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Video: Florida Geological Survey cave divers inside karst groundwater conduits
Click To Play VideoThis is an excerpt from a great video by the Florida Geological Survey explaining karst groundwater conduits. In the Floridan Aquifer, many are large enough to m...
A video field trip into a karst aquifer
This video was recorded by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality in a six-inch well drilled through Ordovician-age Knox Group limestone using a pan-and-tilt waterproof video camera on a ...
An important new article (For Free!)
The Speleogenesis Network has just made available a link to a significant (and readily understandable) review paper* on the causes and impacts of both natural and human-induced hazards in karst ter...
Karst and a persistent mystery
(Oak Island Money Pit excavation operations, source and date unknown, Public Domain)From the Oak Island Treasure website:“For hundreds of years, treasure hunters have ventured toNov...
A plug for a great book, friend (and F&M Geo Alum!)
A plug for a great book, friend (and F&M Geo Alum!) Ned Tillman (F&M Geology '71) has just released his second book.In addition to considering supporting our work to understa...
You (and the elephants) have already sampled alpine karst waters
Hannibal crossing the Alps by Jacopo Ripanda (1500-1516). Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images.In 218 BC, on his way across the Alps with 46000 men and 37 elephants, Hannibal came upon...
Karst and Classical Mythology
Painting by Carlo Maratta (1625-1713) via Wikigallery.orgIn Sicily there is a spring called Arethusa. It is named for a Greek huntress and devoteeof Artemis, who like the goddess, ...
Do You Live on Karst?
Because springs are characteristic, from ancient times people have preferentially settled on karst.This is beautifully illustrated by the map above (from the PA Geologic Survey) sho...
Current Events: "Endangered cave snail and school save each other"
(Tumbling Creek Cave Snail photo by Tom and Cathy Aley via The Joplin Globe)This piece is from The Joplin Globe, a few days ago. It is only the size of a grain of sand, and it live...