Cave & Karst Science (ISSN 1356-191X)

• The most recent issue to be published was 51(2)
• For further information, please see Publishing/Despatch Schedule
• Database last updated on Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:25:12 +0100

Contents of Cave & Karst Science 40(3)

This page may take a few seconds to load. Please wait ...

Cave and Karst Science (iv + 48pp) (PDF 5.6MB)        Individual articles may be available below

GUNN, John and David LOWE (eds.). (2014). Cave and Karst Science 40(3). Buxton: British Cave Research Association. ISSN 1356-191X. iv + 48pp, A4, with photos, maps and diagrams.
This issue has a cover date of 2013 (December) and was published in February 2014.

The Transactions of the British Cave Research Association

Layman's Summaries

Some of the articles in this issue are explained in a layman's summary. Look for the 'Summary' icons below, or download the article from here: HTML 10KB  

Front cover photo (page i) (PDF 317KB)     

by Jerry WOOLDRIDGE.
Scalloping in Far from Home Series, Clearwater Cave, Mulu National Park, Sarawak. Features in the photograph tie into the paper by Trevor Faulkner in this Issue. (Photo by Jerry Wooldridge).

 

Notes for Contributors (page ii) (PDF 248KB)     

 

Contents (p101) (PDF 298KB)     

 

Editorial Advisory Board (p102) (PDF 154KB)     

 

Editorial (pp103-104) (PDF 190KB)     

by David LOWE and John GUNN.

 

A note on a coastal natural bridge in Antigua, West Indies (pp105-108) (PDF 1022KB)   Open Access  

by Stephen K DONOVAN, David A T HARPER, Trevor A JACKSON and Roger W PORTELL.
The scientific literature contains only rare reports of natural bridges from the Antillean islands. Devil's Bridge in Antigua is a tourist attraction developed in the Upper Oligocene limestones of the Antigua Formation. A main bed spans the bridge, with underlying beds more or less lost due to coastal erosion and collapse; some overlying beds are present. More and more-detailed geomorphological investigations of these limestones are required.
Summary: For layman's summary see HTML 10KB  
Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 21 October 2013; Accepted 19 November 2013.
Keywords: geomorphology; limestone; karst; tourism.

Bibliograph: DONOVAN, Stephen K; David A T HARPER, Trevor A JACKSON and Roger W PORTELL. (2014). A note on a coastal natural bridge in Antigua, West Indies. Cave and Karst Science 40(3), pp105-108.

 

Boreham Cave, Littondale, North Yorkshire, UK: some geomorphological observations (pp109-113) (PDF 970KB)     

by Phillip J MURPHY, David HODGSON, David A RICHARDS and Chris D STANDISH.
Observations made by the original explorers of Boreham Cave, a partly-submerged cave system on the northeastern flank of Littondale in the Yorkshire Dales, UK, have been augmented by recent studies of aspects such as overall cave morphology, geological and topographical setting, scallop geometry, sediment lithology, form and provenance, and speleothem ages. Consideration of the expanded dataset has enabled development of an interim cave development model for Boreham Cave itself, and supports speculation regarding its relationship to documented events during the Quaternary and with other cave systems in the wider area.
Summary: For layman's summary see HTML 10KB  
Classification: Report.
Date: Received: 09 April 2013; Accepted: 09 September 2013.

Bibliograph: MURPHY, Phillip J; David HODGSON, David A RICHARDS and Chris D STANDISH. (2014). Boreham Cave, Littondale, North Yorkshire, UK: some geomorphological observations. Cave and Karst Science 40(3), pp109-113.

 

Speleogenesis and scallop formation and demise under hydraulic control and other recharge regimes (pp114-132) (PDF 2.0MB)     

by Trevor FAULKNER.
It is commonly stated in the literature that, as a phreatic conduit enlarges in limestone under hydraulic (constant head) control, the chemical 'breakthrough' point occurs at an exit size of the order of one centimetre at the transition from slow high-order to fast first-order dissolution kinetics. This is commonly assumed to coincide with the change from a wholly laminar flow to the onset of transitional turbulent flow at the Reynolds Number of 2200 that applies in artificial pipes. These relationships are approximately true for a range of conduit geometries in sub-horizontally bedded strata, including in aquifers with mid-range hydraulic gradients. However, the conduit size for the onset of turbulence varies with the hydraulic gradient, whereas that for the onset of first-order kinetics varies with the hydraulic ratio... (For full abstract, see paper).
Summary: For layman's summary see HTML 10KB  
Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 03 November 2013; Accepted 23 December 2013.
Keywords: Breakthrough, dissolution, hydrogeological, kinetics, laminar, phreatic, recharge, relict, Reynolds Number, scallop, speleogenesis, turbulent, vadose.

Bibliograph: FAULKNER, Trevor. (2014). Speleogenesis and scallop formation and demise under hydraulic control and other recharge regimes. Cave and Karst Science 40(3), pp114-132.

 

The epidemiology of acute benign pulmonary histoplasmosis (= cave disease) (pp133-140) (PDF 621KB)     

by Stephen A CRAVEN.
This paper gives an overview of the diseases caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, and of the epidemiology of the acute benign pulmonary variety of the disease.
Summary: For layman's summary see HTML 10KB  
Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 08 October 2013; Accepted: 23 November 2013.
Keywords: Histoplasma capsulatum; Histoplasma duboisii, histoplasmosis; cave disease.

Bibliograph: CRAVEN, Stephen A. (2014). The epidemiology of acute benign pulmonary histoplasmosis (= cave disease). Cave and Karst Science 40(3), pp133-140.

 

Cyanobacteriae and algae of lava tubes in Kamchatka, Russia (pp141-144) (PDF 940KB)     

by Shamil ABDULLIN.
Samples collected from lava tubes located within the tundra region of Kamchatka (eastern Russia) were analyzed to provide details of cyanobacteriae and algae biodiversity. A total of 16 species were recorded (3 cyanobacteriae and 13 algae) from the Goncharov and Pogibshaya lava tubes. The diversity recorded from these tundra-region lava tubes is lower than that reported from other lava tubes located in tropical regions.
Summary: For layman's summary see HTML 10KB  
Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 17 May 2013; Accepted: 17 September 2013.

Bibliograph: ABDULLIN, Shamil. (2014). Cyanobacteriae and algae of lava tubes in Kamchatka, Russia. Cave and Karst Science 40(3), pp141-144.

 

Corrigenda, Correspondence (p145) (PDF 381KB)     

Classification: Forum.

 

Book Reviews (pp146-148) (PDF 352KB)     

by David LOWE.
(1) Slovene Caves and Karst pictured 1545 - 1914 by Trevor Shaw and Alenka Čuk.
(2) John Oliver's Postojnska jama of 1856 (With an Introduction by Trevor Shaw).
(3) Caves of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Exploration, Science and History, by Jean G Shaw.
Classification: Forum.

 

World Karst Science (p148) (PDF 307KB)     

Karstologia 58.
Classification: Forum.

 

Research Fund and Grants (page iii) (PDF 43KB)     

 

Back cover photos (page iv) (PDF 399KB)     

Images of some of the myriad rock bridges or arches that feature among many different types of landscape around the world, especially within hard-rock coastlines. See contents page for list of photos and credits.