Conference Proceedings
 
ASF Biennial Conference No 13 - 1980
"Cave Convict"

The 13th ASF Biennial Conference - Cave Convict - was held at the Pharmacy College, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, from the 27th to the 31st December 1980. The Proceedings were edited by Phil Mackey. A guidebook is also available, as well as the Abstracts and Registration details.

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Contents of Conference Proceedings:

Keynote Address - Nick White - p.1

Scratched markings in Tantanoola Cave (L-12) South Australia - Peter B. Matthews, Andrew P. Spate and Elery Hamilton-Smith - p.7

The Buchan Caves Reserve - Lloyd Mill - p.13

South West Tasmania with special reference to two cave areas - Gordon Taylor - p.21

Caves as commons - Elery Hamilton-Smith - p.24

Scanning electron microscope studies of cave sediments - David S. Gillieson - p.29

Distributed processing for karst - G. Pilkington - p.37

Layered-lava, lava channels and the origin of lava caves - E.B. Joyce - p.40

Australian caves since 1800 - Elery Hamilton-Smith - p.49

Equilibrium versus events in blind valley enlargement - J.N. Jennings, Bao Haosheng and A.P. Spate - p.55

Limestone of the Mitchell-Palmer region, North Queensland - Michael Moylan - p.61

Underground streams on acid igneous rocks in Victoria - Brian Finlayson - p.64

Karst and problematical features in the Northern Territory - Henry Shannon - p.76

Geomorphology and past environments at Nombe Cave. P.N.G.  - David S. Gillieson and Mary-Jane Mountain - p.84

Water quality in the caves of the Nullarbor Plain - A.P. Spate and J.K. Ward - p.86

Cape Schanck sea caves - Lloyd Mill - p.89

The selection and assessment of sites of geological and geomorphological significance in karst terrain - Neville Rosengren and Michael McRae-Williams - p.95

Caves of the Nullarbor - A review of their types and origins - Susan White and A.P. Spate - p.103

Modifications to Gibbs ascenders - Tom Porritt - p.111