Conference Proceedings
 
ASF Biennial Conference No 11 - 1976
"CavConACT"

The 11th ASF Biennial Conference - CavConACT - was held in Canberra at the Australian National University from the 27th to the 30th December 1976. The Conference was hosted by the Canberra Speleological Society (CSS) and the Newcastle University Caving Club. The Proceedings were edited by A.P. Spate, John Brush and Marjorie Coggan of  CSS and were published in December 1977. A set of Abstracts and a Guidebook are also available.

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Contents of Conference Proceedings:

Foreword

Evaluation of caves and karst - Elery Hamilton-Smith - p.1

A basis for cave management - Graeme Worboys - p.7

Karst resource management - Adrian Davey - p.17

Some user impacts on cave environments and the concept of a cave carrying capacity as a central management principle - L.G. Reider - p.21

Pollution of Moons Cave, Buchan, Victoria: A case study in cave reserve management - Nicholas J. White & Adrian Davey - p.26

Mount Etna conservation - Glen Pure - p. 32

Conservationists and their blind spots - Elery Hamilton-Smith - p.36

Caves and aboriginal man in Tasmania - Albert Goede - p. 41

Structure and function within the twilight zone - Glenn D. Campbell - p.46

Micro-organisms on cave walls in the deep twilight zone - Guy Cox - p. 54

Silverfish in Australian caves - Graeme Smith - p.58

A review of the bat banding work of Barbara Dew - lan Wood - p.60

The safety of vertical caving equipment -John Rosler - p.61

Advances in vertical techniques - Chris Parr - 67

High altitude photography in caves - LLoyd Robinson - p.70

Electromagnetic underground position location - Greg Hurst -p.74

Caves around Canberra - J.N. Jennings - p.79

Preliminary report on drainage modification in the Deep Creek-Eagles Nest basins, Yarrangobilly, NSW - Robert S. Nicoll - p. 96

A triple dye tracing experiment at Yarrangobilly - A.P. Spate, J.N. Jennings, D. lngle Smith & Julia M. James - p. 104

The Coppermine System, Yarrangobilly, NSW - Andrew Pavey & Alan Warild - p. 105

Karst at New Guinea, Snowy River, Victoria - R.K. Frank & A.G. Davey - p. 114

Quaternary karst at Bat Ridges, Victoria - Miles Pierce & Sue White - p.127

The Border Rivers karst region, Qld and NSW - K.G. Grimes - p. 131

A brief review of the Limestone Ranges, Western Australia - Robert S. Nicoll - p.135

Measurement of relative and absolute water table levels in Nullarbor Caves - Edward G. Anderson - p.139

The Waitomo Stream, Waitomo Glow-worm Cave, New Zealand - David Hawke - p.140

Atea Kanada - Julia James, Randall King & Neil Montgomery - p.144

Caves in the Quaternary raised reefs of Eastern Manus, Papua New Guinea - Geoffrey Francis - p.146

Other related documents:

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Registrants Information Sheet
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Information Sheet from ASF Newsletter 73