Softrock Karst and Syngenetic Karst
Recent papers & posters by KGG
Short paper on Sand Pillars and Focussed Flow in calcarenites published in Helictite 41(2), in PDF form, KG Grimes, 2011
Paper on Cenote formation, published in Geomorphology, in PDF form, Webb, Grimes & Lewis, 2010.
My chapter on Solution Pipes and Pinnacles in Syngenetic Karst in Gines et al (eds), 2009: Karst Rock Features: Karren Sculpturing
Paper on Syngenetic Karst, published in Helictite, in PDF form, KG Grimes 2006
Poster on Syngenetic Karst in Australia, in PDF form, KG Grimes 2009
Paper discussing the Nomenclature of Syngenetic & Eogenetic karst S.Q. White & others, 2007 (extended abstract in the Proceedings of the Time In Karst Conference, Karst Research Institute, Postojna, Slovenia, 5 pp. [issued as a pdf on a CD. An online version is at: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/geosci/Downloads/pdfs/Sue/White_et_al%20(2007).pdf].)
NB: an early draft abstract of this paper was published by mistake in Acta Caralogica 36(1): p. 240. Our final paper differed in important ways and the Acta Carsologica version should be disregarded,
Poster version of the above White & others 2007 paper, presented at the Time In Karst Conference, Karst Research Institute, Postojna, Slovenia.
Entry on Syngenetic Karst, published in The Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science, in PDF form, KG Grimes 2004
Paper on Solution Pipes, published in The Victorian Naturalist, in PDF form, KG Grimes 2004
Paper on Syngenetic Karst for ASF Conference, January 2003, in PDF form, KG Grimes 2003
Paper on Solution Pipes for ASF Conference, January 2003, in PDF form, KG Grimes 2003
Paper on Syngenetic Karst for Evokarst symposium, 2002, in PDF form, KG Grimes 2002
Focused Flow
A discussion of focussed vadose flow in porous material, and the karst-like structures that result in a range of host rocks.
This page is still "under construction".
Some Classic papers on Syngenetic Karst in Australia
These are PDF versions (scanned and OCR) of several of the early papers on Syngenetic Karst in Australia. They are suppled here as the originals are not easy to come by.
Bain, T.D., 1962a: Geomorphology of the SW Caves (WA), The Wester Caver, 2(2): 15-18
Bain, T.D., 1962b: Geomorpholoy of the Cape Hamelin coastal limestones and sand dunes, WA, Western Australian Speleological Group, Journal, 1962: 18-28
Bastian. L., 1962: Notes on the origins of caves, Southwest W.A. Western Australian Speleological Group, Journal. 1962: 12-17.
NB This was Bastian's first paper on the subject, but as most of it is repeated in his 1964 paper I have not made a PDF copy.
Bastian L., 1964: Morphology & Development of Caves in the SW of WA. Helictite 2(4): 105-119
Bastian L.A. 2003: Hydrogeology and Speleogenesis Update, the Yanchep Cave Area, in Poulter, N., [ed] Under Way 2003, Proceedings of the 24th Biennial Speleological Conference. Australian Speleological Federation, Bunbury. pp. 36-44.
Hill, 1984: Origin of the Kelly Hill Caves, Kangaroo Island, SA. Helictite 22(1): 6-10. [written in 1957, published posthumously with a note by J.N. Jennings]
Jennings, J.N., 1968:
Syngenetic Karst in Australia. in P.W. Williams and J.N. Jennings [eds] Contributions to the Study of Karst, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. Department of Geography Publication G/5: 41-110.
Lowry, Bain & Bastian 1965: Notes on Cave Dev in Augusta - Margaret River area, WA. The Western Caver 8(1): ASF Conference Appendix.
Sexton, R.T., 1965: Caves of the Coastal Areas of South Australia. Helictite 3(3): 45-59.
Photos & reports on specific areas
Gambier Karst Region - South Australia and Victoria
The Nambung Pinnacles, W.A.
Nullarbor Karst - in preperation
Leeuwin-Naturaliste Karst - Western Australia, Field Guide. (ACKMA 2009 Conference)
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