This collection includes articles associated with the Karst Information Portal
Submissions from 2025
Book Review, Augusto S. Auler
Cave minerals of the 21st century: A 2025 review and update, Bogdan P. Onac
Counter-intuitive links between cave genesis and subaerial stream dynamics in the Têt valley–Lachambre network, eastern Pyrenees, France, Stéphane Jaillet, Gabriel Hez, Marc Calvet, Magali Delmas, Edwige Pons-Branchu, and Yanni Gunnell
Cyanobacteria and algae from Chýnov and Koněprusy caves (Czech Republic), Michaela Wipplingerová, Jan Pokorný, and Jan Kaštovský
Designing a Cave Air Monitoring System: Guide and feedback from 15 years of monitoring the Cussac Cave (France), Nicolas Peyraube, Jessica D. Villanueva, Fabien Naessens, Roland Lastennet, Sylvain Mateo, and Alain Denis
The affordable DIY Mandeye LiDAR system for surveying caves, and how to convert 3D clouds into traditional cave ground plans and extended profiles, Loris Redovniković, Antun Jakopec, Janusz Będkowski, and Jurica Jagetić
Submissions from 2024
Àngel Gines - In memoriam, Joan J. Fornós
A speleogenetic history of Novoafonskaya Cave in the Western Caucasus, Olga Chervyatsova, Sergey Potapov, Jonathan Baker, Dmitry Gavryushkin, Victor Polyak, Matt Heizler, Sergey Tokarev, Sergey Sadykov, Roman Dbar, and Yuri Dublyansky
Charlotte: A modern tool for cave surveying, Luca Tringali Mr., Giacomo Canciani Dr., Alexander Debenjak, and Tecla Tripari
Chiropterophagy by the Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica): the first record in the Russian Far East, Valeriya E. Omelko and Mikhail P. Tiunov
Constraining the evolutionary stages of a hypogene karst system by combining morphological, geochemical and geochronological data - the example of carbonate breccia-hosted Melnička Peštera, Marjan Temovski, Zsófia Ruszkiczay-Rüdiger, Kata Molnár, László Rinyu, Alexander Wieser, Oscar Marchhart, and László Palcsu
CO2 hypogene speleogenesis in an endogenic travertine system, Mesa del Oro, New Mexico, USA, Victor J. Polyak, Jeffrey R. Forbes, Michael N. Spilde, Paula P. Provencio, John R. Cochran, and Yemane Asmerom
Degradation of cyanobacteria and microalgae using ultraviolet radiation at 222 nm and its application in the bleaching of lampenflora on cave rock surfaces, Keisuke Naito, Shuji Watanabe, Masuo Komukai, Takehiro Kazama, Masayuki Itoh, and Masahiro Kawasaki
Dispersion of artificial tracers in ventilated caves, Claudio Pastore, Eric Weber, Frédéric Doumenc, Pierre-Yves Jeannin, and Marc Lütscher
Hypogene speleogenesis in carbonates by cooling hydrothermal flow: The case of Mt. Berenike caves, Israel, Roi Roded, Boaz Langford, Einat Aharonov, Piotr Szymczak, Micka Ullman, Shemesh Yaaran, Boaz Lazar, and Amos Frumkin
Hypogenic caves of Syracuse area, Sicily (Italy): geomorphological evidence of CO2 degassing, fresh-salt water mixing, and late condensation corrosion, Philippe Audra, Jean-Yves Bigot, Didier Cailhol, Pierre Camps, Ilenia M. D'Angeli, Hai Cheng, R. Lawrence Edwards, Fernando Gàzquez-Sanchez, Gabriella Koltai, Giuliana Madonia, Jean-Claude Nobécourt, Marjan Temovski, Marco Vattano, and Jo De Waele
Klimchouk’s Impact on the Development of Speleogenetic Models for Castile Evaporites: West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico, USA, Kevin W. Stafford
Manifestations of sulfuric acid speleogenesis in the Mulapampa travertine, Central Andes of Peru: evidence from the Gruta con Lago, Andrzej Tyc, Krzysztof Gaidzik, Justyna Ciesielczuk, and Katarzyna Wątor
Mid- to Late-Miocene hypogene speleogenesis tied to the tectonic history of the central Basin and Range province, USA, Louise D. Hose, Victor Polyak, Harvey R. DuChene, J. Douglas Powell, Leslie A. Melim, Gretchen M. Baker, Donald G. Davis, and Yemane Asmerom
Monitoring air fluxes in caves using digital flow metres, Claudio Pastore, Amir Sedaghatkish, Eric Weber, Nicolas Schmid, Pierre-Yves Jeannin, and Marc Luetscher
New ichnofossil discovery in Mallorcan caves: Linking ancient and moden bat-ectoparasites coporolites., Antonio Merino Juncadella, Joan J. Fornós, Antoni Mulet, and Joaquin Gines
