Slovak Caves Administration

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PROTECTION OF ICE CAVES

proceedings of vocational conference

Dobšinská Ľadová Jaskyňa, September 21 – 22, 1995

Editor: Pavel Bella

© Slovak Caves Administration, Hodžova 11, 031 01 Liptovský Mikuláš, 1995, Published by Knižné centrum, publishing house, Predmestská 51, 010 01 Žilina, Print: Edičné stredisko VŠDS Žilina, ISBN 80-88723-23-X

Contents

Introduction

List of participants

DOBŠINSKÁ ICE CAVE AND THE SYSTEM OF STRATENSKÁ CAVE

• J. Hlaváč: Evaluation of research activities and use of the Dobšinská Ice Cave, perspectives of its protection and development
• J. Géczy – Ľ. Kucharič: Determining the thickness of ice fill in selected places of the Dobšinská Ice Cave
• J. Tulis – L. Novotný: Partial report on morphometric parameters in ice filled parts of the Dobšinská Ice Cave
• M. Bobro – J. Hančuľák – J. Zelinka: Present microclimatic settings in the Dobšinská Ice Cave
• M. Bobro – F. Krepelka – J. Zelinka: Reconstruction of the entrance space to the Dobšinská Ice Cave in relation to ice loss
• L. Novotný: About the age of the Stratenská Cave system
• J. Tulis: State of examination of the Stratenská Cave system
• K. Székely: On the first pictures of the Dobšinská Ice Cave (pictures and paintings, photographs, postcards)

ICE CAVES IN SLOVAKIA

• J. Jakál: Ice caves of middle mountains and high mountaings, geomorphic and microclimatic comparison
• P. Bella: Overview and distribution of ice filled caves in Slovakia
• Z. Hochmuth: Ice monoliths in the abysses in Slovakia
• J. Bárta: Assistance of archaeology in dating the ice formation of the Silická ľadnica

THEORY AND METHODOLOGY

• Š. Roda – L. Rajman – J. Ščuka: Thermodynamic regime of caves from the view of their possible glaciation
• Š. Roda – L. Rajman – J. Ščuka: Monitoring system of cave enviromental parameters

SHOW CAVES – RESEARCH, PROTECTION AND UTILIZATION

proceedings from the seminar

Medzev, 18th – 20th September 1996

Editor: Pavel Bella

© Slovak Caves Administration, Hodžova 11, 031 01 Liptovský Mikuláš, 1996, Issued and printed by Knižné centrum, vydavateľstvo, Predmestská 51, 010 01 Žilina, ISBN 80-88723-43-4

Contents

Introduction

Participants list

JASOVSKÁ CAVE

• M. Zacharov: Geological settings of the Jasovská Cave
• S. Klaučo – J. Filová: Speleoclimatic monitoring of the Jasovská Cave
• A. Lucinkiewicz: Speleoclimatic stays in the Jasovská Cave
• M. Fulín: Chiropterofauna of underground spaces of the Jasovská skala
• J. Thuróczy: Speleological survery of the Jasovská Cave since 1970
• M. Lalkovič: Insriptions on the walls as historical memories in the Jasovská Cave

DEMÄNOVSKÁ CAVE OF LIBERTY

• P. Bella: Geomorfological importance and problems of Demänovská Cave of Liberty genesis
• S. Klaučo – J. Filová: Hydrochemical and speleoclimatic monitoring of the Demänovská Cave of Liberty
• A. Lucinkiewicz: Speleoclimatic stays in the Demänovská Cave of Liberty
• Z. Hochmuth: Speleological survey in the Demänovská Cave of Liberty during 1970 – 1996
• M. Lalkovič: Demänovská Cave of Liberty – an impuls for development of caving in Slovakia
• D. Mičuch: Problems of Demänovská Cave of Liberty operation

DOMICA CAVE

• M. Peško: Hydrological settings of the Domica Cave
• S. Klaučo – J. Filová: Hydrological and hydrochemical monitoring of the Domica Cave
• M. Uhrin – M. Andreas – P. Benda – A. Reiter: About the fauna of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Slovak part of cave system Domica – Baradla (CHKO BR Slovak Karst)
• J. Bárta: Archeological values of the Domica Cave
• M. Lalkovič: Domica Cave in an overview of its history
• D. Macko: Problems of the Domica Cave operation

GEOSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND HISTORY OF CAVES

• M. Bobro – J. Hančuľák – J. Zelinka – A. Lucinkiewicz: Characteristics of aerosol in the Slovak caves suitable for speleotherapy
• M. Košík – S. Pavlarčík: Monitoring of some parameters of air and waters in the Belianska Cave
• J. Tulis: Charakteristics of karst plateaux Pelc and Duča
• M. Lalkovič – J. Padyšáková: Known personalities of public life and show caves

CAVE PROTECTION

• J. Jakál: Geoscientific research and its application in protection of show caves
• Ľ. Gaál: Surveying and protection of aragonite caves around Hrádok
• M. Rozložník: Problems of protection the caves in CHKO BR Slovak Karst
• L. Štefka: Some problems of karst phenomena protection in the Moravian Karst
• F. Bernadovič: Present state of the knowledge and aims of chiropterofauna protection in the show caves of Slovensku

Proceedings of the 8^th International Symposium on Pseudokarst

Slovak Caves Administration, Liptovský Mikuláš
Slovak Speleological Society
International Union of Speleology, Commission for Pseudokarst

Teplý Vrch – Slovakia, 2004

Published by: Slovak Caves Administration, Hodžova 11, 031 01 Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia

Editor: Ľudovít Gaál

Technical co-operation: Ladislav Iždinský

Adjustment: Ján Kasák – M&P Žilina, Bohuslav Kortman

Cover: Dvojvchodová rozsadlina Cave, Photo Tomasz Mleczek

Printed by Knižné centrum, Žilina, ISBN 80-8064-222-2

Contents

Introduction

Prologue

• Durch Exhalation entstandene Höhlen im Karpatenbecken - István Eszsterhás
• Hot and Cold Way of Origin of the Tree Mold Caves - Ľudovít Gaál – Hiroshi Tachihara – Kensaku Urata
• Speleothems in Mines – Pseudokarst features? - Rudolf Pavuza – Karl Mais
• On the Finnish pseudokarsts - Aimo Kejonen
• Caves in Non-Carbonate Rocks of Slovakia: List, Genetic types, Values and Protection - Pavel Bella – Ľudovít Gaál – Peter Holúbek
• Horizontal Quartzite-karst Caves in Venezuela – One of the Newest Geomorphological Discoveries - Lukáš Vlček
• A Digital List of Non-karstic Caves in Hungary - István Eszterhás – George Szentes
• Caves of the Polish Flysch Carpathians - Grzegorz Klassek
• Morphological Evolution of the Pseudokarst Forms in Quaternary Loesses of Southern Poland - a case study of BUgaj near Pinczów, Nida Basin - Jan Urban
• Výzkum a dokumentace preudokrasu Broumovské vrchoviny - stav k roku 2003 - Oldřich Jenka – Jiří Kopecký
• Nekrasové jaskyne v Žiarskej doline v Západných Tatrách - Peter Holúbek
• Siliceous karst forms in the Lužické hory Mts., northern Bohemia - Jiří Adamovič – Petr Havránek
• Le morfologie pseudocarsiche nel flysch della Valle dello Judrio (Friuli Venezia Giulia – Italia) - di Maurizio Tavagnutti
• A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Moss Mites (Acarina) of several Pseudokarst Caves of the Southern Slovakia - Peter Ľuptáčik – Barbora Gaálová
• Barlangok felkutatása a Korponai-hegyvidéken középkori oklevelek helynevei alapján - Dénes György
• Člověk a pískovcová krajina - Vladimír Peša – Petr Jenč
• Die Pseudokarsthoehle Knahyna an der Grenze der Slowakei und der Ukraine - Ján Ducár

Posters

• Specific relief of ferruginous sandstones and sinters in northern Bohenia - Jiří Adamovič
• Notes on the origin of strata-bound caves of the Klokočí cuesta - Honza Mertlík
• Selected weathering forms and pseudokarst features of sandstones In the Bohemian Switzerland National Park - Zuzana Vařilová

2^nd INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ICE CAVES IWIC-II

Demänovská Dolina, Slovak Republic

May 8 – 12, 2006

PROCEEDINGS

Liptovský Mikuláš, 2007

Editor: RNDr. Ján Zelinka

English translations are the duty of the authors.

