This collection includes articles associated with the Karst Information Portal
Submissions from 2016
Geochemical and statistical evaluation of groundwater in Razan basin, Western Iran, Kaveh Pazand
Geologic and Geochemical Characterization of Cross-Communication Potential within the Northern Edwards Aquifer System, Texas, Indgrid J. Eckhoff
Geologic framework and hydrostratigraphy of the Edwards and Trinity aquifers within northern Bexar and Comal Counties, Texas, Allan K. Clark, James A. Golab, and Robert Morris
Geologic framework, hydrostratigraphy, and ichnology of the Blanco, Payton, and Rough Hollow 7.5-minute quadrangles, Blanco, Comal, Hays, and Kendall Counties, Texas, Allan K. Clark, James A. Golab, and Robert E. Morris
Geomorphometric analysis of cave ceiling channels mapped with 3-D terrestrial laser scanning, Michal Gallay, Zdenko Hochmuth, and Ján Kanuk
Go big or go fish: morphological specializations in carnivorous bats, Sharlene E. Santana and Elena Cheung
Groundwater ages from the freshwater zone of the Edwards aquifer, Uvalde County, Texas—Insights into groundwater flow and recharge, Andrew G. Hunt, Gary P. Landis, and Jason R. Faith
Groundwater flow in an ‘underfit’ carbonate aquifer in a semiarid climate: application of environmental tracers to the Salt Basin, New Mexico (USA), Sophia C. Sigstedt, Fred M. Phillips, and Andre B. Ritchie
Groundwater vulnerability assessment for the karst aquifer of Tanour and Rasoun springs catchment area (NW-Jordan) using COP and EPIK intrinsic methods, Ibraheem Hamdan, Armin Margane, and Thomas Ptak
Habitantes del mundo subterráneo: xi’bajob y wäyob en la cosmovisión ch’ol de Chiapas, Roberto Romero Sandoval
Hibernating bat species in Pennsylvania use colder winter habitats following the arrival of white-nose syndrome, Howard P. Whidden, Calvin M. Butchkoski, and DeeAnn M. Reeder
High-resolution signatures of oxygenation and microbiological activity in speleothem fluid inclusions, Nigel Blamey, Penelope J. Boston, and Laura Rosales-Lagarde
Host persistence or extinction from emerging infectious disease: insights from white-nose syndrome in endemic and invading regions, Joseph R. Hoyt, Kate E. Langwig, and Keping Sun
Hybrid Taguchi-Objective Function optimization approach for automatic cave bird detection from terrestrial laser scanning intensity image, Mohammed O. Idrees and Biswajeet Pradhan
Hydraulic Conductivity Testing in the Edwards and Trinity Aquifers Using Multiport Monitor Well Systems, Hays County, Central Texas, Brian B. Hunt, Brian A. Smith, and Alan Andrews
Hydrogeological investigation of shallow aquifers in an arid data-scarce coastal region (El Daba’a, northwestern Egypt), Mohamed Yousif, Robert van Geldern, and Olaf Bubenzer
Hydrogeological properties of fault zones in a karstified carbonate aquifer (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria), H. Bauer, T. C. Schröckenfuchs, and K. Decker
Hydrothermal Dissolution of Ordovician Carbonates Rocks and its dissolution mechanism in Tarim Basin, China, L. H. Liu, Ma, and B. Liu
Hypogenic origin, geologic controls and functional organization of a giant cave system in Precambrian carbonates, Brazil, Alexander B. Klimchouk, Augusto S. Auler, and Francisco H. R. Bezerra
Identification of a new hominin bone from Denisova Cave, Siberia using collagen fingerprinting and mitochondrial DNA analysis, Samantha Brown, Thomas Higham, and Viviane Slon
Identification of hydrochemical facies in the Roswell Artesian Basin, New Mexico (USA), using graphical and statistical methods, Brent D. Newman, Kay C. Havenor, and Patrick Longmire
Images from the Dark: Dating the pictographs and Petroglyphs from Actun Uayazba Kab, Belize, Dagmar Galvan
Imaging and visualizing Maya Cave Shrines in Nortern Quintana Roo, Mexico, Dominique Rissolo, Michael R. Hess, Aliya R. Hoff, and Dominique Meyer