Populations of the stygobiotic amphipod Palearcticarellus pusillus (Martynov, 1930) maintain genetic connectivity between the mountain springs and the deep bottom habitats of Lake Teletskoye (Altai Mountains, Russia), Ivan Marin, Liubov Yanygina, Svetlana Ostroukhova, and Dmitry Palatov
Rates of diagenesis of tropical insectivorous bat guano accumulations: implications for potential paleoenvironmental reconstruction, Donald A. McFarlane and Joyce Lundberg
Revealing the ongoing speleogenetic processes in an underwater cave through the application of natural radionuclides and stable isotopes: case study from the hypogene Buda Thermal Karst, Anita Erőss, Katalin Hegedűs-Csondo, Petra Kovács-Bodor, Dénes Szieberth, Ákos Horváth, György Czuppon, Andrea Mindszenty Dr, Szabolcs Leél-Őssy, and Judit Mádl-Szőnyi
Role of hypogenesis in the evolution of karst in the Taurus Mountains Range, Turkey, Serdar C. Bayari, Naciye Nur Özyurt, Lütfi Nazik, Koray A. Törk, Noyan İ. Güner, Emrah Pekkan, and Pınar Avcı
Subaqueous carbonate speleothems as paleotemperature archives – clumped isotope thermometry and stable isotope compositions of inclusion-hosted water, Attila Demeny, Ágnes Berentés, László Rinyu, Ivett Kovács, Gergely Surányi, and Magdolna Virág
Time-transgressive microbial diversity in a tropical bat guano accumulation, Deer Cave, Mulu, Borneo, Joyce Lundberg and Donald A. McFarlane
Submissions from 2023
4D flow pattern of the longest cave in the Eastern Alps (Schönberg-Höhlensystem, Totes Gebirge), Lukas Plan, Eva Kaminsky, Pauline Oberender, Clemens Tenreiter, and Maximilian Wimmer
An attempt to identify source areas of clastic deposits from selected caves of the Prokletije Mountains (Montenegro): a mineralogical and U-series geochemistry approach, Ditta Kicińska, Jacek Pawlak, and Jacek Stienss
Book Review: Australian caves and karst systems, John Webb, Susan White, Garry K. Smith, Jo De Waele
Book Review: De Waele, J., Gutiérrez, F., 2022. Karst hydrogeology, geomorphology and caves, Augusto S. Auler
Book Review: Habitantes de la obscuridad (Fauna Ibero-Balear de las Cuevas) – Inhabitants of the darkness (Ibero-Baleric fauna of caves), Oana Teodora Moldovan
Cave-dwelling crocodiles of Central Belize, Jut Wynne, Marisa Tellez, Kayla Hartwell, Stevan Reneau, Gilroy Welch, Kyle Voyles, Michael Cal, Reynold Cal, Denoy Castillo, and Jane Champion
Climate monitoring in the Caumont cave and quarry system (northern France) reveal near oxygen isotopic equilibrium conditions for carbonate deposition, Ingrid Bejarano-Arias, Carole Nehme, Sebastian Breitenbach, Hanno Meyer, Sevasti Modestou, and Damase Mouralis
Climate of a cave laboratory representative for rock art caves in the Vézère area (south-west France), Delphine Lacanette, Léna Bassel, Fabien Salmon, Jean-Christophe Portais, Bruno Bousquet, Rémy Chapoulie, Faten Ammari, Philippe Malaurent, and Catherine Ferrier
Cryogenic ridges: a new speleothem type, Bogdan P. Onac, Daniel M. Cleary, Oana A. Dumitru, Victor J. Polyak, Ioan Povara, Jonathan G. Wynn, and Yemane Asmerom
Mg records of two stalagmites from B7-Cave (northwest Germany) indicating long-term precipitation changes during Early to Mid-Holocene, Dana F. C. Riechelmann, Klaus Peter Jochum, Detlev K. Richter, and Denis Scholz
Paleokarst coastal caves at Torricelle Hills (Lessini Mountains, Venetian Prealps, Italy), Guido Gonzato, Enrico Borghi, Roberto Chignola, Nereo Preto, and Guido Rossi
Predictive modeling of cave entrance locations: relationships between surface and subsurface morphology, William Blitch, Adia R. Sovie, and Benjamin W. Tobin
Preliminary data of potentially hazardous radon concentrations in Modrič Cave (Croatia), Robert Lončarić, Vanja Radolić, Maša Surić, Igor Miklavčić, Matea Šatalić, Dalibor Paar, and Lukrecija Obšivač
Reverse pseudo-gours: a new sub-type of folia observed in the Nerja Cave (SE Spain), Cristina Liñán Baena, Concepción Jiménez de Cisneros, Yolanda Del Rosal, and Paolo Forti
Seasonal dynamics of karst surface dissolution based on a limestone tables experiment (Slovak karst), Alena Gessert and Zdenko Hochmuth
The Mineral Waters of Indiana, W. S. Blatchley
