KARST AND CRYOKARST

Organizers
Department of Geomorphology, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
Zoological Institute, University of Wrocław, Poland
Scientific Committee of the Niedźwiedzia Cave, Kletno, Poland
Scientific Committee
Viacheslav Andrejchuk, University of Silesia, Poland
Giovanni Badino, University of Torino, Italy
Pavel Bosak, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Jan Michał Burdukiewicz, University of Wrocław, Poland
Krzysztof Cyrek, University of Toruń, Poland
Derek C. Ford, Mc Master University, Hamilton, Canada
Adolfo Eraso, Politechnical University of Madrid, Spain
Jerzy Głazek, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Jacek Jania, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
Andrej Kranjc, Karst Research Institute SAZU, Postojna, Slovenia
Stein-Erik Lauritzen, University of Bergen, Norway
Teresa Madeyska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Adam Nadachowski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
Antoni Ogorzałek, University of Wrocław, Poland
Jean-Noël Salomon, University of Bordeaux, France
Ugo Sauro, University of Padova, Italy
Jacques Schroeder, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada
Stanisław Staśko, University of Wrocław, Poland
Yurij Trzcinski, Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia
Andrzej Witkowski, University of Wrocław, Poland
Organising Committee
Katarzyna Kasprowska, Wiesława Ewa Krawczyk, Jan Leszkiewicz, Patrycja PawłowskaBielawska, Jacek Różkowski, Joanna Szafraniec, Andrzej Tyc (University of Silesia)
Jerzy Bieroński, Jacek Piasecki, Paweł Socha, Krzysztof Stefaniak (University of Wrocław)
Wojciech Ciężkowski (Technical University of Wrocław)
Zbigniew Łopusiewicz (Municipal Council of Stronie Śląskie)
Marek Suszyński (Niedźwiedzia Cave, Kletno)
Aims and topics
The Speleological School – an international meeting established few years after discovery of
the Niedźwiedzia (Bear) Cave in Kletno has been traditional talking stop for karst and cave
scientists. A 30 year long history and 24 editions of the Speleological School are inextricably
linked with the name of its founder and scientific director - Professor Marian Pulina. The 25th
Speleological School is dedicated to Professor Marian Pulina and Professor Teresa
Wiszniowska (the paleozologist from University of Wrocław) both our late and much
lamented mentors and friends.
From the beginning, the School was international and multidisciplinary. It brought together
classical karst and cave studies and exploration of glacier caves. Professor Marian Pulina
was co-founder of the Commission on Glacier Caves and Cryokarst in Polar and High
Mountain Regions of the UIS and an active member of the Karst Commission of the IGU.
The 25th Speleological School will be both a joint meeting of UIS and IGU Commissions and
also the 8th Symposium GLACKIPR.
25th Speleological School will offer both - thematic sessions and field trips concerned with the
following topics:
• the relationships between glacial and karst systems;
• glacier caves and karst in recently glaciated areas;
• drainage systems in glaciers and karst - analogies and differences;
• cryokarst – definitions, analogies and relatinships with carbonate karst;
• chemical denudation rates in glacier covered and ice-free karst basins;
• evolution of karst under glaciations, with special reference to continental glaciations and
permafrost;
• hydrothermal activity and its influence on karst evolution in glaciated areas;
• cave sediments, fossil cave fauna and human traces in caves as records of environmental
changes in the past, with special reference to the Pleistocene glaciations;
• karst hydrology, geology, geomorphology, speleoclimatology, biospeleology;
• cave archaeology.
The organizers will publish a conference Proceedings. Selected papers will be published in
our journal "Kras i speleologia" at the end of 2007. More details and a call for papers will be
sent to registered participants.
Preliminary Program
March 19-21, 2007 (Monday- Wednesday) - field trip and session in Kraków-Częstochowa
Upland dedicated to evolution of karst under glaciations, hydrothermal activity in the
past, cave sediments, fossil cave fauna and traces of man in caves;
March 22-23, 2007 (Thursday-Friday) - main sessions at the Faculty of Earth Sciences,
University of Silesia in Sosnowiec;
March 24, 2007 (Saturday) – bus transfer of participants to Wrocław, half-day session at the
Leopoldina Hall, University of Wrocław;
March 25-26, 2007 (Sunday-Monday) - field trip and session in the Niedźwiedzia Cave in
Kletno (Sudety Mts.)
One day excursion to Kraków and Wieliczka can be organized for interested participants.
Conference fee
Registration fee will be divided into three parts and can be combined by participants:
A - 100 EUR (field trip to the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, includes transport,
accommodation and meals);
B - 50 EUR (sessions in Sosnowiec, includes printed materials and conference dinner);
C - 100 EUR (field trip to the Sudety Mts., includes session at the University of Wrocław, bus
transport Sosnowiec-Wrocław-Kletno, accommodation in Kletno and meals).
Useful information
A wide spectrum of accommodation will be proposed in Sosnowiec (between 10 and 50 EUR
per night/person). Payment requirements will be sent to registered persons after September
15, 2006.
Traditionally young researchers are invited to participate in the Speleological School and
their fee will be reduced.
Sosnowiec/Katowice and Wrocław can be reached by air (Katowice airport
[http://www.gtl.com.pl], Kraków airport [http://www.lotnisko-balice.pl] and Wrocław airport
[http://www.airport.wroclaw.pl]; as well as by trains from Warsaw [http://rozklad.pkp.pl] and
motorways.
Detailed information will be available on web sites of the Department of Geomorphology,
University of Silesia (http://geomorf.wnoz.us.edu.pl/) and Institute of Zoology, University of
Wrocław (http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/instzool/)
Deadlines
November 15, 2006 - early registration
November 15, 2006 - submission of abstracts (oral and poster presentations)
December 15, 2006 - second circular will be sent to registered participants
Contact and further information:
Dr Andrzej Tyc
Department of Geomorphology
University of Silesia
ul. Będzińska 60
41-200 Sosnowiec
Poland
e-mail: [email protected]
tel. +48 32 3689289 or +48 32 3689270
fax. +48 32 2915865
http://geomorf.wnoz.us.edu.pl/
or
Dr Krzysztof Stefaniak
Zoological Institute
University of Wrocław
ul. Sienkiewicza 21
50-335 Wrocław
Poland
e-mail: [email protected]
tel./fax. +48 71 3754043 or +48 71 3222817
http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/instzool/
Registration form for the 25th Speleological School
"KARST AND CRYOKARST"
Sosnowiec - Wrocław, Poland
March 19-26, 2007
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Please send the registration form as soon as possible, but not later than November 15, 2006 to:
Dr Andrzej Tyc
Department of Geomorphology
University of Silesia
ul. Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec
Poland
e-mail: [email protected]
or
Dr Krzysztof Stefaniak
Zoological Institute
University of Wrocław
ul. Sienkiewicza 21
50-335 Wrocław
Poland
e-mail: [email protected]