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Submissions from 2020
Early isotopic evidence for maize as a staple grain in the Americas, Douglas J. Kennett, Kelth M. Prufer, Brendan J. Culleton, and Rchard J. George
Evaluating the Potential Groundwater Availability Within a Lower Trinity Aquifer Well Field, Balcones Fault Zone, Hays County, Central Texas, Justin CAMP, Brian B. HUNT, and Brian A. SMITH
Exploraciones en la Sierra de Lleràs. Botet de Casa Rei (2017-2019) (Tremp, Lérida)., Pere Rodríguez Colom
Fire and grass-bedding construction 200 thousand years ago at Border Cave, South Africa, Lyn Wadley, Irene Esteban, Paloma de la Peña, and Marine Wojcieszak
Genomic characterisation and epidemiology of 2019 novel coronavirus: implications for virus origins and receptor binding, Roujian Lu, Xiang Zhao, Juan Li, Pehua Niu, Bo Yang, Honglong Wu, Wenling Wang, Hao Song, Baoying Huang, Na Zhu, Yuhai Bi, Xuejun Ma, Faxian Zhan, Liang Wang, Tao Hu, Hong Zhou, Zhenhong Hu, Weimin Zhou, Li Zhao, Jing Chen, Yao Meng, Ji Wang, Yang Lin, Jianyeng Yuan, Zhihao Xie, Jinmin Ma, William J. Liu, Dayan Wang, Wenbo Xu, Edward C. Holmes, George F. Gao, Guizhen Wu, Weijun Chen, Weifeng Shi, and Wenjie Tan
Geohazards caused by gypsum and anhydrite in the UK: including dissolution, subsidence, sinkholes and heave, Anthony H. Cooper
Geological hazards from salt mining, brine extraction and natural salt dissolution in the UK, Anthony H. Cooper
Geologic Mapping Of The Valley Of The Missions: The San Antonio River Valley From Springs To Espada, Thomas E. Ewing
Geologic Mapping Of The Valley Of The Missions: The San Antonio River Valley From Springs To Espada, Thomas E. Ewing
Global Distribution of Carbonate Rocks and Karst Water Resources, Nico Goldscheider, Zhao Chen, Augusto S. Auler, and Michel Bakalowicz
Global karst springs hydrograph dataset for research and management of the world’s fastest-flowing groundwater, Tunde Olarinoye, Tom Gleeson, Vera Marx, and Stefan et al Seeger
Groundwater circulation and earthquake-related changes in hydrogeological karst environments: a case study of the Sibillini Mountains (central Italy) involving artificial tracers, T. Nanni, P. M. Vivalda, S. Palpacelli, and M. Marcellini
Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport in Carbonate Aquifers, Ira D. Sasowsky and Carol M. Wicks
Heavy reliance on plants for Romanian cave bears evidenced by amino acid nitrogen isotope analysis, Yuichi I. Naito, Ioana N. Meleg, Marius Robu, Marius Vlaicu, Dorothée G. Drucker, Christoph Wißing, Michael Hofreiter, Axel Barlow, and Hervé Bocherens
Hydraulic constructions and facilities on karst in Bulgaria: repercussions influence and problems, Aleksey Benderev, Stefan Shanov, Konstantin Kostov, and Iyaylo Ivanov
Hydrochemical changes and groundwater grouping data by multivariate statistical methods within one karst system: recharge–discharge zone (Eastern Serbia case study), Ljiljana Vasić, Dragana Živojinović, and Vladana Rajaković-Ognajanović
Hydrogeochemical characteristics of karst groundwater in Jinci spring area, north China, Shuaishuai Lu, Junfeng Chen, Xiuqing Zheng, Yongping Liang, Zhenxing Jia, and Xuqiang Li
Hydrogeologic Atlas of Southwest Travis County, Central Texas, Brian B. Hunt, Lane P. Cockrell, Robin H. Gary, Jackie M. Vay, Vicky Kennedy, Brian A. Smith, and Justin P. Camp
Identifying research needs to inform white‐nose syndrome management decisions, Riley F. Bernard; Jonathan D. Reichard; Coleman, Jeremy T. H., Blackwood, Julie C.; Michelle L. Verant; Jordi L. Segers; Jeffery M. Lorch; John Paul White; Marianne S. Moore; Amy L. Russell; Rachel A. Katz; Daniel L. Lindner; Rickard S. Toomey; Gregory G. Turner; Frick, Winifred F., Vonhof, Maarten J.; Craig K. R. Willis; and Evan H. C. Grant
