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SESSIONS

MONDAY, June 26th

09:00-09:30

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09:30-09:50

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10:05-10:20

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10:20-10:35

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10:35-11:00

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11:00-11:15

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11:15-11:30

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11:30-11:45

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11:45-12:00

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12:00-12:15

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12:30-15:00

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15:45-16:00

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16:00-16:15

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16:45-17:00

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17:30-17:45

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17:45-18:00

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18:00-18:15

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18:15-19:00

Opening ceremony

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Derek Ford: Cold Climate, Canyons and Karst Along the Canol Road Corridor, Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories of Canada – a Proposal for a UNESCO World (KEYNOTE SPEECH)

 

Ugo Sauro: Highlight of some human adventures in a karst environment: the case of the Monti Lessini (Venetian Prealps, Italy)

 

Rosario Ruggieri: Karst Geosites of Sicily

 

Andrija Boris Bognar: Geomorphology of the Neretva delta

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Coffee break

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Hülya Alçiçek, Ali Bülbül and Mehmet Cihat Alçiçek: Doline formations related to subsurface gypsum dissolution in an alluvial plain setting (Denizli Basin SW Turkey): Geological, geomorphological and environmental implications

 

Andrej Mihevc: Karst subsidence and road collapse - two examples from Slovenia

 

Krklec Kristina, Domínguez-Villar David, Braucher Regis, Perica Dražen, Mrak Irena, ASTERTeamd: Weathering of adjacent carbonate surfaces with different exposure ages – example of Kornat Island rockslide, Croatia

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Paul Griffiths and Carol Ramsey: The Devil's Bath: A Tale of Karst Site Disturbance

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Ergin Gökkaya: Man and Gypsum karst hazard in İnandık village, Çankırı (Central Anatolia, Turkey) 

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Marco Fillipponi: The Challenge of Tunnelling in Krastic Areas Today 

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Lunch break

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Bernard Chirol: The Lost Pothole of the Sinkhole of the River "Rhône"

  

Dino Grozić, Neven Bočić and Lovel Kukuljan: Utilization of LiDAR data for cave entrance detection: an example from NW Gorski kotar, Croatia

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Carolin Ramsey and Paul Griffiths: Wildfires on Karst in Coastal British Columbia: Research Opportunities

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Natalija Špeh and Peter Skoberne: The landuse potentials of contact carst area – example of Zaloka Valley, Slovenia

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Nadja Zupan Hajna:  Project "ŽIVO! Život – voda!" as example of good practice of cross-border cooperation in the exploration and promotion of karst

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Coffee break

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Ivan Brlić: Plitvice Lakes National Park as a Karst area between protection and devastation – historical overview

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Damir Magaš: Relief and Waters of the Lika and Northern Dalmatia Karst Area on Matteo Pagano’s Workshop Map Tvto el Cõtado di Zara e Sebenicho (1530s) 

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Robert Lončarić and Maša Surić: Karst hydrology of the East Adriatic coast recorded in the works of Alberto Fortis (1741-1803) 

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Yuniat Irawati: Local wisdom in managing water resources for the needs of the community living in the  Gunung Kidul karst area

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Posters

TUESDAY, June 27th

09:00-09:20

 

09:20-09:35

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09:35-09:50

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10:35-11:05

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11:05-11:20

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11:20-11:35

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12:35

Bernard Chirol: Women underground - a world history of female contribution in speleology

  

Andrei Fillipov and Ekaterina Bazarova: Ore generated sulfiric karst: a case study of Kan-i-Gut Cave, Kyrgyzstan

 

Mateja Ferk: Palaeoflood reconstruction based on cave sediments, Dinaric Karst, Slovenia 

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Robert Lončarić, Ines Krajcar Bronić, Maša Surić, Sanja Faivre, Nada Horvatinčić, Nina Lončar, Neven Bočić, Tatjana Bakran-Petricioli, Jadranka Barešić, Andreja Sironić and Iva Veverec: Quaternary palaeoenvironmental records in secondary carbonate deposits from Croatian karst

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Ramanathan Baskar and Sushmitha Baskar: An overview of Moonmilk deposits from some caves in India

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Josip Faričić and Kristijan Juran: Human imprints in the karst: the influence of lime production on landscape changes on the North Dalmatian islands

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Coffee break

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Katalin Takácsné Bolner: Speleological characteristics of the Njeguši–Lovćen area, Montenegro