Impact of mixing induced calcite precipitation on the flow and transport, Rachida Bouhlila and Ezzeddine Laabidi
Improved Regional Groundwater Flow Modeling Using Drainage Features: a Case Study of the Central Northern Karst Aquifer System of Puerto Rico (usa), Reza Ghasemizadeh, Xue Yu, and Christoph Butscher
Indicadores de paleosismicidad derivados de espeleotemas fracturadas en cavernas del campo gasoetrolifero de Boca de Jaruco Mayabeque, Cuba, Lisbeth Núñez Haugh
INDICADORES DE PALEOSISMICIDAD DERIVADOS DE ESPELEOTEMAS FRACTURADAS EN CAVERNAS DEL CAMPO GASOPETROLÍFERO DE BOCA DE JARUCO, MAYABEQUE, CUBA, Lisbeth Nunez Haugh
In Memoriam: Gheorghe Racoviţă (1940-2015), Bogdan P. Onac and Dumitru Murariu
Inner ear morphology of the cioclovina early modern European calvaria from Romania, Alexandra Uhl, Hugo Reyes-Centeno, and Dan Grigorescu
IntCal13 and Marine13 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves 0–50,000 Years cal BP, Paula J. Reimer, Edouard Bard, and Alex Bayliss
Intra- and inter-annual uranium concentration variability in a Belizean stalagmite controlled by prior aragonite precipitation: A new tool for reconstructing hydro-climate using aragonitic speleothems, Robert A. Jamieson, James Baldini, and Marianne J. Brettt
Introduction, Silvia Alfayé
Investigation of clay sediments and bedrock morphology in caves with seismic traveltime tomography: an application at Alepotrypa Cave (Diros, Greece), Lazaros Polymenakos
Iosif Viehmann - a lifetime dedicated to cave and karst, Bogdan P. Onac
Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Bat Coronavirus Closely Related to the Direct Progenitor of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Xing-Lou Yang, Ben Hu, and Bo Wang
Isotopic variability of cave bears (δ15N, δ13C) across Europe during MIS 3, Martina Pacher, Maciej T. Krajcarz, and Lana Laughlan
Jacob's Well Exploration Project, Jacob's Well Exploration Project
Karst mapping in the United States: Past, present and future, David J. Weary and Daniel H. Doctor
Karst without Boundaries, Zoran Stevanović, Neven Krešić, and Neno Kukuric
Laang Spean cave (Battambang province): A tale of occupation in Cambodia from the Late Upper Pleistocene to Holocene, Heng Sophady, Hubert Forestier, and Valéry Zeitoun
LABORATORY MODELING OF KARST PHENOMENA AND THEIR ROCK RELIEF ON PLASTER: SUBSOIL KARREN, RAIN FLUTES KARREN AND CAVES, Tadej Slabe, Asami Hada, and Martin Knez
Laboratory simulation of groundwater hydraulic head in a karst aquifer system with conduit and fracture domains, Chunyan Zhang, Longcang Shu, and Emmanuel K. Appiah-Adjei
Land subsidence and earth fissures in south-central and southern Arizona, USA, Joel C. Rowland and Ethan T. Coon
L’art gravettien sur supports lithiques de la grotte de Gargas (Hautes-Pyrénées, France), Cristina San Juan Foucher and Pascal Foucher
Late Middle Palaeolithic occupations in Ciemna Cave, southern Poland, Paweł Valde-Nowak, Bridget Alex, Bolesław Ginter, and Maciej T. Krajcarz
Late Quaternary environmental change in the Southern Cape, South Africa, from stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in faunal tooth enamel from Boomplaas Cave, Judith Sealy, Julia Lee-Thorp, and Emma Loftus
Late Quaternary paleotemperatures derived from a speleothem from Cango Caves, Cape Province, South Africa, Judith Sealy, Julia Lee-Thorp, Emma Loftus, and J. Tyler Faith
LiDAR at Las Cuevas: Settlement Surrounding an Ancient Maya Pilgrimage Site., Holley Moyes, Pedro Carvajal, and Shane Montgomery
Life in the Underworld: Anchialine cave biology in the era of speleogenomics, Jorge L. Pérez-Moreno, Thomas M. Iliffe, and Heather D. Bracken-Grissom
