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A mission of the Karst Waters Institute is to improve the fundamental understanding of karst water systems through sound scientific research and the education of professionals and the public. An important objective is to develop a national karst library and data base that will provide accessibility to karst information. As part of achieving that objective, this site will provide, as the information is developed, access to important karst data which could be used for research purposes. Caution! Some of the files which can be downloaded are large.

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Special Publication 13, Frontiers of Karst Research.

This Special Publication is from the Frontiers of Karst Research workshop held in May, 2008, in San Antonio, Texas.  The report contains three main parts:  Part 1 is the summary of the Opportunities & Recommendations, The Future Frontier; Part II contains seven state-of-the-art, Today’s Frontier, papers presented by breakout leaders at the workshop; and Part III consists of the seven reports, Findings and Recommendations, from the workshop focus groups.

Available Free Downloads

Opporunities & Recommendation, The Future Frontier (download front of book and 9 page section)

Whole publication (download whole ~11MB pdf)

Subterranean Species Diversity Maps
Obligate cave dwelling specias of the Eastern United States

A list of cave-limited species in the United States and Canada
Hobbs, H.H., D.C. Culver, and W.R. Elliott. 2003.

A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology (PDF)
Malcom S. Field, PhD
National Center for Environmental Assessment
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Ground Water Monitoring in Karst Terrains (PDF)
James P. Quinlan
National Park Service
Mammoth Cave, KY

Application of Dye Tracing Techniques for Determining Solute-Transport Characteristics of Ground Water in Karst Terrains (PDF)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ground Water Protection Branch
U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division
US Environmental Protection Agency