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Eurospeleo Forum 2019 Is Financially Supported by Caving Club TH EuroSpeleo 13 Forum 2019 Sofia, Bulgaria CONTENTS 90 YEARS OF ORGANIZED SPELEOLOGY The longest lava tube caves of Southeast Asia IN BULGARIA - Tan Phu and Krong No Volcanic in southern (A brief history and main achievements Vietnam .............................................................39 of Bulgarian cavers and speleology) .................5 Speleological research in Thailand, Rebuilding of the organization, founding of the 2006-2019 .........................................................40 register and the rescue team (1959 – 1979) ....8 Baishan 2018/19 - Reconnaissance expedition Towards new deeper underground horizons with to Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, NE China ....42 the SRT ............................................................10 Exploration of the caves in Banski suhodol Bulgaria in the international caving circus in North Pirin, SC Helictit - Sofia and organizations .....................................................16 SCC Akademic – Sofia ....................................43 Some significant scientific and applied Exploration of the caves in the region of the achievement of the Bulgarian speleology .......17 village of Karlukovo by the cavers of the caving club Helictit - Sofia ...............................44 Issued by: 45 YEARS OF CAVE RESCUE IN BULGARIA ...19 Recent speleological explorations in Bulgarian Federation of Speleology First Period (1964 – 1973) ................................21 NW Vratsa Mountain .........................................45 www.speleo-bg.org Second Period (1973 – 1985) ..........................22 Morca 2019 - a short summary of the [email protected] expedition ..........................................................46 Third period (1985 – now) ................................22 Bulgarian Federation of Speleology CaveSurvey project, surveying caves with Vasil Levski Blvd. 75 common hardware ............................................48 CAVE RESCUE .................................................25 1142 Sofia, Bulgaria Karst and Speleology in the South Caucasus History of UIS Cave Rescue Commission .......25 of Armenia ........................................................49 Editorial team on writing, information gathering, and design of the content: Karst and Cave Conservation in Myanmar ......51 Antoniya Vlaykova, Angel Ivanov, Stanimira Deleva, Tsvetan Ostromski, Yavor Shopov CAVE EXPLORATION & EXPEDITIONS ...........27 Bulgarians in Gouffre Berger – 1969 ...............28 Cover photos: CAVE GEOLOGY, GEOMORPHOLOGY Big entrance of Prohodna cave, descending with flags during celebration of 85 years anniversary Discoveries of new salt caves at AND GEOGRAPHY OF KARST ........................52 of organized speleology in Bulgaria, 2014. Photo Tsvetan Ostromski Sedom salt diapir, Dead-Sea, Israel ................29 Wonders and remarks of Bulgarian caves Cave Rescue Exercise in Balabanova dupka Cave during 11th European Cave Rescue Meeting in The expedition to resurvey the longest and karst ...........................................................53 Bulgaria, 2017. Photo: Sigurður Ólafur Sigurðsson salt cave in the world, Malham cave, Caves and karst of the Djerdap aspiring Prohodna cave – “Oknata” geological phenomena. Photo: Yavor Shopov Mt Sedom – Israel ............................................31 Geopark – research and management Speleological explorations in Croatia challenges .........................................................54 Design of the cover: Antoniya Vlaykova (2009-2019) ......................................................32 Print design: Svetla Tihova Morphological analysis of 3D subsurface Speleological explorations of Croatian structures with the use of a handheld laser Northern Velebit karst .......................................34 scanning system. The case study of Koutouki International expeditions 2017 and 2019 Cave, Peania, Greece. ......................................55 to the Serra da Bodoquena, SW Brazil ...........35 “The Caves” - the first periodical on karst and Explorations of the Balkan Caves - Devon caves in Russia .................................................56 EuroSpeleo Forum 2019 is financially supported by Caving club .......................................................36 the KP-06-MNF-12 (15.07.2019) contract between Tides of Adriatic Sea in the caves of Classical the National Science Fund - Bulgaria and the Geo- Speleological research in Laos, Karst: The case of Pozzo dei protei di logical Institute of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. 