community.geosociety.org/gsa2015/science-careers/fieldtrips#post to be run immediately following the Annual Geological Society of America meeting in Baltimore this fall. (Thurs.-Sat., 5-7 Nov., returning to the Baltimore Convention Center at 6:00 pm Saturday evening). In this field trip, we will examine karst development in various carbonate rocks as we follow Interstate 70 west from Baltimore across the Piedmont, Frederick Valley, and into the Great Valley proper. We will examine the structural and sedimentological controls on karst feature development in marble, limestone, and dolostone rocks with an eye toward the implications for ancient landscape evolution, as well as for modern subsidence hazards. A number of caves will be visited, including two commercial caverns which reveal strikingly different histories of development. Linkages between karst landscape development, hydrologic dynamics, and water resource sustainability will also be emphasized through visits to locally important springs. Recent work on quantitative dye-tracing, spring monitoring, and groundwater modeling will be discussed in the context of new geologic and karst feature mapping conducted with the benefit of LiDAR data. The trip will take place over three days, with overnight stops in historic Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and Winchester, Virginia. Short, relatively easy wild cave experiences will be offered, and appropriate gear (helmet and light) provided. Transportation, 2 nights lodging, box lunches, one group dinner, and entrance fees for two cavern tours are included in the registration cost. Cost: US$380 A limited number of student discounted spaces are available: US$200. Cosponsors: GSA Karst Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; Karst Waters Institute; National Cave and Karst Research Institute. Leaders: Daniel H. Doctor, USGS; David J. Weary; David K. Brezinski; Randall C. Orndorff; Lawrence E. Spangler. You may sign up for the field trip upon registering for the GSA meeting here: http://community.geosociety.org/gsa2015/registration --- Dear Friends, It is that time of year to announce the call for papers for the Geological Society of America (GSA) Convention. This year it will be held in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, on 1-4 November. A record nine karst sessions are offered this year, showcasing the diversity and importance of karst research. Registration for GSA opens in June. General information on the conference can be found at http://community.geosociety.org/gsa2015/home. The abstract deadline is 11 August. Information on how to submit abstracts and the full list of sessions is available at http://community.geosociety.org/gsa2015/science-careers/sessions Field trip Information is not yet posted but I believe there will be at least one karst trip. Look for it and maybe others in June when registration opens. Last year, GSA created the Karst Division, and the new Division's officers have been busy making its inaugural year special by recruiting many sessions and other activities. I hope you will be able to attend GSA this year and present at one or more of these sessions. Please feel free to share this message with anyone who may be interested. George - I'm happy to announce that NCKRI is co-organizing these two GSA sessions: T118. Extreme Karst: Exploring the Limits of Karstification on Earth and throughout the Solar System Karl Leon Mitchell, George Veni GSA Karst Division; GSA Planetary Geology Division; National Cave and Karst Research Institute; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Karst processes and landscapes result from dissolution under radically different environments, chemistries, and timescales. This session quantitatively and theoretically compares different karst development in extreme or unusual circumstances, on Earth and other worlds. The recent discovery of karst, or karst-like landscapes, on Saturn's moon Titan highlights a need for a greater understanding of karst as a fundamental geological process. Karst results primarily from geological dissolution processes. However, mass transport resulting from solvent flow, suffosion and collapse are also critical to the resultant features, such as caves and landscapes. Although karst systems
Re: [Texascavers] [Texas Cavers Reunion 2015]
You said clowns twicenow I'm scared. Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note® 4, an ATT 4G LTE smartphone Original message From: Don Arburn via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com Date: 07/22/2015 21:42 (GMT-06:00) To: TSA Cavers List texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] [Texas Cavers Reunion 2015] Only 85 days left until the 2015 Texas Cavers Reunion at Paradise Canyon below Medina Lake! The event begins when I open the park around noon on Thursday, October 15. Currently there is good water flow at Paradise Canyon and Red has made many improvements to it and it looks really nice. There should be more portapotties and ice to sell. Along with the usual activities of swimming, relaxing and socializing there will be vendors, CaveSim, rope climbing, mud wrestling, surveying, Speleolympics, door prizes, live music, parading, clowns, flirting, camping, wine tasting, giggling, slide shows, food, hot tubbing, hammocking, tubing, fishing, costumes, late nights, early meetings, memberships, fellowships, napping, cooking, smiling, beverages, clowns, books, stories, nudity, lies, Aggies, sashaying, laughing, stumbling, beer, hugs, handshakes, guffaws, breakfast tacos, kissing, well behaved dogs, stupid grins (ok, that's just me), pointing, registering, planning, discussing, reminiscing, sauna-ing, friends, photographing, Cavers, dishwashing and hopefully showering. Like usual, well behaved pets children are welcome, PLEASE be sure to pick up after them. Fighting dogs or people and thieves will be dealt with harshly, for our amusement, then banished. Traditionally the south end of the campground is the quiet end and the dam nude end is a tad louder. Sadly, the rule still stands about percussion musical instruments at the hot tub end. The Doo-Dah parade has a Circus theme this year, and naturally there will be prizes for the favorite costume! Bring your favorite camp chairs, hammocks, inner tubes, kayaks, bicycles, bedding, tents, refreshments, snacks, cold beverages, climbing gear and survey instruments. Don't forget, bring a good attitude and a smile! See you there! --Ringmaster Don ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