The physical activity of Spanish speleologists: accomplishment of recommendations and differences by sociodemographic variables, Miquel Pans, Laura Antón-González, and Maite Pellicer-Chenoll
Why the delay in recognizing terrestrial obligate cave species in the tropics?, Francis G. Howarth
World Karst Aquifer Map (WoKAM), International Groundwater Resrources Assessment Centre
Submissions from 2022
2004: Eleventh International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology Pico Island, Azores, May 12-18, 2004, International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology
2006: Twelfth International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico, July 2-7, 2006, International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology
2007: Cave-dwelling invertebrates of Grand Canyon National Park, J. Judson Wynne, Charles A. Drost, and Neil S. Cobb
2010: Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology Undara Volcanic National Park, Queensland, Australia August 2010, International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology
2017 Groundwater Tracing in the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer: Onion Creek and Little Bear Creek, S. J. Zappitello and David A. Johns
23rd International Conference on Subterranean Biology, David C. Culver
A 23-Year-Old Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) Record From Southwest Saskatchewan, Canada, Katie R.N. Florko, Shelby J. Bohn, and Matina C. Kalcounis-Rueppell
A 2500-Yr late Holocene multi-proxy record of vegetation and hydrologic changes from a cave guano-clay sequence in Sw Romania, Bogdan P. Onac, Simon M. Hutchinson, and Anca Geantă
Absence of visitors during lockdown reveals natural variation in carbon dioxide level in the Glowworm Cave, Waitomo, New Zealand, David J. Merritt, Chris Hendy Dr, and Shannon Corkill Ms
Addenda and corrigenda to the "Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones)", Adriano B. Kury and Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga
Adits, caves, karizi-qanats, and tunnels in Afghanistan: an annotated bibliography, R. Lee Hadden
Age estimates for hominin fossils and the onset of the Upper Palaeolithic at Denisova Cave, Katerina Douka, Viviane Slon, and Zenobia Jacobs
Airflow dynamics in Wind Cave and Jewel Cave: How do barometric caves breathe?, Annika K. Gomell and Andreas Pflitsch
Algae and cyanobacteria in the aphotic habitats of Veternica Cave (Medvednica Mt., Croatia) and selected caves of the Dinaric karst (South-Eastern Europe), Najla Baković, Tanja Pipan, Robert Baković, Roman Ozimec, Josip Rubinić, and Renata Matoničkin Kepčija
Alpine permafrost thawing during the Medieval Warm Period identified from cryogenic cave carbonates, M. Luetscher, M. Borreguero, and G. E. Moseley
Amplification of emerging Viruses in a bat colony, Jan Felix Drexler, Victor Max Corman, and Tom Wegner
Analysis of cave atmospheres by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) with flame ionization detection (FID), Ryan C. Blase, Edward L. Patrick, and Joseph N. Mitchell
Analysis of Haplotypic Variation and Deletion Polymorphisms Point to Multiple Archaic Introgression Events, Including from Altai Neanderthal Lineage, Ozgur Taskent, Yen Lin, and Ioannis Patramanis
Analysis of the Comal Springs and San Marcos Springs long-term monitoring dataset., Joshuah S. Perkin, Ely Kosnicki, and Jacob Jackson
An annotated dataset of Egyptian fruit bat vocalizations across varying contexts and during vocal ontogeny, Yosef Prat, Mor Taub, and Yossi TaubYovel Pratt
Ancient DNA Analyses Reveal High Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Diversity and Parallel Morphological Evolution of Late Pleistocene Cave Bears, Michael Hofreiter, Cristian Capelli, and Matthias Krings
Ancient DNA and the Population Genetics of Cave Bears (Ursus spelaeus) Through Space and Time, Ludovic Orlando, Dominique Bonjean, and Herve Boncherens
Ancient DNA reveals differences in behaviour and sociality between brown bears and extinct cave bears, Gloria G. Fortes, Aurora Grandal-d'Anglade, and Ben Kolbe
Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present day Europeans, Iosif Lazaridis, Nick Patterson, and Alissa Mittnik
Ancient Matting from Spirit Cave, Nevada: Technical Implications, Penelope Drooker
Ancient Proteins Tell Their Tales, Matthew Warren
An early bone tool industry from the Middle Stone Age at Blombos Cave, South Africa : implications for the origins of modern human behaviour, symbolism and language, Christopher S. Henshilwood, Francesco D'Errico, and Curtis W. Marean
An Examination of Stormwater Quality and Quantity in Austin Area Creeks, Weizhen Zhu and Roger Glick
Animals from the Maya Underworld: Reconstructing Elite Maya Ritual at the Cueva de los Quetzales, Guatemala, James E. Brady
An integrated approach for catchment delineation and conduit-network modeling in karst aquifers: application to a site in the Swiss tabular, Arnauld Malard, Pierre-Yves Jeannin, and Jonathan Vouillamoz
An Introduction and Virtual Geologic Field Trip to the Permian Reef Complex, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains, New Mexico-West Texas, Peter Scholle
An Introduction to Some Cave Fauna of Malaysia and Thailand, Liz Price
An inventory of paleontological resources associated with national park service caves, Vincent L. Santucci, Jason Kenworthy, and Ron Kerbo
An Inventory of Trilobites from National Park Service Areas, Megan R. Norr, Vincent L. Santucci, and Justin S. Tweet
Anomalous behaviour of specific electrical conductivity at a karst spring induced by variable catchment boundaries: the case of the Podstenjšek spring, Slovenia, Nataša Ravbar, Irina Engelhardt, and Nico Goldscheider
An Ordovician carbonate reservoir in strike-slip structures producing from fault-associated fracture systems, 3D seismic region of Northern Shun 8 block (Tarim Basin), Li Bing, Zhao Rui, and Kong Qiangfu
An Overview of the Karst Areas in British Columbia, Canada, Tim R. Stokes and Paul A. Griffiths
Anthropogenic impacts on the Glowworm Cave, Waitomo, New Zealand: a microclimate management approach, Chris Hendy, David J. Merritt, and Shannon Corkill
Anthropogenic use, modification, and preservation of coastal cave resources in Puerto Rico, Michael J. Lace
Apidima Cave fossils provide earliest evidence of Homo sapiens in Eurasia, Katerina Harvatie, Carolin Röding, and Abel M. Bosman
Application of a cave inventory system to stimulate development of management strategies: The case of west-central Florida, USA, Grant L. Harley, Jason S. Polk, and Leslie A. North
Application of EPIK and KDI methods for identification and evaluation of karst vulnerability at Intervales State Park and surrounding region (Southeastern Brazil), Bruno D. Lenhare and William S. Filho
Application of Integrated Geophysical Techniques to Characterize the Edwards Aquifer, Texas, Charles B. Connor and Stewart K. Sandberg
Application of the flow dimension concept for numerical drawdown data analyses in mixed-flow karst systems, M. Giese, T. Reimann, and R. Liedl
Applying species distribution models to caves and other subterranean habitats, Stefano Mammola and Boris Leroy
Aquifers and hyporheic zones: Towards an ecological understanding of groundwater, Peter J. Hancock, Andew J. Boulton, and William F. Humphreys
Aquifers of the Edwards Plateau, Robert E. Mace and Edward S. Angle
Dye trace and springs, MWSD Stormwater
Empirical roughness coefficients for moderate floods in an open conduit cave: Fullers stream canyon, Culverson Creek Cave System, West Virginia, Lydia T. Albright and Gregory S. Springer
Flow regime evolution of a major cave system in the Eastern Alps (Hirlatzhöhle, Dachstein), Lukas Plan, Gottfried Buchegger, Eva Kaminsky, Gabriella Koltai, Tanguy Racine, and Jacek Szczygieł
Guano-derived morphologies and associated minerals found in Cova de sa Guitarreta, Llucmajor, Balearics, Antonio Merino Juncadella, Joan J. Fornós, Antoni Mulet, and Joaquín Ginés
Hydrodynamic model for independent cold and thermo-mineral twin springs in a stratified continental karst aquifer, Camou, Arbailles Massif, Pyrénées, France, Philippe Audra, Jean-Yves Bigot, Dimitri Laurent, Nathalie Vanara, Didier Cailhol, and Gérard Cazenave
