Union Internationale de Spéléologie (UIS) Commission on Volcanic Caves

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  UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 81, August 2023

  Carlos Benedetto

  Contents: Members of the Commission on Volcanic Caves include -- Editorial -- President's Column -- Lava caves at the Virunga Volcanoes in Uganda -- The agropits (shafts) in Masdache, Lanzarote. A possible natural occurrence in a Pahoehoe lavaflow -- New lava tubes data of Cumbre Vieja (La Palma-Canary Islands) -- An appreciation of the second edition of Volcanoes: Global Perspectives -- 4th International Planetary Caves Conference May 4-7, 2023, Haria, Lanzarote, Spain -- ISV21 Symposium (Galapagos - Ecuador - April 15th-20th, 2024)

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  UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 80, February 2023

  Laurens Smets

  Contents: Editorial -- President's Column -- 2024 Proposal for Hosting 21st ISV in Galapagos -- The ISV20 Extension A tribute to the International Symposium on Volcano speleology Vietnam -- The Levantine Juba Depressions as Terrestrial Analogs for Planetary Pits -- The 20th ISV (International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology) - Dak Nong Province, Vietnam November 2022 -- Roberto Conti -- The "Berliner Hohlenkundliche Berichte" (BHB) -- Importance of the cave biota for the protection of lava tubes of North-Patagonia -- Importancia de la biota cavernicola para la proteccion de los tubos lavicos de Nor-Patagonia -- Bill Halliday

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  UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 79, May 2022

  Ed Waters

  Contents: Editorial -- Message from the Chairman -- Welcome Message -- Memories of Chris -- Chris Wood - A Bibliography -- The Loss of former explorations or How do we keep vulnerable discoveries known -- The Dona Otilia Cave was recognized as a Natural Monument by the International Union for Conservation of Nature - IUCN -- Discovery of the T66 Lava Cave in Krongno, Dak Nong UNESCO Global Geopark, Vietnam -- Fingal's Cave

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  UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 78, October 2021

  Ed Waters

  Contents: Editorial -- Message from the Chairman -- Exploration of volcanic Fumaroles in Lanzarote -- The 19th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- Melting the Earth -- Proposed Program 20th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- More Memories of Jim Simons -- A Volcanic Cave in Thailand?

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  UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 77, January 2021

  Ed Waters

  Contents: Editorial -- Message from the Chairman -- Lavas pahoehoe y fauna endemica de cavernas basalticas en Payunia. Malargue, Mendoza, Argentina -- Cuevas de la Atalaya, Cuevas de Maguez or Las Cuevas Lanzarote-Islas Canarias.......Exploration -- Vale Jim Simons -- Lava Cave in Krongno - Global Outstanding Mixed Heritage of Dak Nong UNESCO Global Geopark, Vietnam -- 19th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology

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  UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 76, July 2020

  Ed Waters

  Contents: Editorial -- Message from the Chairman -- Hawai'i Lava Caving - 2020 -- Announcement - Postponement of ISV19 -- ISV19 - A Letter from Carmelo Bucolo -- ISV19-A Letter from Roberto Conti -- ISV19 - A Letter from Giuseppe Priolo -- Offer to host ISV 20- Vietnam -- Stop Press!

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  UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 75, December 2019

  Ed Waters

  Contents: Editorial - Message from the Chairman - 19th International Symposium on Volcanic Caves, Catania, August/September 2020 - European Space Agency Appeal for Innovative Ideas for Exploring Lunar Caves - STOP PRESS! 19th International Symposium on Volcanic Caves Registration Now Open

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  UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 74, May 2019

  Ed Waters

  Contents: Editorial - Message from the Chairman - The Volcanic Cave Inventory Project of Lanzarote - Cueva Agua del Leon, Argentina - Prehistoric Archaeology, Vietnam - Lava caves in Heilongjiang and Jilin Provinces, China - Installation of pahoehoe by lava tubes and tunnels

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  UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 73, October 2018

  Ed Waters

  Contents: Editorial -- Message from the Chairman -- A Pre-symposium raft trip on the Rogue River -- Pre-Symposium Excursion to Medicine Lake Volcano -- The 18th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- Crater Lake Field Trip -- Recent Volcanospeleological Publications -- Images From the 18th ISV -- Ancient skeletons discovered in Krong No volcanic caves, Vietnam

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  UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 72, June 2018

  Ed Waters

  Contents: Editorial -- Message from the Chairman -- 2018 Cave Mapping Project to Krong No Volcanic Geopark, Dak Nong Province, Southern Vietnam -- Volcanospeleophilately

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  UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 71, January 2018

  Ed Waters

  Contents: Editorial -- Message from the Chairman -- The 18th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology is Coming! -- Lava Caves in Ethiopia?

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  UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 70, August 2017

  Ed Waters

  Contents: Editorial -- Message from the Chairman

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  Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter

  International Union of Speleology

  Contents: Invitation to 17th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- Vietnam Volcanic Cave Survey -- Provisional Report- 16th Symposium of the Commission on Volcanic Caves Galapagos 15th -- Paleoenvironment of Jawa basalt plateau, Jordan, inferred from calcite speleothems from a lava tube -- Holuhraun Eruption, Iceland December 2014

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  Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter

  International Union of Speleology

  Contents: Chairman's Corner -- Invitation to 17th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- The Big Island of Hawai'i -- A Curious Overcrossing of a Martian Crevice Cave by a Cavernous Lava Tube -- Occurrence and Absence of Lava Tube Caves with some other Volcanic Cavities -- Martian Lava Tube Caves and Mega-Caves Revisitied -- Caves of Ascension Island - An Introduction -- Article: Galapagos Islands Caving, March 2014 -- 16th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- Photo Galleries from the Galapagos Sympsoium -- Google Groups

