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May 7-10, 2008
Johnson City , Tennessee
Sponsored by the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum and Visitor Center at the Miocene Epoch fossil site in Gray, the Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at ETSU. Supported by
ESRI, EPA Region 3,
Virginia DCR Natural Heritage Program, Virginia Cave Board, Cave Conservancy Foundation,
Cave Conservancy of the Virginias, P.E. LaMoreaux & Associates, Inc. (PELA), the Karst Waters Institute (KWI), and the Journal of Cave and Karst Studies (JCKS).
Hosted by East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.
Symposium Location: GSB Natural History Museum at Gray Fossil Site, ETSU
Symposium Hotels: The Carnegie Hotel,
Comfort Suites, and Jameson Inn
Motivation and Goals
Following the success of the 1991 Appalachian Karst Symposium, ETSU will host a follow-up symposium to foster communications and to promote the exchange of ideas among all professionals concerned with scientific studies and environmental conservations in the Appalachian karst region.
Keynote Presentations:
- Will White: The Evolution of the Appalachian Fluviokarst: Competition between Stream Erosion, Cave Development, and Surface Denudation
- Art Palmer: Cave Exploration and Research in the Appalachians
- Gregory Springer and Harry Rowe: Late Pleistocene and Holocene Environmental Changes: Effects of Climate Changes and Native Americans On An Appalachian Landscape
- Russell Graham: Vertebrate Community Response to Late Quaternary Climate Fluctuations Along the Appalachian Gradient as Documented by Fossiliferous Cave Deposits
Public Lectures:
Barry Beck, "Sinkhole Collapse, Groundwater Pollution, and Flooding: A Citizen's Introduction to Living on Limestone"
Harry Moore, "The Discovery of Miocene Fossils on a Tennessee DOT Road Project, SR 75, Washington County"
Organizing Committee
Symposium Co-chairs: Yongli Gao, Blaine Schubert, Wil Orndorff
Technical Review Committee: Bill Balfour, Daniel Doctor, Toby Dogwiler, Joey Fagan, Malcolm Field, Daniel Fong, Jay D. Franklin, Ernst Kastning, Bill Kochanov, Eric Peterson, Ira Sasowsky, David Weary, Wanfang Zhou, Carol Zokaites
Local Logistics: Darla Dye, Yongli Gao, Blaine Schubert, Steven Wallace, Jeanne Zavada
Field Trip Committee: Yongli Gao, Wil Orndorff, Blaine Schubert, Sid Jones, Robert Benfield, Taylor Burnham,
Bill Balfour, Benjamin Schwartz
Call for Sponsors:
The organizing committee asks companies or organizations to sponsor breaks, lunches, dinners, students, door prizes, and special events. These sponsorships help keep costs down. Please consider these sponsorship and co-sponsorship opportunities. When your company or organization sponsors an event, your company or organization will be recognized at the event. Depending on the investment level, a descriptive paragraph to a full page will be published in the symposium proceedings and the special issue of JCKS. Other benefits of sponsorship include free registration and an exhibit booth at the Symposium. Levels of sponsorship are:
Sponsorship: $10,000
Co-sponsorship: $5,000
Contributing Sponsor: $2,500
Supporting Sponsor: $1,000
Exhibit Opportunities:
Attendees of the symposium represent one of the largest and most active professional communities in karst. Exhibiting at the symposium provides a great opportunity to interact with karst professionals in the Appalachian region. An exhibit fee of $280 ($180 for non-profit organizations) gives exhibitors an excellent opportunity to showcase your company or organization and to interact with the attendees.
Call for Papers and Abstracts
The symposium organizing committee is soliciting abstracts and manuscripts of recent studies related to conservation, biodiversity, exploration, geomorphology, and hydrology of Appalachian karst. Suggested topics are:
Ecology and Evolution of the Karst Biota
Karst Feature Distribution and Data Management
Karst Geomorphology and Speleogenesis
Karst Hydrology & Groundwater Flow
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering in Karst
Cave Archaeology and Paleontology
Paleoenvironmental and Paleoclimatic Investigations in Karst
Cave Conservation and Management
Karst Protection Efforts Through Education, Data Development, and Technical Assistance
Cave Exploration in the Appalachian States
To insure the quality and scientific value of the Symposium, all papers and abstracts will be reviewed by experts in the field of cave and karst studies. Accepted abstracts and papers will be published as a special issue of the Journal of Cave and Karst Studies (JCKS).
Abstract Submission
Both oral presentations and a poster session are scheduled. Abstracts (maximum 250 words) for both should include a title, all authors' names and addresses, the telephone numbers and an e-mail address for the corresponding author. Please indicate your preference for oral or poster presentation while submitting the abstract. Please email your abstracts to appkarst@etsu.edu by Jan. 31, 2008. Authors will be notified of acceptance by Feb. 29, 2008. Every presenter needs to submit an abstract by Jan 31, 2008. For those who want to submit manuscripts to the special issue, they can submit the manuscripts by Mar. 31, 2008. Notice that the email submission is for abstract only. Manuscript submission is handled by JCKS' submission website, http://jcks.allentrack2.net/.
Manuscript Submission
Submission Deadline: Mar. 31, 2008
Reviewer's comments: June. 30, 2008
Final paper submission: Aug. 31, 2008
Please follow JCKS' guideline to draft your manuscript: http://caves.org/pub/journal/Guide.htm. Prospective authors should access http://jcks.allentrack2.net/ , establish a login account and password, and follow the prompts to upload their manuscript, figures, and tables. Authors also need to provide a notice to the Editor (this option is available for all online submissions) that the submitted article is intended for the Appalachian Karst Symposium.
Appalachian Caverns (photo courtesy, ETSU photo lab) |
