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V.NEWS FROM SUB-GROUPS
SOIL FORMATION IN KARST AREA
(Kazuko Urushibara-Yoshino Japan)
The business meetings of IGCP 299 "Geology , Climate ,
Hydrology and Karst Formation" held at Guilin , Guangxi , China during the
field seminar from July 7 to Aug. 1st , 1991 , agreed upon the
establishment of new sub-group on "Soil Formation in
Karst Areas", which has been proposed by Kazuko
Urushibara-Yoshino, Japan, and David Gillieson, Australia.
The aims of the new sub-group are as follows:
(1) Estimation of the age of paleo-soils in karst
areas using iron crystalinities.
(2) The classification of paleo-soils which are estimated the ages by (1), and their
comparison of properties in the karst areas.
(3) Study on human activities on the soil formation in the karst areas.
For the classification of soils for (2), mainly the methods of FAO/UNESCO and
Soil Taxonomy will be used. If it is necessary, we have to use the other methods.
Organization of subgroup "Soil Formation in Karst Areas"
Leader: Kazuko URUSHIBARA-YOSHINO
Department of Natural Sciences
Komazawa University
Komazawa 1-23-1, Setagayaku, Tokyo, 154, Japan
Tel:81-3-3418-9325, Fax:81-3-3418-9126
Sub-Leader: David GILLIESON
Department of Geography
Australian Defence Force Academy
Campbell, ACT2600, Australia
Tel:62-68-8312, Fax:62-47-0702
Members: Yuan Daoxian
Institute of Karst Geology
Guilin, Guangxi , China 541004
Tel:86-773-445151 ext.296,540, Fax:86-773-443708
Ivan GAMS
Department of Geography
University Edvarda Kardelja of Ljubljana
Askerceva 12/II, 61000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel:38-61-332611
Ugo SAURO
Department of Geography
Padova University
Via del Santo 26, Padova, Italy
Tel:39-49-8756333, Fax:39-49-8754213
Worosuprojo SURATMA
Faculty of Geography
Gadjah Mada University
Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Tel:62-274-88688 ext.261
WORLD KARST MAP
Denes Balazs (Hungary)
The Hungarian group of IGCP 299 is working on a world-wide
inventary of karst areas and caves. It was compiled a form for obtaining numerical
data of karst regions and caves of different types and was sent about 80 countries and
karst researchers.
Obtaining data from smaller developed countries is relatively easy.
There are problems with the big "karst empires" as the United States and
the Soviet Union. In the US there is no central bureau of karst research , the data
are in hands of different individuals , universities , and hundreds of local caving
group of enthusiasts organized in "grottoes". But we got a valuable assistance
from Prof . William B ,White , Pennsylvania State University , participant in IGCP
299 , who organized also a working group from various parts of United States ,
and we hope , that the karst and caves inventary for US will be ready in this
year by help of the National Speleological Society. In the Soviet Union the
problems are similar , here we asked Prof.. K.A.Gorbunova , Perm University ,
and Prof. V. N Dublyansky , president of Karst Committee ,
Ukrainian Academy of Sciences , also participants of IGCP 299 ,
for mediation between the different karst institutions and
researchers in the USSR. The third biggest "karst-empire" is
China , but we got already the necessary informations from Prof. Yuan Daoxian , the
Institute of Karst Geology , Guilin. In these 3 countries are the 55% of the world
karst areas.
Before completing our karst data bank, we publish the questionary asking anybody to
help our work. In spite of our repeated request we did not get
answer from the following countries: Albania , Algeria , Australia ,
Belgium, Bolivia , Brazil , Burma, Colombia , Czechoslovakia , Denmark , Germany , Greece
, Guatemalam, Iran,Libya, Morocco , New Zealand ,Pakistan ,Poland ,Tunisia ,Venezuela.
Anybody are familiar with the karst areas of the above mentioned countries ,
are requested with grateful respects to help us with informations.
Please contact: Dr.Denes Balazs, H-2030, Erd, Sard utca 45, Hungary.
Many thanks for the helpful assistance.
Qestionary
Country :..…....…....…..
