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Oolite Volume 05 r I. .,\ I"' l , 1 l [f [ Journal of [ '[ L - 1:. , '"\~ 1 [ \ Vol. ,"",0. L L r l f OOLITE . .. J 0~ rnal of ~ lu e Mountains Speleolo ~ ical Club. Post Office Box 37, GLENBh OOK. N,3 JiT . 2773. Published Ttlree Times Each Ye.':'lr. (Except when the Pres. is the Editor!) V:.:>I.5 Numb-er 1 Noveraber, 1973. CONI'EI\; T5. Geological Review - K.4.RST ~ . He r ak & V.T. String field r KILRST J.N. Jennings 1 - 2 Australia Set t o Chisel its ~4ark on [~n cient Industry- Sy dney '-1 0rning Herald 27.12.72 · 3 Ca ves are a Dream COi11€ True: The Sun 27.3.73 3 Tt·.e Last ~;{ord on Li0elled Bats New Scicr.tist 4 C~ves Venue Penrith Press 13.6.73 5 • Articles from Sydney W3 ter Board Journal 5 X.,.Rays to Solve Pyramid Secre ts: 'l'he Sun 10.4.73 6 .. folaps Go Metric: M.C. B. Newsletter V.I No.6, April,1972 6 L Historical Fe .::i ture : Extract from -':Tanderings in N.S. N. George BeLLett F .L.S 7~8-9 L Newdeg ate CavG (Tas) 14.4.73 10 S .C.S. Clubroom 18 .4.73 11 Mole Creek (Tas .) E ;;l S tar, 1973 11-12-13 Ab ercrombie 17&18 F eb .1973 14 :!Jyb urd Lake Cave 25&26 'l{;\.r .1973 15 L iV yarbene 19&20 Ma y.1973 16 i>1ap Dr awing (La pstone ): 26.5.73 16 ",he Cluo Official - BlacktoiNn 'V orker's Journal 17 ....... Super :';l.:- eleo v Criminal Cricket 18 L .. ---- 0 000 ---- I '-- Pap;e 1 O()l'· i.:,E' · 'if :;1- ••5" 1'iO . 1 PUDI ished o:y The .AIDer ican Ge ~.gra lJ hical S o ciety of New Yvrk, January, 1973. r VOL . 6J, . r·jo. 1. KARST : Important K3. r s t !-t eg i ,)r,. s of Hie Northern Hemisp here. Edi ted b y M . He r ak: 'Ul!.l V. T . C5tring fie 1d . xiv and 551 p p; '- -. ' ·--inaps· ,- __ di<? ~~rs ~ , .. ills.. ,' bib 1 iog rs., ir:dexed . Els"N ier Pub lishing CO!li i):-TDy , .. · ~), .(!.$terdam , L,:muvr., 2nd New York,1972 • r .. -.: . ,, _. J~3S. ,)0 9% x ' 6~h inches . '-- . ' .. , '. " , .... .. ... "-. " ' - ~ '" .... ~ ... - By J.N . 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Early researchers rec,)gnize d the important relet tionsrtips b e tJl! e en r suluble and insoluble stra t :::t 'l S •• ell .'is t Le influenc e..)f th.e s o il mantle , Qut they corlceLtr,:l teJ t heir effor'is on t;.,e interp ret,,-: ticm of surf.'ice landforms. Ir"de p enden tly , cxplurers .",hJ s tudie(j the ori g in () f caves ::rere c 'Jr:..c e r n.ed .. vi th the nJ. ture o f suosurf;tce .,.r.:l t e r c ircala t­ i on throu ,~~h frac tures, fiss :lres , :tnd j :J i nts; the y temled to .leI.' y the · exist8I::Ce of the ,vater t anle. The synthesis of surficial i<;.ar ::. t e v o lution s tUG i ,:; S R,·i t t. the suosJrface circula tiJn rel ::l tionships m.:l rkel.< the seem}(:' ~ h a. s e of k..lrst research , oGgir.n in~ in the 19;)0 ' s. Spe 1ev!S er.e tic tiie J ri2s d ev.:; l.)ped alon~ two pa t hs - c ave jeve10~~ent a t r andom de~ th ' oel ~ N the Ra ter taole ( J ee p p hreatic t heory), and deveLJpinen t aoave the ..va tertabl.e (vadose the ::Jry) . 