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Riccardo Corazzi and Louis Torelli: Results of CGEB caving explorations on Albania karsts (1993 - 2016)

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Petra Kovač Konrad: Recent exploration of phreatic caves in Croatia as a part of „KARST" - The Dinaric Arc Karst biodiversity conservation programme 

 

Rosana Cervenik, Edo Mržek and Bogdan Opara: New technologies for monitoring in the Škocjan Caves, Slovenia

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Neven Bočić, Neven Ris, Nenad Buzjak and Gyorgy Czuppon: New exploration and research in Cerovačke caves (southeastern Velebit, Croatia) and their geospeleological significance

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Marco Menichetti: The impacts of visitors on the microclimates of Italian tourist caves 

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Lunch break

Afternoon field trip to Cerovac caves in Velebit Nature Park

WEDNESDAY, June 28th

09:00-09:20

 

09:20-09:35

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11:00-11:15

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11:30-11:45

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18:30

Ognjen Bonacci: Catchment (recharge area) in karst  (KEYNOTE SPEECH)

 

Chiara Calligaris, José Maria Calaforra, Franco Cucchi, Paolo Forti and Luca Zini: Effect of a tropical rainstorm on the hydrodynamics of a underground river (Swallow Cave, Palawan, Philippines)

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Guanghui Jiang, Hongfeng Chen, Kwong Fai Andrew Lo: A conceptual model for flood management in bare karst area

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Ivan Čanjevac, Mladen Maradin and Danijel Orešić: Climate change impact on water resources in the Gorski Kotar karst region, Croatia

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Satish K. Dixit, Vinod K. Jena and Natalija Matić: Classical rock in karst and the susceptibility of aquifers to contaminants

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Miguel Moreno, Julia Pacheco, Catalin Stefan and Rudolf Liedl: Evaluation and congruency between European karst vulnerability methodologies from their application on the Yucatán Karst, México 

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Coffee  break

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Ali Bülbül, Hülya Alçiçek and Mehmet Cihat Alçiçek: Hydrochemical characteristics of the karstic cold waters in the northern margin of the Denizli Basin (SW Anatolia, Turkey)

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Hülya Alçiçek, Ali Bülbül and Mehmet Cihat Alçiçek: Hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical properties of the karstic hot waters (Yenice, Gölemezli and Karahayıt) in the northern margin of the Denizli Basin (SW Anatolia, Turkey)

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Alain Piquerez, Pascale Girod and Joseph Thierrin: Groundwater quality issues for a densely populated karst area in the district of “Ajoie” (Switzerland)

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Vinod K. Jena and Natalija Matić: Assessment of drinking water quality in karst area with reference to variation in phyisiochemcial parameters

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Ali Bülbül, Hülya Alçiçek and Mehmet Cihat Alçiçek: Stable isotopic features of the karstic cold waters in the Pamukkale, Karahayıt, Gölemezli and Yenice geothermal fields in the Denizli Basin (SW Anatolia, Turkey)  

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Juan Vázquez-Navarro: Blanket Tufa Deposits in Spain. Interpretation and geomorphological relevance of big magnitude exokarstic processes 

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Lunch break

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David Domínguez-Villar, Neven Cukrov and Kristina Krklec: Anchialine cave-submarine spring system hydrological dynamics traced by temperature – example of Litno, Krka Estuary, Croatia

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Andrej Stroj: Multidisciplinary research of the coastal karst springs in the Velebit channel area 

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Hossein Karimi Vardanjani, Derek Ford, Manouchehr Chitsazan and Babak Biglari: First investigations of Sousan Spring, the largest karst spring in Iran

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Jake Longenecker, Timothy Bechte, Zhao Chen, Nico Goldscheider, Tanja Liesch and Robert Walter: Rapid catchment delineation using Global Precipitation Measurement satellite data and karst spring hydrographs

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Ana Mladenović and Igor Jemcov: Structural and Time series analysis application to stress influence of water leakage from surface reservoir and groundwater on the left bank of Lazići dam (Western Serbia)

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Krešimir Pavlić: Spectral analysis of hydrological and meteorological data from 1951 to 2012 on the karstic Kupa basin 

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Nikolay Maksimovich, Petar Milanovich and Olga Meshcheriakova: Dams on Evaporite Rocks Foundation

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Gala reception

THURSDAY, June 28th

Full day excursion to Krka National Park

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