UIS Commission on Physical Chemistry
and Hydrogeology of Karst
International
Workshop of UIS Commission on Physical Chemistry and Hydrogeology
of Karst on:
“Cave Climate and Paleoclimate- Best Record
of the Global Change”
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 24- 27 September 2002
International Workshop of UIS Commission on Physical Chemistry and
Hydrogeology of Karst on:
Cave Climate and Paleoclimate- Best Record of the Global Change
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 24- 27 September 2002
Organized by:
UIS Commission on Physical Chemistry and Hydrogeology of Karst
Co- organized by:
IGCP 448 “World Correlation on Karst Ecosystems”
In cooperation with:
Speleological Society at University of Sofia,
Bulgarian Federation of Speleology,
Turistic Society “Surnena Gora”, St. Zagora
Association “Environment Cultural Heritage in Karst”
Preliminary Program
International
Workshop of UIS Commission on Physical
Chemistry and Hydrogeology of Karst on: “Cave Climate and Paleoclimate-
Best Record of the Global Change” will be organized in a nice
mountain hotel near city of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria on 24- 27 September
2002 by UIS Commission on Physical Chemistry and Hydrogeology of Karst,
co- organized by IGCP 448 "World correlation on karst ecosystem"
in co- operation with Speleological Society at University of Sofia,
Bulgarian Federation of Speleology and Turistic Society “Surnena Gora”,
St. Zagora and Association “Environment and Cultural Heritage in Karst”.
International Scientific Organizing Committee:
President: Yavor Y. Shopov YYShopov@Phys.Uni-Sofia,bg
and YYShopov@Yahoo.com
(President of UIS Commission on Physical Chemistry and Hydrogeology
of Karst), Bulgaria
Vice Presidents: Paolo Forti (Ex- UIS President), Italy
Yuan Daoxian (Leader IGCP 448), China
Members: Derek Ford (Ex- UIS President), Canada
Arrigo Cigna (Ex- UIS President), Italy
Julia James (Ex- UIS President), Australia
Giovani Badino (President of Italian Speleological Society)
Art Palmer, USA
Charles Yonge, Canada
Leonid Georgiev, Mexico
Sophie Verheyden, Belgium
Local Organizing Committee:
President: Alexey Stoev
Vice president: Ludmil Tsankov
Members:
Petar Delchev,
Diana Stoykova,
Alexey Jalov,
Penka Muglova,
Alexey Benderev,
Tsvetan Ostromsky
Address:
Petar Delchev,
National Museum Earth and Man,
4 Cherni Vruh Blvd.
Fax ++359(2)661455,
tel +359(2)656743,
YYShopov@Phys.Uni-Sofia.bg
and YYShopov@Yahoo.com
Schedule:
arrival,
21-23 September, Pre-conference excursion
registration
24 September,
welcoming
cocktail 24th, 19:00 h.
scientific
sessions 25- 27th September 2002 half-day
free
conference excursion 27th September 2002
post
conference excursion 28- 30th September 2002
Preliminary Program
of the International Workshop on:
"Cave Climate and Paleoclimate- Best Record of the Global Change"
24 September 2002
9:00- 14:00- arrival, registration
14:00- 14:30- Opening Addresses from Bulgarian Parliament,
Mer of Stara Zagora, Bulgarian Royal Society and the Commission President
General Keynote Lectures:
14:30- 15:30- Giovanni Badino (Italy). Cave Climate --???
15:30- 16:00- coffee break
16:00- 17:00- Yavor Shopov (Bulgaria). Speleothem Records-
the Best Record of the Global Change
17:00- 17:30- Derek Ford (Canada). Explorations in Pb/U dating
of speleothems.
17:30- 19:00- Posters
19:30- Cocktail
25 September 2002
8:00- 9:00- breakfast
Morning section: Paleotectonics (Chairman Paolo Forti)
9:00- 9:40 Thematic Keynote Lecture: Paolo Forti (Italy).
Tectonic and seismic data from speleothems: an overview
9:40- 10:00 Mehmet Ekmekci and Lutfu Nazik (Turkey).
Evolution of Golpazar?-Huyuk Karst System (Bilecik-Turkey): Indications
of Tectonic and Climatic Controls
10:00- 10:20 Kyriaki Papadopoulou- Vrynioti (Greece). Cone
karst in Greece as record of the global change
10:20- 10:40 Dora Angelova (Bg), M'hamed Alaeddine Belfoul, Sophia
Bouzid, Farid Faik (Morocco) Paleoseismic Events and Effects in
Karst in Deformed Terrains in Bulgaria and Morocco
10:40- 11:00 coffee break
Morning section: Influence of the Climate and Cave Climate on Human
Health and Migrations (Chairman Arrigo Cigna) --???
