News
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New Conduit, Volume 11 Issue 2
January 9, 2012
(Download newsletter) December 2011
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Karst Award Dinner - Jim Goodbar, Honoree
January 9, 2012
March 3, 2012
The 2012 KWI Karst Award banquet will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the evening of March 3, 2012,on the University of New Mexico campus in the Science and Mathematics building. This is a link to a map with directions.
This year’s honoree is Jim Goodbar, and he will speak on the topic of “There and Back Again (well not quite): A Cavers Tale.” Other awards will also be given.
The banquet will begin at 6:00pm with a reception.
On the menu, your choice of a flat iron steak topped with cabernet infused blue cheese or a seasoned chicken breast with mushrooms garlic sauteed in Marsalawine. Both will be served with redskin garlic mashed potatoes and sauteed vegetables, and a seasonal garden salad. A vegetarian option will be available. For dessert, we will indulge on chocolate velvet cake. Beer and wine will also be provided, as well as tea and coffee.
Reserve your seat(s) by sending a check for $50/person to the Karst Waters Institute, PO Box 4142, Leesburg, VA 20177 by Febuary 25. Please note your dinner selection choice. For more information, contact Bill Jones, wkj30@hotmail.com
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NEW PUBLICATION
August 6, 2011
Newly released publication - Special Publication 16, Carbonate Geochemistry: Reactions and Processes in Aquifers and Reservoirs
ORDER NOW! Only $28!!
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NEW CONFERENCE: Carbon and Boundaries in Karst
July 11, 2011
A Karst Waters Institute Symposium on Carbon and Boundaries in Karst
January 7 to 11, 2013
Carlsbad, New Mexico
There is growing interest in the dynamics of both inorganic and organic carbon in karst systems, and especially in the flux of carbon and nutrients between surface and subsurface and between different components in the subsurface of karst.
This symposium will highlight recent advances in biology, geology, and hydrology that are helping us understand the dynamics of karst ecosystems, especially with respect to carbon. There will be both invited lectures and contributed posters covering the following topics:
• Fluxes and reservoirs in and through epikarst
• Fluxes and reservoirs in and through the phreatic zone
• Lateral inputs into karst—insurgences
• Lateral outputs in karst—resurgences
• CO2 storage in karst
• Organic carbon sources and carbon quality in karst
• Large scale models and synthesis
The meeting will be held at the headquarters of the newly constructed National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI).
In addition to the invited talks, there will be two evening poster sessions and a day-long field trip to Carlsbad Caverns National Park, including a visit to the cave.
The meeting site is close not only to Carlsbad Caverns National Park but also Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and makes an ideal starting place for a visit to the many parks and features of the desert southwest. Selected papers from the symposium will be published in the interdisciplinary karst journal, Acta Carsologica.
For more information, contact Daniel Fong (program chair, dfong@american.edu) or David Culver (meeting chair, dculver@american.edu).