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The c L.<rrent trend in k i:.\rst re3e 'lTch . is Lj ir.ter pr e t ,:) k:.'tr:3t l.::.n,; scape in t er,i1S of a ll these f : ~ ct ors r att.er thaL o f lts reLltive i).Jsitiuti L Nithin 'A p.:J stula ted classl. c :1 1 er0s i .) n :1 1 c ycle . , 'fh is ' c Llrr enttrend is rec o~~ nize d in :J J th b o.)ks . L In/~~fak-Strin<:; fiel d volume tr.ese L'.ct0rs f v rm the ' ,.)rg::u,iZ.Cl t­ i ·,:mal b3.sis f or each v f the c n.:;,~t ers, Ilhich a re c <Jntribute d by v 'lrious f.lJth8rit ies (}n t he lorst of tLirtc en Nurthern R!..:m islJc.ere Lati 0r,s : YugJslavia , Italy , F r a nce , Ger&any, Aus tria , Hungary, Czech 0G lov~k ia, " L Poland , Ru m.'lnia, the Soviet vr:iJH ,: Great '3ritain , J 2wu ica, Cln'':; the united States . Si l ~n ific an t 8.dfil'.asis i s : ~; iVei. in Bach () f the c, h ..:'i.iJ ters to h ,)N rese arch c a n i n creasE t he use :)f karst 3.reas L )r human 0<,;{,efi t, l partic u l arly in the 3reas Jf ~uRe r- aam en~1ne erin ~ , ~ater supply, a n d land use. The Jenni niSs v olu!ilo is org .r:ize.j in ,:.\ cl'."ssic .:.. l 'L<.;x tD c))k style , ,qith C1:. :ti, t e rs ut, 'u~e k~ r3t i f i.c :'4 ti0n }Jr0ce.3scl3 , ty .... e 3 of lc"rren , hyd ruL)gy, surL.lc ;;) lctr.JLH',,·;s , C ..l. ve s OLE-sis , Ci:.l ve Jey·.)sits, ti.e 001iteVol.5 No.1 Page 2 rela tions ue tW'een cl im ~ !. te ,;nd r :::. tes Df kar_i t d.erdd.'.I tiu.n, the .inf lueD.ce of ; e f)l...;J; ic struc ture, .n d S0 ;)ll . In c " f~ tr ~< st, the Her3.k - S trif, ~ fielct ' J V.:>L.hiie is' or ! ~a r.iz .;;. d i.Jy c '"",:,!!_try ..:. n e,L,,:,is '1 '<3S3 ' a texto0Jk of Tl.nciples . ' than a synthesis o f aV v~ ilaule fleld JE.t t 5 i .::t r~ . .:qi,;r :X'.I C:Ii t !:.d. t reS ell ts in c 0HslJe:raDlc re f., e ti ti0n of oa 3 i G . Hle~:.; ttlI:' \ )a ~hQ ut t .he text. '3:) th vol­ ·;'.U18S i;.;r ..) vide excellent reV1e." Cl-'lij(.ers ..)f! the histJric.'li developm8nt of c ·.mce t, ts uf kars t . u;e :J,.il0rr-·h J l .Jgy ·:.: nd hydrv I0iSY. :Uhere[~ ce t ·.) t ite still. i,lip·.lr u:tnt tr.lji ti·.)fl :.> f descriptive g eoal::>rph­ jlogy u :,'t sed v n irlter tJ rctl ve ;::~en.esis 1.S t;.,e 'sei~eral thei!1e vf the Herak­ Strin'jfield uG ..) k. Iri .ny v. .-IH, ion the f':.tilure o ftt..e editors !o':.' authors t 'J recJ,,SI!ize the almost vver<Nhel:nin i ~ trerLd t 0ilard ,ilvre s '-)!Jbistic"tted r quanti t a tive cvf.sid era tio ns v f the ....... hysics and c he .•list-ry j f thek,;;t rst­ f J rlaing ~; r o cesses gre ..ltly <:1 etr ", cts fro,\\: this ,; ther J i s e c o ..,, [) rehensive revie,... Jer:nin;,!;s ' recv,,;nition .) f this trE;[.d ani his use 0f it in the org3.nization of the cha i) ter3 ;fla kes his v '.Jlume lJerl.aeS ·_;ne j f the nest t~uides in Engl ish to c , )fl te.iIp-:i rary tluu ..' ;ht JIl kClrst.
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