Lithic raw material units based on magnetic properties: A blind test with Armenian obsidian and application to the Middle Palaeolithic site of Lusakert Cave 1, Ellery Frahm, Joshua M. Feinberg, and Gilliane Monnier
Loess in a cave: Lithostratigraphic and correlative value of loess and loess-like layers in caves from the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland (Poland), Maciej Tomasz Krajcarz, Krzysztof Cyrek, Magdalena Krajcarz, and Przemysław Mroczek
Longitudinal surveillance of SARS-like coronaviruses in bats by quantitative real-time PCR, Mei-Niang Wang, Wei Zhang, and Yu-Tao Gao
Lunar Advanced Radar Orbiter for Subsurface Sounding (LAROSS): Lava Tube Exploration mission, Rohan Sood, Jay Melosh, and Kathleen Howell
Macromammalian faunas, biochronology and palaeoecology of the early Pleistocene Main Quarry hominin-bearing deposits of the Drimolen Palaeocave System, South Africa, Justin W. Adams, Douglass S. Rovinsky, and Andy I. R. Herries
Malagasy bats shelter a considerable genetic diversity of pathogenic Leptospira suggesting notable host-specificity patterns, Yann Gomard, Muriel Dietrich, and Nicolas Wieseke
Mammalian mitochondrial capture, a tool for rapid screening of DNA preservation in faunal and undiagnostic remains, and its application to Middle Pleistocene specimens from Qesem Cave (Israel), Viviane Slon, Isabelle Glocke, and Ran Barkai
Management Assessment in Karst Areas, Elery Hamilton-smith
Mapping Ritual Landscapes Using Lidar: Cave Detection through Local Relief Modeling, Holley Moyes and Shane Montgomery
Metabolic rate, latitude and thermal stability of roosts, but not phylogeny, affect rewarming rates of bats, Allyson K. Menzies, Quinn M. R. Webber, and Dylan E. Baloun
Methods for U-series dating of CaCO3 crusts associated with Palaeolithic cave art and application to Iberian sites, Dirk L. Hoffmann, Alistair W. G. Pike, and Marcos García-Diez
Middle paleolithic human deciduous incisor from Grotta delCavallo, Italy, Pier Francesco Fabbri, Daniele Panetta, Lucia Sarti, and Fabio Martini
Mitogenomics of the Extinct Cave Lion, Panthera spelaea (Goldfuss, 1810), Resolve its Position within the Panthera Cats, Ross Barnett, Marie Lisandra Zepeda Mendoza, André Elias Rodrigues Soares, and Simon Y. W. Ho
Model-aided quantification of dissolved carbon and nitrogen release after windthrow disturbance in an Austrian karst system, A. Hartmann, J. Kobler, and M. Kralik
Morphological and mineralogical characterization of speleothems from the Chimalacatepec lava tube system, Central Mexico, Rafael López-Martínez, Ricardo Barragán, Hugo Beraldi-Campesi, Tomáš Lánczos, Juan R. Vidal-Romaní, Roman Aubrecht, Juan P. Bernal Uruchurtu, Teresa Pi Puig, and Ramón Espinasa-Pereña
Morphometric comparisons between automated and manual karst depression inventories in Apalachicola National Forest, Florida, and Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA, John Wall, DelWayne R. Bohnenstiehl, and Karl W. Wegmann
Multimodal spatial mapping and visualisation of Dinaledi Chamber and Rising Star Cave, Ashley Kruger, Patrick Randolph-Quinney, and Marina Elliott
Multiparameter Observations of the Reka Flood Pulse in March 2000, J. Kogovšek
Multiple mortality events in bats: a global review, Thomas J. O'Shea, Paul M. Cryan, and David T. S. Hayman
National Cave and Karst Research Institute 2015-2016 Annual Report, National Cave and Karst Research Institute
Natural and human-induced sinkhole hazards in Saudi Arabia: distribution, investigation, causes and impacts, Ahmed M. Youssef, Hasan M. Al-Harbi, and Francisco Gutiérrez
Neanderthals built underground, Marie Soressi
Neanderthal scraping and manual handling of raptors wing bones: Evidence from Fumane Cave. Experimental activities and comparison, Matteo Romandinia, Ivana Fiore, and Monica Gala