1. Naked (bare) carbonate karst (limestone , dolomite )
..…..km2
2. Covered carbonate karst (cover less than 50m ), if available
..…..km2
3. Buried carbonate karst (cover more than 50m ), if available
..…..km2
4. Know caves (by local people )in carbonate rocks ,
approximate number
..…..km2
5. Survey (mapped) caves of No. 4 , (a ) number of caves
(b) total length ( horizontal + vertical )
..…..km2
6. Area of salt ( halite ) karst
..…..km2
7. Area of gypsum (calcium sulfate ) karst
..…..km2
8. Surveyed ( mappd ) caves in gypsum karst (a) number ,
(b) total length
..…..km2
9. Surveyed ( mappd ) caves in volcanic karst (a) number ,
(b) total length
..…..km2
10.The most important contiguous carbonate karst areas (region ) of the country :
geographical name area ( km2 ) age of rock
main type# number
of known caves
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# 1. lowland , 2. middle mountaineous , 3. high mountain , 4. low plateau , 5. high
plateau , 6. other ( please specify ) .
Data supplier is requested to enclose a map of country with the geogrphical
distribution of karst areas , if available .
Date …………………….
data supplier ………………………….
EuROPA/EUROPE
Ausztria/Austria 88854
14810 16.7 9500
1200# 126 0.64 81
F.Bauer , J.zotl , D.Balázs
Bulgária/Bulgaria 110912 25170
22.7 8000 1200#
150 0.31 48 M.Markowicz et al.
Franciaország/France 547026 80000# 14.6
28000 3200# 114 0.35
40 C.Chabert , D.Balázs
Irország/Ireland 70283
1000 1.4
650 30
46 0.65
30 T.Fogg
Jugoszlávia/
255804 72470 28.0 20000 1800#
90 0.28 25 I.Gams, A.Kranic,
Yugoslavia
D.Gavrivolic
Magyarország/
93032 1400 1.5
2600 220#
85 1.85 157 T.K.Bolner , D.Balázs
Hungary
Naby-Britannia/ 244046
155201 6.4 2710
632 233 0.17
41 M.Sweeting , Hardwick
Great Britain
Olaszorzág/Italy 301252
51000 16.9 22500 4850#
216 0.41 91 P.Forti ,
F.Cucchi ,
D.Balázs
Portugália/Portugal 92082 2800
3.0 1500
50 33
0.54 18 J.A.Crispin
Romania/Rumania 257500 5000
2.0 10500
1450 138 2.1 290
C.Goran
Spanyolország/Spain 504782 110000 21.8
20000 5000 250 0.18
45 A.Eraso , J.Lario
Svájc/Switzerland 41293 10000
24.5 4500
530 118 0.45 53
T.Bitterli, R.Bernasconi
D.Balázs
Svédország/Sweden 449964 48702
1.1 220
23 1045 0.05
5 G.Isacsson
EUROPAN KIVULI ORSZAGOK –OTHER COUNTRIES
Kina/China
9596961 907000 9.5 2836
1392 491 0.003 1.5
Yuan Daoxian
Indonézia /
2027087 160000 7.9 500
100# 200
0.003 0.6 S.Darsoprajitno ,
Indonesia
D.Balázs
Fulop-szigetek
300000
26500 8.8
100# 50#
500 0.004 2.0 D.Balázs
Philippines
Dél-Korea
98500 18622 18.9
131 57
435 0.007 3.1
Kyung Sik Woo
Rep. Of Korea
Izrael/Israel
20770
8000
38.5 200
50 250 0.025 6.2
A. Frumkin
Kanada/Canada 9976139 900000
9.0 500
100 200 0.0006 0.1
D.Ford
Mexiko/Mexico 1972547 292700
14.8 1200 700#
583 0.004 2.4 J.G.Palacios Vargas
Dél -afrikai Koz- 1221037
210002 1.7
260 110
423 0.012 5. 3 J.Martini
Tarsaság/Rep. Of South Africa
# számitott vagy becs ult adat ( estimated ) 1. fluviokarszttal egyutt ( with fluvio karst ) , 2. Nyilt és
fedett karszt egy utt
( bare and covered karst )
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