Immature remains and the first partial skeleton of a juvenile Homo naledi, a late Middle Pleistocene hominin from South Africa, DR Bolter, MC Elliott, J Hawks, and LR Berger
Indicadores de paleosismicidad derivados de espeleotemas fracturadas en cavernas del campo gasopetrolífero de Boca de Jaruco, Mayabeque, Cuba, Lisbeth Núñez Haugh, José Antonio Díaz Duque, and Leslie Molerio León
Initial Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens from Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Nikolay Sirakov, and Tsenka Tsanova
Integration Of Turbidity Plume Event And Geophysical Studies To Characterize Karstic Groundwater Flow At Barton Springs, Austin, Texas, Mustafa Saribudak
Investigation Of Methods In Fluorescent Dye Extraction From Activated Charcoal For Use In Dye Tracing, Alyssa Blaise Kirkendall, Dr. Yongli Gao, and Geary Schindel
Isotopic evidence for initial coastal colonization and subsequent diversification in the human occupation of Wallacea, Patrick Roberts, Julien Louys, Jana Zech, Ceri Shipton, Shimona Kealy, Sofia Samper Carro, Stuart Hawkins, Clara Boulanger, Sara Marzo, Bianca Fiedler, Nicole Boivin, , Ken Aplin, and Sue OʼConnor
Karst and karst water recourses of Albania and their management, Romeo Eftim
Last Interglacial Iberian Neandertals as fisher-hunter-gatherers, J. Zilhão, D. E Angelucci, M. Araújo Igreja, L. J. Arnold, E. Badal, P. Callapez, J. L. Cardoso, F. d’Errico, J. Daura, M. Demuro, M. Deschamps, C. Dupont, S. Gabriel, D. L. Hoffmann, P. Legoinha, H. Matias, A. M. Monge Soares, M. Nabais, P. Portela, A. Queffelec, F. Rodrigues, and P. Souto
Lava tubes on Earth, Moon and Mars: A review on their size and morphology revealed by comparative planetology, Francesco Sauro, Riccardo Pozzobon, Matteo Massironi, and Pierluigi De Berardinis
LONG-TERM SURVIVAL OF PSEUDOGYMNOASCUS DESTRUCTANS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES, Lewis J. Campbell, Daniel P. Walsh, David S. Blehert, and Jeffrey M. Lorch
Lunar lava tubes: Morphology to structural stability, Audai K. Theinat, Anahita Modiriasari, Antonio Bobet, and H. Jay Melosh
Lunar lava tubes: Morphology to structural stability, Audai K. Theinat, Anahita Modiriasari, Antonio Bobet, and Jay H. Melosh
Maliwawa figures—a previously undescribed Arnhem Land rock art style, Paul S.C Taçon, Sally K. May, Ronald Lamilami, and Fiona McKeague
Mothers Frequent Caves: Lactation Affects Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) Cave Use in Southeastern Senegal, Kelly Boyer Ontl and Jill D. Pruetz
Neanderthal-Denisovan ancestors interbred with a distantly related hominin, Alan R. Rogers, Nathan S. Harris, and Alan A. Achenbach
New evidence for an early settlement of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico: The Chan Hol 3 woman and her meaning for the Peopling of the Americas, Wolfgang Stinnesbeck, Samuel R. Rennie, Jerónimo Avilés Olguín, Sarah R. Stinnesbeck, Silvia Gonzalez, Norbert Frank, Sophie Warken, Nils Schorndorf, Thomas Krengel, Adriana Velázquez Morlet, and Arturo González González
New evidence for an early settlement of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico: The Chan Hol 3 woman and her meaning for the Peopling of the Americas, Wolfgang Stinnesbeck, Samuel R. Rennie, Jerónimo Avilés Olguín, Sarah R. Stinnesbeck, Silvia Gonzalez, Norbert Frank, Sophie Warken, Nils Schorndorf, Thomas Krengel, Adriana Velázquez Morlet, and Arturo González González
New insights for understanding spatial patterning and formation processes of the Neanderthal occupation in theAmalda I cave (Gipuzkoa, Spain), Laura Sánchez-Romero, Alfonso Benito-Calvo, Ana B. Marín-Arroyo, Lucía Agudo-Pérez, Theodoros Karampaglidis, and Joseba Rios-Garaizar