New evidence of bones used as fuel in the Gravettian level at Coímbre cave, northern Iberian Peninsula, José Yravedra, David Álvarez-Alonso, and Verónica Estaca-Gómez
New insights on the late Pleistocene–Holocene lithic industry in East Kalimantan (Borneo): The contribution of three rock shelter sites in the karstic area of the Mangkalihat peninsula, Michel Grenet, Josette Sarel, and Ruly Fauzy
New Middle Pleistocene dental remains from Qesem Cave (Israel), Israel Hershkovitz, Gerhard W. Weber, and Cinzia Fornai
New Radiocarbon Dates and Bayesian Models for Nelson Bay Cave and Byneskranskop 1: Implications for the South African Later Stone Age Sequence, Emma Loftus, Judith Sealy, and Julia Lee-Thorp
New Species of Campodeidae (Diplura) from Mexican caves, Alberto Sendra, Jose Palacios, and Arturo Gargia
Non-kin cooperation in bats, Gerald S. Wilkinson, Gerald G. Carter, and Kirsten M. Bohn
Novel partitivirus infection of bat white-nose syndrome (WNS) fungal pathogen pseudogymnoascus destructans links Eurasian and North American isolates, Ping Ren and Sunanda S. Rajkumar
Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins, Matthias Meyer, Juan -Luis Arsuaga, and Cesare de Filippo
Occupational intensity and environmental changes during the Howiesons Poort at Klipdrift Shelter, southern Cape, South Africa, Jerome P. Reynard, Emmanuel Discamps, and Sarah Wurz
Oil in ancient caves poses new challenges, Andreas R. Graven
Optimized methods for total nucleic acid extraction and quantification of the bat white-nose syndrome fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, from swab and environmental samples, Michelle L. Verant, Elizabeth A. Bohuski, and Jeffery M. Lorch
ORF8-Related Genetic Evidence for Chinese Horseshoe Bats as the Source of Human Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Wu Zhiquiang, Li Yang, and Xianwen Ren
Organic proxies in speleothems – New developments, advantages and limitations, Alison J. Blyth, Andy Baker, and Adam Hartland
Origins, resources and management of hypogene karst
Oxygen and hydrogen isotopic variations between adjacent drips in three caves at increasing elevation in a temperate coastal rainforest, Vancouver Island, Canada, Patricia A. Beddows, Magda Mandić, and Derek C. Ford
Palaeoecological and biostratigraphical implications of the microvertebrates of Qesem Cave in Israel, Lutz Christian Maul, Angela A. Bruch, Krister T. Smith, and Georgy Shenbrot
Palaeoproteomic evidence identifies archaic hominins associated with the Châtelperronian at the Grotte du Renne, Frido Welker, Mateja Hajdinjak, and Sahra Talamo
Palaeoproteomic evidence identifies archaic hominins associated with the Châtelperronian at the Grotte du Renne, Frido Welker, Mateja Hajdinjak, and Sahra Talamo
Paleoseismology and Speleothems: Looking for the Speleological Record of Earthquakes in Western Cuba, Leslie F. Molerio-León
Paleosismos y Espeleotemas: El Registro Espeleológico de Terremotos, Leslie F. Molerio-León, E. J. Balado Piedra, and Lisbeth Nunez Haugh
Pathogen dynamics during invasion and establishment of white-nose syndrome explain mechanisms of host persistence, Winifred F. Frick, Tina L. Cheng, and Kate E. Langwig
Pervasive gene flow across critical habitat for four narrowly endemic, sympatric taxa, Lauren K. Lucas, Zachariah Gompert, and J. Randy Gibson
Peshchery (Caves), Perm State University
Phylogenetic placement of the Pacific Northwest subterranean endemic diving beetle Stygoporus oregonensis Larson & LaBonte (Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae), Kojun Kanda, R. Antonio Gomez, and Richard Van Driesche
Phylogenomic analysis supports a recent change in nitrate assimilation in the White-nose Syndrome pathogen, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, Hannah T. Reynolds, Hazel A. Barton, and Jason C. Slot
