This project was a Workshop, held in San Antonio, Texas, May 3-5, 2007. The objective of the workshop was to assess the current state of knowledge of karst aquifers, caves, and the broader scientific values that could be derived from their study. The term karst is used to describe landscapes underlain by soluble rocks and as a result has developed landforms such as sinkholes, sinking streams, and caves. Such landscapes ...
The field practitioner who seeks answers to real problems may imaginethat some topics in this volume are too theoretical to be easily applied. On thecontrary, they define the basic karst concepts that allow field conditions to beanticipated, so they do not come as an unpleasant surprise. Without this framework one's understanding is fragmentary, and isolated pieces of field information rattle about with no conceptual glue to hold them together. Practical ...