New Neanderthal remains associated with the ‘flower burial’ at Shanidar Cave, Emma Pomeroy, Paul Bennet, Chris O. Hunt, and Tim Reynolds
New Neanderthal remains associated with the ‘flower burial’ at Shanidar Cave, Emma Pomeroy, Paul Bennett, Chris O. Hun, and Tim Reynolds
Notes on the predation of an assassin bug by a spider in a Neotropical cave, de Oliveira Bernardi, Leopoldo Ferreira; Vinicius da Fontoura Sperandei; Livio Dorneles Audino; Carlos Henrique Sena; and Jessica Aline Alves
Notes on the predation of an assassin bug by a spider in a Neotropical cave, de Oliveira Bernardi, Leopoldo Ferreira; Vinicius da Fontoura Sperandei; Livio Dorneles Audino; Carlos Henrique Sena; and Jessica Aline Alves
Palaeoenvironmental conditions during MIS 6/MIS 5 transition recorded in speleothems from the Tatra Mountains, Jacek Pawlak, Marcin Błaszczyk, Helena Hercman, and Šárka Matoušková
Performance comparison of physical process-based and data-driven models: a case study on the Edwards Aquifer, USA, Andi Zhang, James Winterle, and Changbing Yang
Persistent influence of obliquity on ice age terminations since the Middle Pleistocene transition, Petra Bajo, Russell N. Drysdale, Jon D. Woodhead, John C. Hellstrom, David Hodell, Patrizia Ferretti, Antje H. Voelker, Giovanni Zanchetta, Teresa Rodrigues, Eric Wolff, Jonathan Tyler, Silvia Frisia, Christoph Spötl, and Anthony E. Fallick
Persistent influence of obliquity on ice age terminations since the Middle Pleistocene transition, Petra Bajo, Russell N. Drysdale, Jon D. Woodhead, John C. Hellstrom, David Hodell, Patrizia Ferretti, Antje H. Voelker, Giovanni Zanchetta, Teresa Rodrigues, Eric Wolff, Jonathan Tyler, Silvia Frisia, Christoph Spötl, and Anthony E. Fallick
Preliminary hydrogeological observations in Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park and Tu Lan Karst Area, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, Howard Limbert, Deborah Limbert, Gheorghe M. L. Ponta, Nam Nguyen Xuan, Florentin Stoiciu, and Ana-Maria Mocioiu
Proceedings of the 16th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst: National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) Symposium 8, Lijun Tian, Brian A. Smith, Brian B. Hunt, James D. Doster, and Yongli Gao
Pup Directed Vocalizations of Adult Females and Males in a Vocal Learning Bat, Ahana Aurora Fernandez and Mirjam Knörnschild
Rapid range shifts and megafaunal extinctions associated with late Pleistocene climate change, Frederik V. Seersholm, Daniel J. Werndly, Alicia Grealy, Taryn Johnson, Erin M. Keenan Early, Ernest L. Jr. Lundelius, Barbara Winsborough, Grayal Earle Farr, Rickard Toomey, Anders J. Hansen, Beth Shapiro, Michael R. Waters, Gregory McDonald, Anna Linderholm, Thomas W. Jr. Stafford, and Michael Bunce
Rapid range shifts and megafaunal extinctions associated with late Pleistocene climate change, Frederik V. Seersholm, Daniel J. Werndly, Alicia Grealy, Taryn Johnson, Erin M. Keenan Early, Ernest L. Jr. Lundelius, Barbara Winsborough, Grayal Earle Farr, Rickard Toomey, Anders J. Hansen, Beth Shapiro, Michael R. Waters, Gregory McDonald, Anna Linderholm, Thomas W. Jr. Stafford, and Michael Bunce
Recharge, delayed groundwater-level rise and specific yield in the Triassic karst aquifer of the Kopa Mountain, in the Western Carpathians, Slovakia, Peter Malík; Marián Coplák,; Švasta Jaromír; and Černák Radovan
Recharge, delayed groundwater-level rise and specific yield in the Triassic karst aquifer of the Kopa Mountain, in the Western Carpathians, Slovakia, Peter Malík; Marián Coplák,; Švasta Jaromír; and Černák Radovan
Recharge, delayed groundwater-level rise and specific yield in the Triassic karst aquifer of the Kopa Mountain, in the Western Carpathians, Slovakia, Peter Malík; Marián Coplák,; Švasta Jaromír; and Černák Radovan