11:00- 11:40 Thematic Keynote Lecture: Dimitar Il. Dimitrov
(Bulgaria). Influence of the Ancient Climate on Migrations in
Bulgaria.
11:40- 12:00 Maria Gkioni (Greece). The role of the environmental
archaeology in the study and the reconstruction of cave paleoclimate
12:00- 12:20 - to be announced
12:30- 13:30 lunch
Afternoon section: Ecosystems Impact on Karst Processes and Karst
Records.
(Chairman Yavor Shopov)
14:00- 14:40 Thematic Keynote Lecture: J. James (Australia)
The Paleoclimatic Significance of Biomineralisation in Caves.
14:40- 15:00 Shopov Y.Y., C. J. Yonge, L.T.Tsankov, S.Georgiev,
L.N.Georgiev, D.C. Ford. Quantitative Annual Speleothem Records
of Temperature and Precipitation in the past - A new tool for Reconstruction
of past karst denudation rates.
15:00- 15:20 Levent Tezcan and Mehmet Ekmekci (Turkey). Surface
Cover Infiltration Index: A Suggested Method to Assess Infiltration
for Intrinsic Vulnerability in Karstic Areas in Absence of Quantitative
Data
15:20- 15:40 - to be announced
15:40- 16:00 coffee break
Afternoon section II: Speleothem records of Past Environmental Changes
(Chairman Charles Yonge)
16:00- 16:40 Thematic Keynote Lecture: Diana Stoykova
(Bulgaria) Solar Luminosity Influence Over Geomagnetic Field,
Past Climates, Glaciations and Time Shifting of Termination-II derived
from speleothems.
16:40- 17:00 Yavor Shopov, Diana Stoykova, L. Tsankov, M. Sanabria
(Bulgaria), L.N. Georgiev (Mexico). Influence of the Solar Luminosity
on Glacier Melting, Precipitation and Sea Level Changes.
17:00- 17:20 Christoph Spotl, Augusto Mangini (Austria)
A flowstone record of the penultimate interglacial from a high-altitude
cave site (Eastern Alps, Austria)
17:20- 17:40 Russell Drysdale (Australia), Gianni Zanchetta,
Giuseppe Bruschi, Ilaria Isola, Jian-xin Zhao, Anthony Fallick.
The palaeoclimatic significance of a Middle to Late Pleistocene stalagmite
from the Alpi Apuane karst, northwestern Italy
17:40- 18:00 Shopov Y., Ludmil Tsankov, Albena Damyanova, Yasen
Damyanov, Leonid Georgiev, Elena Marinova, Chas Yonge, Derek Ford
(2001) Quantitative Annual Speleothem Records of Temperature,
Precipitation and Solar Insolation in the past - A Key for Characterisation
of past climatic systems.
18:00- 19:00- Posters
19:00- 20:00 dinner
20:00- Slide show
1.Andrew Eavis (UK) Caves of South East Asia in 3D Slide Show
2.
3….
26 September 2002
8:00- 9:00- breakfast
Morning section: Stable Isotope Paleoclimatic Records (Chairman Sophie
Verheyden)
9:00- 9:40 Thematic Keynote Lecture: Charles Yonge (Canada)
Stable Isotopes in Speleothems, Rain and Infiltration Waters.--???
9:40- 10:00 Zaihua Liu, Meiliang Zhang, Shenyi You, Qiang
Li (China) Hydrochemical and isotopic characteristics in the Baishuitai
travertine scenic area of China and their implications for paleoenvironment
study
10:00- 10:20 Zaihua Liu (China). Peculiarity in Hydrochemical
Variations in karst system and its mechanisms.
10:20- 10:40 Augusto S. Auler (Brazil), Peter L. Smart (UK)
Rates of Condensation Corrosion in Speleothems of Semi-Arid Northeastern
Brazil
10:40- 11:00 coffee break
Morning section II: Underground Climatology (Chairman Giovanni
Badino)
11:00- 11:40 Thematic Keynote Lecture: Alexey Stoev (Bulgaria)
Cave microclimate in Bulgaria: genezis, evolution, cyclic recurrence
and territory distribution
11:40- 12:00 - to be announced
12:00- 12:20 - to be announced
12:30- 13:30 lunch
Afternoon section: Speleothem Paleoluminescence Records as proxies
of Paleogeographic, Paleogeologic and Paleoastronomic Changes. (Chairman
Ludmil Tsankov)
14:00- 14:40 Thematic Keynote Lecture: Yavor Shopov (Bulgaria).
20 years of Speleothem Luminescence Records of Environmental Changes.
14:40- 15:00 Diana Stoykova, Yavor Shopov, L. Tsankov, M. Sanabria
(Bulgaria), L.N. Georgiev (Mexico). Using of Speleothem Luminescence
for Quantitative Reconstruction of Variations of the Solar Luminosity
and the Effective Temperature of the Sun.
