Cave & Karst Science (ISSN 1356-191X)

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Cave and Karst Science (iv + 48pp) (PDF 7.2MB)        Individual articles may be available below

GUNN, John and David LOWE (eds.). (2018). Cave and Karst Science 45(2). Buxton: British Cave Research Association. ISSN 1356-191X. iv + 48pp, A4, with photos, maps and diagrams.
This issue has a cover date of 2018 (August) and was published in August 2018.

The Transactions of the British Cave Research Association

Front cover photo (page i) (PDF 405KB)     

by Paul DEAKIN.
Part of the main streamway in Lancaster Hole, an active trunk passage beneath Casterton Fell, within the longest known segment of the potential Trans-Craven Cave System. (Photo: Paul Deakin).

 

Notes for Contributors (page ii) (PDF 266KB)     

 

Contents (p49) (PDF 398KB)     

 

Editorial (p50) (PDF 176KB)     

by David LOWE and John GUNN.

 

Milestones and diversions on the route of CRG, BCRA and UIS cave hydrology – but where next (pp51-61) (PDF 1.7MB)     

by John WILCOCK.
A subjective summary of the history, activities, publications and some of the characters of the former CRG and BCRA Hydrology Groups (1964–1999) is presented, in the hope that current BCRA members might be encouraged to form a Special Interest Group to undertake targeted cave-related-hydrological activities within the BCRA.
Classification: Feature.
Date: Received: 11 February 2018; Accepted: 13 June 2018.
Keywords: SIGs, Hydrology Group, Bob Picknett, Dick Glover, Bill Gascoine, Trevor Ford, Whernside Manor, Noel Christopher, Gaping Gill, Dentdale, Littondale, Malham, Peak District,Carno Adit, Daren Cilau, Ogof Craig-a-Ffynnon, Ogof Draenen, Eastern Valley Phreas, Dan-yr-Ogof.

Bibliograph: WILCOCK, John. (2018). Milestones and diversions on the route of CRG, BCRA and UIS cave hydrology – but where next. Cave and Karst Science 45(2), pp51-61.

 

Milestones and diversions on the route of CRG, BCRA and UIS cave hydrology – but where next? : Appendix 1 – Bibliography (page S1) (PDF 432KB)     

by John WILCOCK.
Online supplement to above paper.

 

A Pleistocene horse from Upper Canada Cave, West Mendip, UK, and the Lost Cave of Hutton (pp62-66) (PDF 749KB)     

by Donald A MCFARLANE, Joyce LUNDBERG and Alan GRAY.
Excavations at Upper Canada Cave, West Mendip, UK, have yielded bones of a Pleistocene horse, a radiocarbon date on the collagen returning 21,170 ±70 rcyBP (25,498 ±219 cal BP) which overlaps the Last Glacial Maximum in Britain. This date, some 8 kyr younger than previous finds, adds to the data on horses in Britain after the Last Interglacial. The confused history of the lost bone caves of Hutton Hill is reviewed on the basis of these Pleistocene remains, the morphology of the cave, and evidence of 18th century mining. Also, the timing and nature of the Hutton Hill cave faunal deposits are re-interpreted.
Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 05 February 2018; Accepted: 14 June 2018.
Keywords: Palaeontology, Interglacial fauna, Periglacial, Radiometric dates.

Bibliograph: MCFARLANE, Donald A; Joyce LUNDBERG and Alan GRAY. (2018). A Pleistocene horse from Upper Canada Cave, West Mendip, UK, and the Lost Cave of Hutton. Cave and Karst Science 45(2), pp62-66.

 

A Trans-Craven Cave System appraised (pp67-76) (PDF 2.2MB)     

by Tony WALTHAM and Harry LONG.
There have long been notions, proposals, concepts and dreams relating to a single integrated cave system extending beneath the Yorkshire Dales to form an underground route from Barbondale in the west to Wharfedale in the east. Since exploration of the links that established the Three Counties Cave System, a significant segment of a Trans-Craven Cave System is now a reality, and it is appropriate to re-assess the scope for further extensions towards the east. Prospects for finding linking cave passages to Ingleborough are good, and are just about conceivable as far as Fountains Fell. However, links become progressively more tenuous farther east, even though significant lengths of cave passage undoubtedly await discovery within the Wharfedale catchment.
Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 15 March 2018; Accepted: 10 April 2018.

