Conference Proceedings
 
ASF Biennial Conference No 21 - 1997

The 21st ASF Biennial Conference was held at Quorn, in the Flinders Ranges South Australia, between the 29th March and 3rd April 1997. The proceedings were compiled by Jonathon Welch.

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Contents of Conference Proceedings:

The Art of Computerised Cave Mapping - Ken Grimes - p.1

Cave Gating, and Integral Part of a Cave Management Plan - Heather Jefferies - p.10

Potential Wealth and Great Optimisim: Mining Bat Guano in the Flinders Ranges - Elery Hamilton-Smith, Stan Flavel and Terry Reardon - p.16

Are you Exposing Yourself to Histoplasmosis? - Garry K. Smith - p.23

Radon and its Decay products in Caves - Craig M. Barnes, Julia M. James and Stewart Whittlestone - p.27

Caves, Carbon Dioxide and You - Garry K. Smith - p.35

Naked Flame Tests in Limestone Caves and the Effect of CO2 and O2 on Humans - Garry K. Smith - p.40

Redeveloping a Show Cave - Terry Matts - p.53

Results of Nullabor Doline Search - Max G. Meth - p.62

Conservation of Cave Fauna in Australia (Abstract only) - Stefan Eberhard and Elery Hamilton-Smith - p.68

Impacts on Cave Fauna and Recommended Protection Measures in Forrested Karst Areas of Tasmania - Arthur Clarke - p.69

Karst Bio-Space - Arthur Clarke - p.78

Geology and Caves of the Flinders Ranges - Ruth Lawrence - p.93

Cave Mapping Workshop - Ken Grimes - p.112

A Remarkable Vision, Looking back at the Australian Speleological Federation - Elery Hamilton-Smith - p.114

Speleo-Sports Programme - p.119

List of Flinders Conference Attendees - p.133

List of Flinders Conference Sponsors - p.135