Publications

The members of the IAH Karst Commission (KC) have published a large number of papers and books dealing with karst hydrogeology, which can be found on their individual homepages or using conventional search tools. The list below includes highlights of the publications with a significant involvement of the KC members since 2007.

2011: Selected paper presented at the Karst Symposium and KC meeting in Malaga in 2010  have been published in a special issue of Carbonates and Evaporites, edited by KC members Bartolomé Andreo and Jim LaMoreaux:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/w0402m146x50/

2010: The Karst Commission has prepared a special issue of Acta Carsologica entitled “Research Frontiers and Practical Challenges in Karst Hydrogeology” (Guest Editors: N. Goldscheider & N. Ravbar) presenting contributions from almost all KC members:http://carsologica.zrc-sazu.si/?stran=issue&volume=39&issue=2

2010: The first article of the series "Reviews in Karst Hydrogeology" (launched by the IAH Karst Commission) has been selected by the Editors of Hydrogeology Journal as an “Editors’ Choice Article for 2010”, i.e. permanently granted free access worldwide via the HJ website:
Goldscheider N, Mádl-Szőnyi J, Erőss A, Schill E (2010) Review: Thermal Water Resources in Carbonate Rock Aquifers. Hydrogeology Journal, 18(6): 1303-1318.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/5jxm035wmv178541/

2010: Papers presented at the 4th International Symposium on Karst (April 2010, Malaga, where the KC held their 2nd Meeting) have been published in a book “Advances in Research in Karst Media”, edited by KC members B. Andreo, J. LaMoreaux and others. The book is the first volume of a new book series “Environmental Earth Sciences” (Springer).
http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/hydrogeology/book/978-3-642-12485-3

2010: KC member O. Bonacci & M. Juracic have edited a special issue of Geologia Croatica (SCI) on the “Sustainability of the Karst Environment” including selected papers presented at the karst conference in Plitvice in 2009, where the KC held their 1st Meeting:
http://www.geologia-croatica.hr/ojs/index.php/GC/issue/view/12/showToc

2009: Jiang Guanghui and Liu Zaihua have edited a special volume of Carsologica Sinica, including papers presented during the opening ceremony of the International Research Centre on Karst (IRCK-UNESCO) in Guilin, China, in December 2008.

2009: KC co-chair N. Kresic edited a theme issue of journal Ground Water entitled “Ground Water in Karst”, with contributions from many KC members:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122366169/issue

2009: KC co-chair N. Kresic edited a book on the “Groundwater Hydrology of Springs”, together with Z. Stevanovic, with contributions from N. Goldscheider, O. Bonacci, M. Petric, G. Günay and other co-authors:
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/714846/description

2009: KC co-chair N. Kresic published a book entitled “Groundwater Resources: Sustainability, Management and Restoration” which includes various sections emphasizing unique characteristics of karst aquifers:
http://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?cat=113&isbn=0071492739

2008: KC member B. Andreo edited a special volume of the International Journal of Speleology on the “Hydrogeology in Caves”, with contributions from other KC members:
http://www.ijs.speleo.it/issue.php?id_volume=67

2008: KC member E. Greene published a chapter entitled “Hydrogeologic Characterization and Methods Used in the Investigation of Karst Hydrology” in a USGS publication discussing surface water-groundwater interactions:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/04d02/

2007: KC member N. Ravbar published a book entitled “The Protection of Karst Waters”, presenting a new methodology of groundwater vulnerability and risk mapping:
http://zalozba.zrc-sazu.si/index.php?q=en/node/664

2007: KC chair N. Goldscheider, together with former chairman D. Drew, edited the IAH book “Methods in Karst Hydrogeology”, with contributions from many KC members (e.g. B. Andreo, P.Y. Jeannin, C. Groves, N. Kresic, R. Benischke, T. Bechtel):
http://www.iah.org/publications_books_ich.asp

Publications of KC chair N. Goldscheider, mostly dealing with karst and in cooperation with various KC members (e.g. B. Andreo, D. Drew, N. Goeppert, V. Nguyet, N. Ravbar):
http://publicationslist.org/nico.goldscheider