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  Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter

  International Union of Speleology

  Contents: The Chairman's Corner -- 16th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- Independent Pre-Symposium Activities -- Pre-Symposium Science & Exploration Expedition -- 16th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- Post-symposium Galapagos Cruise -- Important Lava Tube Caves Found in Dong Nai Province, Southern Vietnam -- A Visit to a Few Lava Caves around Auckland, New Zealand

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  Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter

  International Union of Speleology

  Contents: The Chairman's Corner -- Message from the Vice- Chairman -- 16th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- Schedule for the 16th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- Pre-Symposium Limestone Cave Trip -- 16th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- Post-Symposium Cruise -- Post-Symposium Tour -- Letters Received -- Trip Report: Hawai'i,, February 2013 -- The Big Island of Hawai'i -- Fjarsjodir faldir i hellunum -- Photo Gallery - Photo Legend -- Payunia will be a World Heritage (UNESCO) Site Argentinian Speleology will collaborate with its experience and discoveries

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  Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter

  International Union of Speleology

  Contents: The Chairman's Corner -- 16th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- Galapago Islands -- Message from the Vice-Chairman -- Photo Gallery -- Photo Legend -- Publications Received -- Volcanic Galapagos Volcanico

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  Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter

  International Union of Speleology

  Contents: The Chairman's Corner -- Message from the Vice-Chairman -- Chris Wood -- 15th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology Hasgemite Kingdom of Jordan -- Map of Jordan and the Surrounding Countries -- The Symposium Program Agenda -- Photo Gallery -- Photo Captions -- 2,000 year-old Yarmouk-Decapolis aqueduct tunnel -- Post- Symposium Field Trip -- The Post-Symposium Program Agenda -- Bronze-Age City of Jawa (~ 5,000 years old) -- Highlights from As-Safawi and the Post-Symposium Field Trip -- Commission Business Meeting -- 17th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleolgy Update -- Petra -- Dead Sea -- Wadi Rum

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  Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter

  International Union of Speleology

  Contents: Message from the Vice-Chairman -- In the News -- World Most Outstanding Volcanic Caves -- Photo Gallery -- Photo Gallery Captions -- Publications Received by the Commission -- Invitation to the 15th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- Proposed Symposium Schedule March 2012 -- Registration & Information -- Proposed Field Trips & Tours -- Post-Symposium Field Trip -- 15th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology

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  Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter

  International Union of Speleology

  Contents: Message From the Vice-Chairman -- More Martian Caves -- Another Cave on Pavonis Mons -- Dr. Ronald Greeley -- National Geographic Descends into prihnukagigur, Iceland -- Photo Gallery -- Photo Gallery Captions -- Guide to the Volcanic Caves of Kilimanjaro -- Invitation to the 15th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- Proposed Symposium Schedule March 2012 -- Post-Symposium Field Trip -- Publications Recevied by the Commission

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  Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter

  International Union of Speleology

  Contents: Greetings to the Commission -- Photos from the 14th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- Photo Gallery -- Photo Gallery Captions -- Congress Website -- Theme -- General Objectives -- Invitation to the 15th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- Proposed Symposium Schedule March 2012 -- Registration & Information -- Proposed Field Trips & Tours

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  UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 58, June 2010

  Jan Paul G. van der Pas

  Contents: The Caves of Easter Island -- Proposed Expedition to Lava Tubes of Mount Kilimanjaro -- Ancient Shizuoka wind cave to be filled with concrete to reinforce local road -- Visit to the 11th Pseudokarst Symposium 12-16 May 2010- Saupsdorf (Germany) -- Collectors item....? -- CaveChat

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  UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 57, February/March 2010

  Jan Paul G. van der Pas

  Contents: 14th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- Some notes, remarks & information -- About the 14th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology - Australia -- Bat Study Launched at Cuata Cave -- Accessibility of Prihnukagigur English Summary -- More about caves on the Moon -- Going Underground -- Natural Protection -- UIS

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  UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 56, August 2009

  Jan Paul G. van der Pas

  Contents: Cave Inventory of Easter Island - Rapa Nui -- Some notes by the editor & chairman -- ICS 2009 15th International Congress of Speleology Kerrville, Texas, USA -- Commission Report (2005 - 2009) -- Future Symposia, Meetings and Congress concerning the Commission on Volcanic Caves -- New (s) from Mexico, Ramon Epinasa Perena -- Proceedings of ICS 2009 -- Caves and Karst of the USA -- Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Pseudokarst -- Article 6: Commissions, Working Groups and Committees

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  UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 55, May 2009

  Jan Paul G. van der Pas

  Contents: Warning signs in volcanic areas -- Major Lava Tubes in Syria -- Volcanic Caves: Geological and Microbiological Terrestrial Analogs of Potential Extreterrestrial Conditions -- Harry Marinakis asks -- Expedition to find lava tubes on the Kilimanjaro -- Sensitivity of locations (GPS etc.) -- The 'International Show Caves Association' asks -- About Proceedings of the 13th Symposium (on Vulcanospeleology) Sept 2008, Jeju Korea -- Jo De Waele (editor of IJS - International Journal of Speleogy) asks: -- Future Plans..... of this commission -- Australia 2010 'the Symposium' on Vulcanospeleology -- Report Commission on Volcanic Caves August 2005 - July 2009 -- Volcanisme et base russe ultra-secrete de Yeramine, au Kamchatka