Ritual and Politics: Exploring Human Sacrifice at Midnight Terror Cave, Belize, Cristina Verdugo
Short and long period growth markers of enamel formation distinguish European Pleistocene hominins, Mario Modesto-Mata; M. Christopher Dean; Rodrigo S. Lacruz; Timothy G. Bromage; Cecilia García-Campos; Marina Martínez de Pinillos; Laura Martín-Francés; María Martinón-Torres; Eudald Carbonell; Juan Luis Arsuaga; and Bermúdez de Castro, José María
Six reference-quality genomes reveal evolution of bat adaptations, David Jebb, Zixia Huang, Martin Pippel, and Graham M. Hughes
Six reference-quality genomes reveal evolution of bat adaptations, David Jebb, Zixia Huang, Martin Pippel, and Graham M. Hughes
Six reference-quality genomes reveal evolution of bat adaptations, David Jebb, Zixia Huang, Martin Pippel, and Graham M. Hughes
Speleothem record attests to stable environmental conditions during Neanderthal–modern human turnover in southern Italy, Andrea Columbo, Veronica Chaiarini, Christoph Spotl, and Stefano Benazzi
Squatting (squatter) mantis man: A prehistoric praying mantis petroglyph in Iran, Mahmood Kolnegari; Mohammad Naserifard; Mandana, Hazrati Hazrati; and Matan Shelomi
Study on the characteristics of karst development in Beijing, Kai Liu, Wenjie Sun, Shanshan Wang, and Ying Sun
Subsidence rings and fracture pattern around dolines in carbonate platforms – Implications for evolution and petrophysical properties of collapse structures, Daniel F. Menezes, Francisco H. Bezerra, Fabrizio Balsamo, Andrea Arcari, Rubson P. Maia, and Caroline L. Cazarin
Successful molecular detection studies require clear communication among diverse research partners, Brittany A Mosher, Riley F Bernard, Jeffrey M Lorch, David AW Miller, Katherine LD Richgels, C LeAnn White, and Evan H Campbell Grant
Surface runoff alters cave microbial community structure and function, Mustafa Saribudak
The chronological, sedimentary and environmental context for the archaeological deposits at Blombos Cave, South Africa, Zenobia Jacobs, Brian G. Jones, Hayley C. Cawthra, Christopher S. Henshilwood, and Richard G. Roberts
The evolutionary history of Neanderthal and Denisovan Y chromosomes, Martin Peter, Mateja Hajdinjak, Quiaomei Fu, and Elena Essel
The Palaeo-Agulhas Plain: A lost world and extinct ecosystem, Naomi Cleghorn, Alastair J. Pots, and Hayley C. Cawthra
The red coloration of Goikoetxe Cave’s speleothems (Busturia, Spain): An indicator of paleoclimatic changes, V. Martínez-Pillado, I. Yusta, E. Iriarte, A. Álvaro, N. Ortega, A. Aranburu, and J.L. Arsuaga
The state of the art of biospeleology in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union: a review of the cave (endogean) invertebrate fauna. 1. Introduction—crustacea, I. S. Turbanov, D. M. Palatov, and S. I. Golvatch
The state of the art of biospeleology in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union: A review of the cave (endogean) invertebrate fauna. 2. Arachnida—acknowledgments, I. S. Turbanov, D. M. Palatov, and S. I. Golvatch
The state of the art of biospeleology in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union: A review of the cave (endogean) invertebrate fauna. 3. References, I. S. Turbanov, D. M. Palatov, and S. I. Golvatch
Ultra-sharp pinnacles sculpted by natural convective dissolution, Jinzi Mac Huang, Joshua Tong, Michael Shelley, and Leif Ristroph
Using speleothems to constrain late Cenozoic uplift rates in karst terranes, John Engel, Jon Woodhead, John Hellstrom, Susan White, Nicholas White, and Helen Green
Vocal production learning in the pale spear-nosed bat, Phyllostomus discolor, Ella Z. Lattenkamp, Sonja C. Vernes, and Lutz Wiegrebe