15:00- 15:20 Shopov Y.Y., L.Tsankov. Time- Resolved Photography
of Phosphorescence Study of Thermal History and Uplift of epithermal
Caves.
15:20- 15:40 Shopov Y.Y. Activators of Luminescence in Speleothems
as Source of Major Mistakes in Interpretation of Luminescent Paleoclimatic
Records.
15:40- 16:00 coffee break
Afternoon section II: Karst Geomorphology (Chairman Derek Ford)
16:00- 16:20 Kyriaki Papadopoulou- Vrynioti (Greece).
Dry karst valleys in Greece as a record of the global change.
16:40- 17:00 Dora Angelova (Bg) Main Stages In Karst Morphogenesis
in West and Central North Bulgaria
17:00- 17:20 Vladimir Tolmachev, Olga Maximova (Russia). Comparative
Evaluation of Covered Karst Sensitive Terrain to Pollution of Geological
Environment
17:20- 17:40 Dora Angelova, Yordan Malyakov (Bg) Conditions
for Karst Development. in The Strandja Mountain
17:40- 18:00 to be announced
18:00- 19:00- Posters
19:00- 20:00 dinner
20:00- conference banquet (30$)
27 September 2002
8:00- 9:00- breakfast
Morning section I: Paleoclimatic Reconstructions from Karst Sediments
(Chairman Yavor Shopov)
9:00- 9:40 Thematic Keynote Lecture: Sophie Verheyden
(Belgium) Trace elements in Speleothems
9:40- 10:00 Anna F. Tooth Trace elements in speleothems and
karst waters
10:00- 10:20 Wiszniowska Teresa (Poland) Palaeoclimatic Reconstructions
from Karst Sediments
10:20- 10:40 Yavor Shopov, Svetlin Tasev, Diana Garbeva, Diana
Stoykova, M. Sanabria L. Tsankov (Bulgaria), L.N. Georgiev (Mexico).
A new advanced method for establishing of hard time-scale of sediment
records with few absolute dates.
10:40- 11:00 coffee break
11:00- 12:00 Meeting of UIS Commission on Physical Chemistry
and Hydrogeology of Karst and IGCP 448 "World Correlation on
Karst Ecosystems"
12:00- 12:30 Closing ceremony
12:30- 13:30 lunch
14:00- 18:00 Half- day free conference excursion: Stara Zagora
city- Karanovo settlement tomb- Kazanlak Tomb (a World Heritage Monument
of UNESCO)
Posters by:
Karl-Heinz Offenbecher, Christoph Spotl
Anna F. Tooth, Ian J. Fairchild, UK
Ivo Karmann (Brazil)
Maria Gkioni
Russell Drysdale, UK
Peter De Geest, Belgium
Patricia A. Beddows , UK
Benaabidate Lahcen, (North Morocco)
Dr. Boris Shenkman, Mrs. Irina Shenkman
Dr. Eliyahu Wakshal- Jerusalem
Belen Muñoz, Madrid
Dr. Oleg Rybak, Russia
James Mwaami, Uganda
Jean-Pierre Bartholeyns, Belgique,
Dr. Vladimir M. Litvin
Dr.S.K.Sharma, India
Deadlines:
Submission
of abstracts:- 15th June 2002
Reduced
Registration fee:- 30 June 2002
Submission
of papers:- 15th June 2002
Topics:
Workshop is focused on influence of karst ecosystems on karst
processes and karst records in speleothems and cave sediments, but
also includes:
1. Underground Climatology
2. Paleoclimatic Reconstructions from Karst Sediments
3. Speleothem records of Global Environmental Changes.
4. Ecosystems Impact on Karst Processes and Karst Records.
5. Hydrogeology and Hydrology of Karst
6. Infiltration of Porous Waters
7. Soil Impact on Karst Processes
8. Physical Chemistry of Karst Processes
9. Evolution of Karst
10. Trace Geochemistry of Karst
11. Biogenic Mineralisation in Caves
12. Mobility of Pollutants in Karst Terraines
13. Using of Cave Climate for Medical Therapy.
14. Methods for searching and location of caves
Publications: Extended abstracts (maximum 2 pages A4) must be
submitted by 15th April 2002.
Conference papers will be published as a separate issue of International
Journal of Speleology after peer review.
International Workshop on:
Cave Climate and Paleoclimate-
Best Record of the Global Change
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
24- 27 September 2002
Paper presentations
Oral
presentations are limited to 15 minutes + 5 min. discussion
Invited
papers will be 60 min. (general) and 40 min (thematic), including
discussion.
Number of participants is limited to 100 !!!
Video/Slide projections
Video/Slide
projections will be organized on 25th September 21:00-24:00h
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them the beauty of our city - its ancient and modern landmarks to
discover why Stara Zagora and Starazagorski Mineralni bani makes the
perfect combination - the wisdom of the past and the verve of the
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