KWI Conduit
Volume VI, Number 2 
Fall 1998
Karst Notes
Multilingual Cavers Dictionary
The UIS Informatics Commission has established a new Caver's Dictionary Working Group.  The working group evolved in response to a desire among some members of the international karst community to expand upon a Multilingual Caver's Dictionary that has been compiled and maintained by Attila Kosa for the past 30 years.  The working group will be chaired by Kosa and will be responsible for updating and expanding the dictionary.  The latest version of the dictionary is maintained by the working group at the following URL:   http://rubens.its.unimelb.edu.au/~pgm/uisic/lexintro.html.  All cavers and speleologists are encouraged to participate in the ongoing expansion of the dictionary.

Updates, additions, and suggestions may be directed toward:
Attila Kosa (kosaatti@mail.matav.hu)
Please make prior arrangements before sending long e-mails.

Session on Karst Sediments Proposed for Fall 1999 GSA Annual Meeting

Ira D. Sasowsky and John E. Mylroie

A draft proposal for a topical session at the Fall 1999 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, has been submitted by Ira Sasowsky and John Mylroie.  The session will be entitled 'Sediments in Karst Systems:  Processes, Mechanisms, Interpretation' and will encompass both chemical sediments (speleothems) and clastic sediments.  The search for fruitful sources of information on past hydrologic, environmental, climatic, and geomorphic conditions has brought researchers with many different backgrounds and perspectives to work in a common environment:  karst.  Cave sediments, both clastic and chemical (speleothems), have become widely recognized as potentially useful recorders of such information.  In addition, clastic sediments in karst aquifers may serve as repositories or transport media for environmental contamination.  The goal of this Session is to bring together those interested in karst sediments who might not otherwise have a chance to interact, and to provide a forum for discussion of new research directions.  Participants are expected from disciplines including:  sedimentary processes, paleoclimatology, hydrogeology, surficial processes, paleomagnetism, chemistry, geochemistry, physics, desert hydrology, geomorphology, paleontology, and biology.  A morning oral session (limited to about 15 papers), and an afternoon poster session will be proposed.  Additionally, a pre-meeting one-day field trip may be organized.

Futher info will be forthcoming as it becomes available.  Please contact either of us with thoughts, questions, or suggestions.

Ira D. Sasowsky, University of Akron  (ids@uakron.edu)
John Mylroie, Mississippi State University  (mylroie@Geosci.msstate.edu)

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