Bibliograph: WALTHAM, Tony and Harry LONG. (2018). A Trans-Craven Cave System appraised. Cave and Karst Science 45(2), pp67-76.

 

Interim zoological results from the British Speleological Expedition to Papua New Guinea, 1975 (pp77-83) (PDF 1.3MB)     

by Petar BERON.
The British Speleological Expedition to Papua New Guinea, 1975, discovered a surprisingly rich specialized cave fauna in mountains at c.2,000 metres above mean sea-level close to the equator, including at least 70 new species. This brief paper hints at the thrill of biological exploration, describes the challenges of arranging for exotic faunal collections to be studied effectively in a timely manner, and summarizes current understanding of the significance of the new discoveries.
Classification: Report.
Date: Received: 11 April 2018; Accepted: 04 July 2018.

Bibliograph: BERON, Petar. (2018). Interim zoological results from the British Speleological Expedition to Papua New Guinea, 1975. Cave and Karst Science 45(2), pp77-83.

 

The morpho-chronology of the Blambangan Peninsula karst, Java-Indonesia (pp83-92) (PDF 1.9MB)     

by Eko HARYONO, Sunarto SUNARTO, I Made SUSMAYADI, Hilary REINHART, Taufik H PURWANTO, Suratman SURATMAN and Sutikno SUTIKNO.
This paper seeks to explain the morpho-chronology of the karst area in the Blambangan Peninsula in Java. Particular attention is given to the relationship between phases of uplift and its karst landform development. Morphological data were acquired from a SRTM image and panchromatic aerial photographs, supported by field surveys. The results show that three different morphologies are found in the peninsula, which resulted from events within the uplift history of the area. The three morphologies are a) conical karst hills with a corrosion plain (T1); b) upper terrace (T2) and c) lower terrace (T3). During the development of T1, the peninsula might have been a small carbonate island. The three different morphologies suggest that the peninsula must have experienced three morpho-chronological stages. The first phase was a result of uplift during the Late Pliocene or early Pleistocene, followed by a long, tectonically stable, period that occurred approximately 200–122kaBP (MIS 9–5e) when T2 was undergoing development. Alongside the T2 formation, T1 underwent severe karstification, resulting in conical karst morphology and a corrosion plain. The second developmental stage took place when T2 was uplifted (~122 ka BP), followed by the formation of T3. The carbonate island was at that time connected to the mainland of Java. Formation of the Blambangan Peninsula in its present form is likely to have occurred when T3 was uplifted (18–5 ka BP) along with the drop of sea level following the late glacial extreme and deposition of fluvio-volcanic material.
Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 07 January 2018; Accepted: 29 March 2018.
Keywords: Java southern zone, Alas Purwo, karst development, carbonate island, karst Java.

Bibliograph: HARYONO, Eko; Sunarto SUNARTO, I Made SUSMAYADI, Hilary REINHART, Taufik H PURWANTO, Suratman SURATMAN and Sutikno SUTIKNO. (2018). The morpho-chronology of the Blambangan Peninsula karst, Java-Indonesia. Cave and Karst Science 45(2), pp83-92.

 

Book Reviews (pp93-96) (PDF 856KB)     

(1) Mark J White, 2017. William Boyd Dawkins and the Victorian Science of Cave Hunting: Three Men in a Cavern.
(2) Trevor R Shaw, 2018. Škocjanske jame 1920–1940.
Classification: Forum.

 

Short Communication: Some thoughts about Adam Sedgwick (1785–1873) (p93)  For download see previous item

by Steven A CRAVEN.
Classification: Forum.

 

Research Fund and Grants (page iii) (PDF 239KB)     

 

Back cover photos (page iv) (PDF 352KB)     

by Tony WALTHAM.
All of the cover photographs relate to aspects of the still-controversial possibility of a Trans-Craven Cave System, a concept that developed from the thoughts of the two Dave Brooks in 1968 and 1971 and is re-examined, with the benefit of 50 years of additional knowledge, by Tony Waltham and Harry Long in this Issue. (See contents page for photo captions).