==> SPELEOGENESIS Updates FromWorld Caving News http://www.zenas.gr/WCN => 27 May 2006. Exploration Spotlight. The new addition to the Exploration Spotlight section on the Speleogenesis site is a recent exploration by Czech and Iranian cavers of the worlds longest cave in salt - 3N Cave (6,580 m) near Namakdan, Zagros, Iran. This brief account comes with some beautiful photos, cave and location maps. http://www.speleogenesis.info/spotlights/3n_cave.php Conferences. An important announcementThe first announcement for The International Conference on Karst Hydrogeology and Ecosystems (Karst2007), August 13-19, 2007 at Western Kentucky University, USA is recently placed on the Speleogenesis meetings calendar http://www.speleogenesis.info/meetings/symposiums.php and its more detailed version on the Speleogenesis Forum: http://www.speleogenesis.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=168 .The International Conference on Karst Hydrogeology and Ecosystems (Karst2007) will be held August 13-19, 2007 at Western Kentucky University. Sponsored by Western Kentucky University, the Patel Center for Global Solutions, the Karst Waters Institute, and the Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, and hosted by the WKU Hoffman Environmental Research Institute, this conference is a joint meeting of the four major international karst research groups: 1) the UNESCO International Geoscience Program (IGCP) Project 513: Global Study of Karst Aquifers and Water Resources; 2) The International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) Karst Commission; 3) the International Geographical Union (IGU) Karst Commission, and 4) the Union Internationale de Sp?l?ologie Commission on Karst Hydrogeologyand Speleogenesis. This follows two successful similar meetings held at WKU in 1998, attracting about 100 scientists from 17 countries, and 2003, attracting about 110 scientists from 21 countries. We expect a more diverse turnout due to the increased international participation in these projects over the last few years--IGCP Project ... http://www.zenas.gr/site/home/eng_detail.asp?iData=4400 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SpeleoUnion http://groups.google.ru/group/SpeleoUnion -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
