Balkan Speleological Conference - 2014_ Proceedings.pdf

The Balkan Conference of Speleology - Sofia’2014 was organized as one of the events, marking the 85th anniversary of organized caving in Bulgaria as well as the 50-year anniversary of the Caving Club“Helictite” - Sofia. It was held from 28 to 30 March 2014 in Sofia.In this book find place 25 papers. They are written from 48 authors from Bulgaria, Greece, Iran, Russia, Turkey. In the poster session as listeners and participants in the excursions joined also colleagues from Montenegro, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania and Serbia.There are five main topics of the conference:• History of Speleology and the study of karst• Research and research methods of the karst and caves• Archaeology and Palaeontology• Biospeleology• Ecology, Conservation and management of karst and caves; Geotechnical problems in karstterrains• Other Topics