Karst Field Studies

The summer cave and karst courses are for those with an academic, professional, or personal interest in all aspects of caves and karst systems.

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Tonight we kick off our final course of Summer 2023 season, Cave Archaeology! Follow along for updates of this week’s adventures. 😎

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Checking out the Crawford Hydrology Laboratory to follow up with our dye trace techniques we learned from earlier in the week.

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Learning about karst challenges within the Lost River Basin this afternoon.

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Checking out flooding and sinkhole issues in Bowling Green, KY this morning with Dr. Chris Groves and Autumn Singer from the Crawford Hydrology Laboratory.

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Successful trip to @HiddenRiverCave to learn about groundwater pollution and the environmental success story of the Hidden River Cave basin. We also learned about the work done by the @SupportACCA and their involvement with the Mammoth Cave region.

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We are headed in a local cave to do a dye trace and learn field techniques!

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Learning about different uses of dyes. We will be doing a dye trace this week and learning field techniques behind the process. Crawford Hydrology Laboratory

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We start off this morning discussing dye tracing techniques with Lee Anne Bledsoe! Fieldwork this afternoon 🥾

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Good morning from Hamilton Valley! 🌞🦇

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Fourth and final stop for the day: Mammoth Cave!

Students walked along the River Styx/Historic Tour Routes to learn about the hydrogeology of Mammoth Cave. This allowed students to tie together the surface and subsurface features they have learned so far.

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Third stop: Cedar Sink and Turnhole Bend

Making the connection from the sinkhole plain to the Green River.

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First stop: Sinkhole Plain.

Learning where the water drains to create the caves and karst system of central Kentucky. Also looking at the relationship between the Pennyroyal Plateau and the Chester Upland.

Crawford Hydrology Laboratory WKU - CHNGES

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Dr. Chris Groves in his element talking about two of his favorite subjects.. karst and Mammoth Cave! Students with the karst hydrogeology course are learning about principals of hydrology this morning.

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We kicked off our Karst Hydrogeology class tonight! There are many exciting things planned this week for our students. Stay tuned for the updates. Crawford Hydrology Laboratory #mammothcavenationalpark #karst #geology

[Leave No Trace @leavenotrace]

Cave explorers and new cave enthusiasts can preserve cave habitat by sticking to the trail in designated areas. This way our footsteps don't disturb the fragile formations or microbiota living on the surfaces.

[Bat Conservation International @BatConIntl]

🦇🚨NEW BAT SPECIES🚨🦇
🧵 (1/3) Amanda Grunwald, PhD student at Portland State University, and her collaborators have described a new bat species- 𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘰𝘮, or commonly “Mbam Minkom Serotine.”

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Our summer 2023 courses have been released! Visit https://t.co/fwrHFn0GHh to register 🎉

[NCKRI: National Cave and Karst Research Institute @NCKRI]

Position Title: Science Communication Assistant
Park Unit: Natural Resource Stewardship and Science (working with NCKRI)
Location: Carlsbad, NM
https://t.co/g9JXYwaXbj

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Mosaics in Science applications are due January 22, 2023. To apply: https://t.co/LDsPqZmGwo
There are many different internships offered this year. Each intern can rank their top 3 choices.
To learn more about a past Mosaic in Science Intern’s experience:
https://t.co/3kSl4z4NW6