Research, utilization and protection of caves 2

proceedings from the 2nd scientific conference Research, utilization and protection of caves

Demänovská Dolina, November 16 – 19, 1999

Editor: RNDr. Pavel Bella, PhD.

Introduction

List of participants

Geology and geomorphology

Petr Pruner – Pavel Bosák – Jaroslav Kadlec – Daniela Venhodová – Pavel Bella: Palaeomagnetic research of sedimentary fill of selected caves in Slovakia
Helena Hercman – Pavel Bella – Jerzy Glazek – Michal Gradzinski – Tomasz Nowicki: Uranium series dating of carbonate speleothems from the Demänovská Cave of Liberty
Václav Cílek: The Lower Pleistocene scree fields of Slovak Karst and their significance for the karst relief formation
Pavel Bella: Basic morphological and genetic features of the Jasovská Cave
Zdenko Hochmuth: The Moldavská Cave in relationship to the geomorphological development of the Bodva Valley
Ladislav Novotný – Ján Tulis: Lithological and structural-tectonic conditions in the accessible part of the Dobšinská Ice Cave
Michal Zacharov: Geological and geomorphological features of the cave Gajdova adit (Jasov Plateau)
Pavel Bella: Morphology and genesis of the Harmanecká Cave
Milan Marušin: Geological conditions and the most important caves on the western slope of the Slemä Hill in the Jánska Valley (The Nízke Tatry Mts.)
Adam Szynkiewicz: Radar profiles (RAMAC2/GPR) of the cave
Ladislav Novotný – Ján Tulis: Georadar exploration among the Stratenská Cave, Vojenská Cave and Sintrová Cave
Juraj Činčura: Morphological forms of the pre-Gosau karst in the present day relief of the Western Carpathians
Roman Lehotský: Neogene abrasion caves of Devínske Karpaty Mts

Hydrology and hydrochemistry

Matúš Peško: Physical and chemical characteristics of percolating atmospheric waters in the Dobšinská Ice Cave
Martin Sluka: Interpretation of water tracing in the Demänovka watershed from the speleological exploration point of view
Peter Holúbek: New knowledge of the underground hydrological system exploration in the Jánska Valley (The Nízke Tatry Mts.)

Biospeleology

Vladimír Košel: Speleozoological bibliography of Slovakia in 1971–1999
Blanka Lehotská – Roman Lehotský: Summary of chiropterological data from Driny Cave
František Bernadovič: Chiropterofauna in the Demänovská Ice Cave

Utilization and protection of karst and caves

Jozef Jakál: Human impact in karst landscape
Ladislav Tometz: Migration of oil contamination in conditions of hydrogeological unit Veľká skala (Slovak Karst)
Halina Zyzańska – Henryk Zyzański: The caves near Wojcieszów (Lower Silesia)

Monitoring, protection and operation of show caves

Nikos Kartalis – Karl Mais: The Alistrati Cave, a new show caves in Greece, a new challenge for cave protection
Ján Zelinka: Speleoclimatic monitoring in the Driny Cave
Milan Bobro – Jozef Hančuľák – Ján Zelinka: Characteristics of microclimate and selected factors of the Driny Cave environment
Jozef Hlaváč: Care for the environment and infrastructure of the Dobšinská Ice Cave
Peter Zvonár: Problems of the Driny Cave operation

History

Marcel Lalkovič: Contribution to the history of the Driny Cave
Marcel Lalkovič: Slovak Caves Administration in 1950–1951

Documentation and informatics

Daniel Vrbjar – Ľudovít Gaál: D_SPELEO – a new data-base of the cave protection in Slovakia
Jozef Thuróczy: Documentation of the Jasovská Cave and further perspectives of the speleological exploration

News

Card payment - recommendation

Dear visitors, we would like to inform you that due to the technical conditions of payment terminals, there may be situations when card payment will not be possible. For this reason, we recommend that you have an adequate amount of cash available if you want to be sure that you will be able to visit the cave. Thank you for understanding.

Demänovská jaskyňa slobody - long tour reopened from 1st July 2024

Dear visitors,

after a longer period we reopen the long tour in the Demänovska Cave of Liberty from the 1^st of July 2024. The tour is open once a day at 13:15 from June to August (3 months) and at 13:00 during the rest of the opening days. Number of visitors is limited, the tour is demanding, with many steps and it takes more than one and a half hours. Cave temperature is around 7°C whole year round. We are looking forward to your visit.

Cave visit with small children

Dear visitors, due to increased visitation of parents with very small children (circa up to 3 - 4 years of age), we would like to kindly ask you to have a rucksack baby carrier with you for visiting the more demanding caves in given time. This recommendation concerns all caves but the most concerned are the following ones: Demänovská Cave of Liberty, Belianska Cave, Dobšinská Ice Cave, Demänovská Ice Cave, Harmanecká Cave. We also ask you to consider visiting the cave with your crying child, which could disturb the other visitors. Thank you for understanding and we wish you a nice experience.