© 2007 Slovak Caves Administration, Hodžova 11, 031 01 Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia

Publishing: Knižné centrum – vydavateľstvo, Predmestská 51, 010 01 Žilina

Corrector: Bohuslav Kortman

Layout: Ján Kasák, M&P® Žilina

Printing: Uniprint, Považská Bystrica

ISBN 978-80-8064-279-2

Contents

Introduction

List of participants

• J. Tulis – L. Novotný: DOBŠINSKÁ ĽADOVÁ JASKYŇA ICE CAVE – 136 YEARS FROM ITS DISCOVERY
• P. Bella: MORPHOLOGY OF ICE SURFACE IN THE DOBŠINÁ ICE CAVE
• K. Vrana – J. Baker – H. B. Clausen – S. B. Hansen – J. Zelinka – H. Rufli – Ľ. Očkaik – J. Janočko: CONTINENTAL ICE BODY IN DOBŠINÁ ICE CAVE (SLOVAKIA) – PART I. – PROJECT AND SAMPLING PHASE OF ISOTOPIC AND CHEMICAL STUDY
• H. B. Clausen – K. Vrana – S. Bo Hansen – L. B. Larsen – J. Baker – M.-L. Siggaard-Andersen – J. Sjolte – S. C. Lundholm: CONTINENTAL ICE BODY IN DOBŠINÁ ICE CAVE (SLOVAKIA) - PART 2 – RESULTS OF CHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC STUDY
• A. Pflitsch – J. Piasecki – T. Sawiński – K. Strug – J. Zelinka: DEVELOPMENT AND DEGRADATION OF ICE CRYSTALS SEDIMENT IN DOBŠINSKÁ ICE CAVE (SLOVAKIA)
• J. Piasecki – T. Sawiński – K. Strug – J. Zelinka: SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MICROCLIMATE OF THE DEMÄNOVSKÁ ICE CAVE (SLOVAKIA)
• A. Perşoiu – I. Feier – M. Citterio – S. Turri – V. Maggi: PRELIMINARY DATA ON AIR TEMPERATURE IN FOCUL VIU ICE CAVE (BIHOR MTS, ROMANIA)
• Z. Kern – M. Molnár – A. Perşoiu – B. Nagy: RADIOCHEMICAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF TWO ICE CORES FROM BORŢIG ICE CAVE, APUSENI MTS, ROMANIA
• Z. Kern – G. Surányi – M. Molnár – B. Nagy – D. Balogh: INVESTIGATION OF NATURAL PERENNIAL ICE DEPOSITS OF DURMITOR MTS, MONTENEGRO
• O. I. Kadebskaya – M. S. Pyatunin: CREATION OF THE SYSTEM OF MONITORING OF KUNGUR ICE CAVE
• E. V. Trofimova: GENESIS AND MORPHOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES OF CAVE ICE DEPOSITS OF LAKE BAIKAL
• H. R. Byun – H. L. Tanaka – D. Azzaya: ON THE MYSTERIES OF SUMMER ICING AND WINTER WARMING IN THE ICE VALLEY AT MIRYANG, KOREA
• Z. Višňovská – J. Zelinka – K. Strug: SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF HIBERNATING BATS (CHIROPTERA) IN RELATION TO CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IN THE DEMÄNOVSKÁ ICE CAVE (SLOVAKIA)
• J. Novomeský: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT IN DOBŠINÁ ICE CAVE

International Show Caves Association
6th Congress

October 18 – 23, 2010

Demänovská Valley, Slovakia

Abstracts and Excursion Guide

© State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic - Slovak Caves Administration, Liptovský Mikuláš

Editors: Pavel Bella, Peter Gažík, Lukáš Vlček

Publishing manager: Bohuslav Kortman, Knižné centrum

Graphics: Ján Kasák, M&P® Žilina

Print: BTO print, Žilina, Slovak Republic

ISBN 978-80-8064-391-1

Cover in PDF

Full version in PDF

Contents

• Introduction to Slovakia
• Karst and Caves in Slovakia
• Congress Venue and Surrounding
• General Programme
• Abstracts
• ISCA Draft Management Guidelines for Show Caves
• New ISCA Website
• Excursion Guide