Dear Friends, I am sharing two announcements below.
The first is the publication of the latest issue of the Bulletin of the International Union of Speleology (UIS). The second is a call for karst-related abstracts for the next meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Please contact the people listed below for more information and feel free to share this message with anyone who may be interested. George ----------------------- [cid:image002.jpg@01D1DC8C.B288B190] ________________________________ We have the pleasure of sending you the Volume 58-1 of the UIS Bulletin. The PDF Interactive format can be downloaded by clicking on the link: http://www.uis-speleo.org/downloads/uis-bulletins/uisb581.pdf This issue brings the following main topics: - Editorial: Expanding our ties with local cavers - Report of Informatics Commission - Publications Exchange Working Group of the Informatics Commission - UIS, Wikicaves and Grottocenter - World Caves Data - Letter of invitation - Report of Pseudokarst Commission - 13th International Symposium on Pseudokarst 2015 - International caving rescue training in Russia - The 10th Balkan Caver's Camp - UIS France Habe Prize 2016 - In memoriam - Charlie Self - Books - Calendar of Events 2016-2017 - Important update regarding the 17th ICS, Australia 2017 - UIS Bureau 2013/2017 - Active Nation Members List - Annual Contributions and Bank Account - Guide for submitting and publishing articles in the UIS Bulletin We will appreciate very much your comments and suggestions in order to improve upcoming issues. Please send it to the whole speleological community in your country and to your entire contact list. Previous issues are also available by clicking on the link: http://www.uis-speleo.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81&Itemid=408 Visit the UIS Website www.uis-speleo.org<http://www.uis-speleo.org> Best regards Nivaldo COLZATO Adjunct Secretary (Brazil) UIS-Union Internationale de Spéléologie niva...@karinaetiquetas.com.br<mailto:niva...@karinaetiquetas.com.br> ----------------------- Below is the description of a karst session we will have at AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, USA - December 12-16, 2016. Session ID: 13227 Session Title: H018. Characterization, Modeling, and Remediation of Fissured, Carbonate, and Karst Groundwater Systems Session Description: Fractures, conduits and surface solution features in carbonate karst systems lead to strong surface/subsurface interactions that result in significant water, mass, energy, and contaminant transport within the critical zone. These systems are dynamic and highly heterogeneous, with complex hydrologic, geochemical, and biological processes occurring over a wide-range of spatio-temporal scales. As a result, these systems show non-linear responses and are extremely difficult to characterize, model, remediate, and manage. Particular challenges arise from lack of knowledge and technologies needed to integrate heterogeneous processes and pathways across the surface, vadose, and saturated zones, to address the hydrologic and biogeochemical responses of these systems to short- and long-term climate change, and to improve and develop the most appropriate remediation approaches. This session requests abstracts on research related to multi-scale variability, characterization, monitoring, modeling, and remediation of fissured, carbonate, and karst water systems. Abstracts are submitted via the abstracts submission site (http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2016/abstract-submissions/) and the for all submissions is Wednesday, 3 August 23:59 US Eastern Daylight Time. ******************** George Veni, PhD Executive Director National Cave and Karst Research Institute 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA Office: 575-887-5517 Mobile: 210-863-5919 Fax: 575-887-5523 gv...@nckri.org<mailto:gv...@nckri.org> www.nckri.org<http://www.nckri.org/>
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