Conference Proceedings
 
ASF Biennial Conference No 17 - 1988
"Tropicon"

The 17th ASF Biennial Conference - Tropicon - was held at Tinaroo Falls, Far North Queensland, from the 27th to the 31st December 1988. The Proceedings took the form of Pre Prints of papers. A small Handbook was also produced.

Click on the image below to access the Conference Pre Prints and the Handbook, or scroll down for individual papers.

               

Contents of Conference Proceedings:

Speeches

Official Opening - P. Wilson - p.1

Caves (Karst, survey and management)

The Jenolan Cave System Surveying Project: Part 2 Techniques and Computing - M.H., R.Q. Bridge, C.D. Dunne, J.M. James, D.J. Martin and G.M. Tunnock - p.3

The Fauna Conservation Act and Swiftlet Protection in Queensland - D.R. Flett and M. Godwin - p.8

Management of Non-Tourist Caves by Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service at Chillagoe, North Queensland - D.R. Flett - p.13

Broken River Karst: A Speleological Field Guide, North Queensland, Australia - M. Godwin (Ed) - p.12

The Barkly Karst Region, North West Queensland - K.G. Grimes - p.16

The Jenolan Cave System Surveying Project: Part I - History, Organization and Assessment - J.M. James, D.J. Martin and L.K. Tunnock - p.25

Aerial Photography - an important tool used in exploration and recording of limestone karst areas in Far North Queensland, Australia - T.W.L. Robinson - p.32

Comparison of North Queensland Tropical Karst Areas - T.W.L. Robinson - p.33

"Is ASF Relevant?" Two Perspectives:

i) Managerial Interaction with Cavers (A. Spate)

ii) ASF: How responsive and How Responsible? (J. Dunkley) - p.34

Lava Tunnels

The Remarkable Undara Lava Tube System - a Geologist's view - A. Atkinson - p.39

Vulcanospeleology - Extra Terrestrial Applications and the Controversy: Mode of Formation - A. Atkinson - p.57

The Collins System - A Recent Lava Tube Discovery - D. Irvin - p.64

Biology

Cave-Dwelling Planthoppers of Australia (Insecta: Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) - H. Hoch and M. Asche - p. 67

Environmental Ecology of North Queensland Caves: or why there are so many troglobites in Australia - F.B.Howarth - p.76

The Common Sheath Tailed Bat - A Tropical Bat with Adaptations for a Temperate Life Style - S. Jolly - p.85

The Cockroaches of North Queensland Caves and the Evolution of Tropical Troglobites - F.D.Stone -p.88

Chillagoe Caves Faunal Challenge - Br.N. Sullivan - p.94

What Swiftlets do in the caves at Chillagoe and some ideas on how cavers can share those caves without interference - M.K. Tarburton  - p.98

Miscellaneous

Where's the Histo? Histoplasmosis in Chillagoe Caves Area, North Queensland, Australia - E.M. Carol - p.117

Australian Archaeology and the Study of Rock Art in the Chillagoe and Mitchell-Palmer Limestone Belts of North Queensland - B. David - p.109

Solution and Precipitation of Limestone in the Chillagoe Karst and Opportunities for Dating Landscape Development - D. Dunkerley - p.112

Caving, Computers and Common Sense - G.L. Greaves - p.118

Desktop Publishing of Caving Publications - G.L. Greaves and L.M. Pearson - p.123

Breathing Apparatus for use in Foul Air Caves - D. Irvin - p.126

Results of Chemical Analysis and Notch Weir Gauging of the Rail Bridge Spring in Chillagoe Creek, North Queensland - L.M. Pearson - p.131

Rescue at Chillagoe - C. Parr - p.135

Workshops

Introductory Workshop on Computer Simulation Techniques For Studying Natural Systems - Preliminary Notes - P. Wilson - p.137