world longest conglomerate cave list, Bob Gulden
Submissions from 2019
A combined-method approach to trace submarine groundwater discharge from a coastal karst aquifer in Ireland, Philip Schuler, L. Stoeckl, P.-A. Schnegg, C. Bunce, and L. Gil
Additive effects of climate change and human hunting explain population decline and extinction in cave bears, Alessandro Mondanaro; Mirko Di Febbraro; Marina Melchionna; Francesco Carotenuto; Silvia Castiglione; Carmela Serio; Simone Danisi; Lorenzo Rook; Diniz-Filho, Jose Alexandre F.; and Pasquale Raia
A geophysical attempt to locate a potential cave in the near-vicinity of a water well at Anacacho Limestone setting, Medina County, Texas, Mustafa Saribudak and Alf Hawkins
A high-resolution perspective on MIS 5c-d lithic assemblages from Klasies River main site Cave 1, Mareike J. Brenner and Sarah Wurz
A holistic approach to groundwater protection and ecosystem services in karst terrains
A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau, Fahu Chen, Frido Welker, Chuan-Chou Shen, Shara E. Bailey, Inga Bergmann, Simon Davis, Huan Xia, and Hui et al Wang
A multidisciplinary approach to a unique Palaeolithic human ichnological record from Italy (Bàsura Cave), Marcoo Romano, Paolo Citton, Isabella Salvador, Daniele Aroobba, Ivano Rellini, Marco Firpo, Fabio Negrino, Marta Zumino, Elisabetta Starnini, and Marco Avanzini
A multiscale stratigraphic investigation of the context of StW 573 ‘Little Foot’ and Member 2, Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa, Laurent Bruxelles, Dominic J. Stratford, Richard Maire, Travis R. Pickering, Jason L. Heaton, Amelie Beaudet, Kathleen Kuman, Robin Crompton, Kris J. Carlson, Tea Jashashvili, Juliet McClymont, George M. Leader, and Ronald J. Clarke
An 18 ka to present pollen- and phytolith-based vegetation reconstruction from Hall's Cave, south-central Texas, USA, Carlos E. Cordova and William C. Johnson
An 18 ka to present pollen- and phytolith-based vegetation reconstruction from Hall's Cave, south-central Texas, USA, Carlos E. Cordova and William C. Johnson
Analyzing climate change and surface-subsurface interactions using the Postojna Planina Cave System (Slovenia) as a model system, Tanja Pipan, Metka Petrič, Stanka Šebela, and David C. Culver
A Natural Laboratory for Understanding Volcano-Speleogenetic Processes and Planetary Caves, Francesco Sauro, Riccardo Pozzobon, Tommaso Santagata, and Ilaria Tomasi
Anticipating white‐nose syndrome in the Southern Hemisphere: Widespread conditions favourable to Pseudogymnoascus destructans pose a serious risk to Australia's bat fauna, Christopher Turbill and Justin A. Welbergen
A probable genetic origin for pitting enamel hypoplasia on the molars of Paranthropus robustus, Ian Towle and Joel D. Irish
Archaic human remains from Hualongdong, China, and Middle Pleistocene human continuity and variation, Xiu-Jie Wu, Shu-Wen Pei, Yan-Jun Cai, Hao-Wen Tong, and al. et
Are microclimate conditions in El Malpais National Monument caves in New Mexico, USA suitable for Pseudogymnoascus growth?, Terry J. Torres-Cruz, Porras-Alfaro, Nicole A. Caimi, Ogochukwu Nwabologu, Edward W. Strach, Kaitlyn J.H. Read, Jesse M. Young, Debbie C. Buecher, and E. Northup
A review of the major threats and challenges to global bat conservation, Winifred F. Frick, Tigga Kingston, and Jon Flanders
Assessment of aquifer karstification degree in some karst sites on Java Island, Indonesia, Tjahyo N. Adji, Eko Haryono, Asyroful Mujib, Hendy Fatchurrohman, and Igor Y. Bahtiar
Assessment of regional flow type and groundwater sensitivity to pollution using hydrograph analyses and hydrochemical data of the Selita and Blue Eye karst springs, Albania, Romeo Eftimi and Peter Malík