IV International Symposium on Karst Media, Malaga, Spain 2010 The Malaga Symposia Series provides an international forum for scientific debate on the progress made in research into karst environments. The 2010 meeting of the 4th International ISKA presents 80 papers in four key topics: karst hydrogeology and investigations, karst landscapes and ecosystems, human interaction with karst environments, particularly in caves, and engineering geology in karst areas. This book will be a useful edition to the libraries of consultants, scientists, lecturers, and policy makers concerned with the special issues of karst terrains.
Environmental Earth Sciences Series Editor: James W. LaMoreaux For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/8394 Bartolomé Andreo Francisco Carrasco Juan José Durán James W. LaMoreaux (Editors) Advances in Research in Karst Media 123 Dr. Bartolomé Andreo Centre of Hydrogeology and Department of Geology Faculty of Sciences University of Málaga Campus Universitario de Teatinos 29071 Málaga, Spain Email:
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[email protected] The first book of the Environmental Earth Sciences series Survival and Sustainability: Environment Concerns in the 21st Century Gökcekus, H.; Türker, U.; LaMoreaux, J. W. (Eds.) ISBN: 978-3-540-95990-8 Planned publication July 2010 ISBN 978-3-642-12485-3 e-ISBN 978-3-642-12486-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-12486-0 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010925236 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Typesetting and production: le-tex publishing services GmbH, Leipzig, Germany Cover design: deblik, Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Presentation Karst is a medium which has traditionally been the subject of hydrogeological research, given the abundant water resources that are stored in it. In many cases karst is the product of climatic and hydrological evolution in carbonate areas in recent periods o