2015-2019 ..........................................................37 Monfalcone (Italy) .............................................57 CAVE BIOLOGY / BIO SPELEOLOGY .............59 The International Program on “Techniques Study of the nutrient contribution of cave bat for Remote Location of Caves” (RLC) of the colonies to surface ecosystems ......................60 International Union of Speleology (UIS) and Bulgarian project related to it ...........................79 Underground Habitats as a Unit for Conservation of Vulnerable Bat Communities Remote Location of Caves by Thermal in South-Western Kyrgyzstan ...........................61 Cameras ............................................................80 Remote Location of Caves on Mars and the Biospeology in Kyrgyzstan ...............................62 Moon - First Step to the Settlement on other Intelligent Virtual Personal Assistant for Bat Planets ..............................................................81 Scientists ...........................................................63 First Application of Near Infrared Imaging for Biospeleology in Germany Methods to increase Remote Location of Caves ...............................82 public and specialist interest ............................64 Development of Technology for Remote Microbial life in Brazilian caves: reporting the Location of Unknown Underground Cavities structure of bacterial communities ..................65 and Deep-Seated Rockslides by Unmanned Air Humidophila brekkaensoides (Bock) Lowe, Systems (UAS) .................................................83 Kociolek, J.R.Johansen, Van de Vijver, Lange- Symposium “Cave Climate and Paleoclimate – Bertalot & Kopalová: aerophytic diatom from the Best Record of the Global Change IV“ ..........84 caves of Serbia.......................................................... 67 On the Possibility to use 13C Speleothem Samar Cave: seasonal analysis of phototrophic Records for Determination of Total Freezing of microorganisms, ecological and biofilm the Ground during Glaciations .........................84 parameters ........................................................68 The role of Heinrich 5 climatic event on human migration: A high resolution speleothem record CAVE PROTECTION .........................................69 from southern Turkey .......................................85 Clean Up The Dark – а Proposal For а Overview of environmental research in European Network For Cave Cleaning And Croatian karst and its implications for Protection ..........................................................70 paleoenvironmental reconstructions ................86 Mapping and valuing karst underground Age Determination of Speleothems from geodiversity in cave Lokvarka, Croatia ............71 Mishin Kamik Cave, NW Bulgaria ....................87 Introduction of schoolchildren to field work on Solar activity effects on cave temperature karst and caves ................................................72 regimes during five solar cycles 6th EuroSpeleo Protection Symposium (1968 - 2018) ....................................................88 “Underground Biotope and Geotope; Best Main physical processes and phenomena Practice of Protection” ......................................73 causing periodic changes in the cave National Caving House “Petar Tranteev”, Karlukovo Karst and Cave Conservation within the microclimate ......................................................89 Sustainability Goals of the United Nations ......74 2nd EuroSpeleo Show Cave Symposium ........90 Book about caves and karst of Costa Rica ......75 Show caves of the Czech Republic – what visitors do not see ............................................90 SYMPOSIA .......................................................76 Show caves in Bulgaria a s objects for study Symposium on “Techniques for Remote trips and expeditions of students in tourist 90 YEARS OF ORGANIZED SPELEOLOGY IN BULGARIA Location of Unknown Underground specialties .........................................................91 Cavities” ..............................................................77 Symbols, myths, and images of the underworld Tracing of the Groundwater Flowing out of in the arrangement and operation of show BRIEF HISTORY AND MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS Kolkina dupka Cave, Zimevitsa, Bulgaria ........77 caves .................................................................93 (A Dye Tracing Below the Visibility Threshold .....78 PROGRAM 26-29 September 2019 .................95 OF BULGARIAN CAVERS AND SPELEOLOGY) he year 1929 is considered as the birthday Dryanovo (and some others for a short time). Tof the organized caving and speleology in The society had a lot of activities in the years the country, when the First Bulgarian Caving So- before WW2. One of its most active members ciety was found. The idea behind this society was the prominent archeologist Rafail Popov appeared about 50 years earlier, right after the (1876 – 1940), director of the National archeo- Liberation
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